Bonnie DeSimone is a freelance writer who lives outside Philadelphia. She first became interested in Norse mythology in 4th grade when she read Marvel comic books featuring Thor, and in 8th grade drew and wrote her own strip about her classmates.
Peggy Moss is a freelance writer and former civil rights attorney based in Freeport, Maine. She the author of the award-winning children's book Say Something.
Irina Y. Starovoytova, a teacher of English and American Studies at Tambov School #6 in Tambov, Russia, created this retelling of a traditional Russian fable especially for Teaching Tolerance.
Brandi Neal is a freelance writer based in Portland, Maine. She is the editor and co-founder of The Blue Room, a photography-driven documentary arts publication profiling life in Southern Maine.
Julian Bond has served as chair of the NAACP Board of Directors since 1998 and is president emeritus and a board member of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which publishes Teaching Tolerance magazine. He is a distinguished professor in the School of Government at American University in Washington, DC, and a professor of history at the University of Virginia.