Stanley F. Anderson founded Wine-Art in 1959, and has written four books about wine and beermaking. He lives in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada.

Raymond Hull was a playwright, television screenwriter, and author of many booksBesides The Peter Principle (co-authored with Dr. Laurence Peters), Hull wrote historical and how-to books (The Art of Making Wine, How To Get What You Want, How To Win an Election, How To Write a How-To Book), and was active in writers' groups. His private papers are in the archives of the University of British Columbia library. He died in 1985.