Beth Moon, a photographer based in the San Francisco Bay area, has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum-palladium prints. Her other books include Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time; Ancient Skies, Ancient Trees; and Literary Chickens, all by Abbeville Press.

Isabella Rossellini, the well-known actress and film-maker, keep chickens on her Long Island farm, an experience she has documented in the book My Chickens and I.

Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, is the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, a leading conservationist and humanitarian, and a UN Ambassador of Peace.

Melissa Caughey is the author of two best-selling books, How to Speak Chicken and A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens. Caughey is proprietor of the popular website Tilly's Nest, which covers chicken keeping , beekeeping, gardening, and crafting. She lives on Cape Cod with her family.

Collier Brown, a poet and photography critic, holds a PhD in American studies from Harvard University. He is the editor of two photo book publishers, 21st Editions and Edition Galerie Vevais, and the founding editor of Od Review. His first book of poetry, Eye, Thus Far, Unplucked, was published by Stephen F. Austin University Press.