About Brian Price
Brian Price has been working in audio theater and production for over thirty-five years. He has written, directed, and adapted for groups such as Native Voices at the Autry, the Grist Mill, and the National Audio Theatre Festivals. He and his Great Northern Audio Theatre partner, Jerry Stearns, wrote and produced eighteen years of the Mark Time Awards Radio Show and were awarded an Audie Award in 2017 for Best Audio Drama for their full-length drama In the Embers. They also hold a Norman Corwin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Audio Theater.
About Jerry Stearns
Jerry Stearns is cofounder, with Brian Price, of Great Northern Audio Theatre, a production company with a focus on lighthearted and comic original stories.
About David Ossman
David Ossman, narrator, writer, producer, and character actor, is a founding member of the legendary comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre, which has celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. Funny, prophetic, and groundbreaking Firesign has had an incalculable influence on generations of comics and sound artists. Their album Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers has been inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. With his wife and partner, Judith Walcutt, he continues to create audio magic through their production company Otherworld Media.
About Jane Yolen
Born and raised in New York City, Jane Yolen now lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She attended Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. The distinguished author of more than 170 books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. When she is not writing, Yolen composes songs, is a professional storyteller on the stage, and is the busy wife of a university professor, the mother of three grown children, and a grandmother. All of Yolen's stories and poems are rooted in her sense of family and self. The Emperor and the Kite, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1983 for its intricate paper-cut illustrations by Ed Young, was based on Yolen's relationship with her late father, who was an international kite-flying champion. Owl Moon, winner of the 1988 Caldecott Medal for John Schoenherr's exquisite watercolors, was inspired by her husband's interest in birding.
About Irene Ruderman
Irene Ruderman graduated from Rosemount High School in Rosemount, Minnesota, and currently lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
