Štěpánka Jislová (*1992) is a Czech illustrator and comics author. She studied at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. With her comic Strom (Tree), she won the student competition CZ.KOMIKS in 2013. Her work has appeared in numerous Czech anthologies (AARGH!, Caves, BubbleGun, XEROX) as well as international collections (Bobla, Dirty Diamonds, CBA). She co-founded the Czech branch of Laydeez Do Comics, an organization dedicated to showcasing women creators in the field. She received the Muriel Award for her graphic novel Srdcovka. Beyond comics and illustration, she designs tattoos and clothing prints, sells her paintings, and gives lectures.

Michael Žantovský (*1949) studied psychology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague and at McGill University in Montreal, later working as a clinical psychologist. He went on to become a translator (bringing into Czech works by Joseph Heller, Amos Oz, Norman Mailer, Tom Stoppard, and Woody Allen, among others), interpreter, journalist, and lyricist. He was a founding member of Civic Forum and served from 1990 to 1992 as Václav Havel’s press secretary and advisor. He later held ambassadorships in the United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom. From 2015 to 2023 he was director of the Václav Havel Library, and he currently serves, among other roles, as a foreign policy advisor to President Petr Pavel.