Traci BlissTraci Bliss is an emerita professor of education. Her BA, MA and PhD are from Stanford, and she holds an MPA from the LBJ School, University of Texas-Austin. She retired to focus on the untold story of women who made environmental history. She serveson the Santa Cruz Historic Preservation Commission and leads history tours at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. She is the seventh generation of her family to live in Santa Cruz and belongs to the Society of California Pioneers.

Randall Brown, a Santa Cruz County Distinguished Historian, coauthored with Traci Bliss the best-selling Santa Cruz's Seabright. An expert on the history of silent films, Brown specializes in films made in the San Lorenzo Valley and serves as a regular history columnist for the San Lorenzo/Scotts Valley Press Banner. He graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in American studies. Read More Read Less