Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. He studied at Edinburgh University and then went on to become a novelist, poet and travel writer. He wrote prolifically and among his most well-known works are Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island. He died in Samoa in 1894.

Leslie S. Klinger is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Frankenstein, and H. P. Lovecraft. Klinger is a member of the Baker Street Irregulars and Treasurer of the Horror Writers Association. His nonfiction works have won numerous awards.