Marty Friedman: Aside from his main gig as a multi-platinum recording artist and Japanese television personality, Marty Friedman has written two Japanese books, Ii-Jan! J-Pop! and Samurai Ongakuron and had long running columns in Asahi Weekly newspaper (9 years), Nikkei Entertainment (6 years), Cyzo (5 years), Big Comic (3 years), and Burrn (4 years).
His autobiography, Dreaming Japanese, is his first book written in English.

Jon Wiederhorn is a veteran author and music journalist who co-authored Louder Than Hell, The Definitive Oral History of Metal, I'm the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax, Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen, My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory, and is the author of Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends. Along with working at Rolling Stone, MTV, and Guitar Magazine, his writing has appeared in SPIN, Classic Rock, Revolver, Metal Hammer, TV Guide, Melody Maker and on Loudwire.