Jennifer M. Nichols published travel articles on global family adventures in the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Denver Post, Kansas City Star, and Diversion Magazine. She traveled to fifty-five countries and lived in Europe and Central America, and her two teenagers traveled to twenty-seven countries on five continents.

Bill Nichols has been the travel partner and writing collaborator of Jennifer M. Nichols for the past thirty-one years. As a child he traveled domestically with his family, but after marrying Jennifer, he began his global explorations. He has now visited fifty-eight countries. When he's not globetrotting, Bill works as a marketing strategy consultant. He lives in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.