Ryan Layne Whitney is an editor, among whose literary interests the most prominent are 16th-18th-century translations of Greek and Latin epic poems. He is also a keyboardist and composer, and he lives, works, and teaches in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. John Jacobs is a Latin teacher and World Languages Department Chair at the Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, New Jersey, and is a specialist in Silius Italicus studies. He has published books and articles about Silius, as well as other subjects in Classics and Assyriology.