Lynette Silver is a military historian, the author of a number of books on Australian history, including The Battle of Vinegar Hill, Fabulous Furphies, The Heroes of Rimau, Krait - the Fishing Boat that went to War, Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence, The Bridge at Parit Sulong, Blood Brothers, Deadly Secrets- The Singapore Raids 1942-45 and most recently a novel In The Mouth of the Tiger. Apart from being reported in various radio and TV news items, Lynette's research work has been featured in scores of newspaper articles and journals, and she has been interviewed for the electronic media many times. She has also played a pivotal role as consultant on history programs and appeared on numerous current affairs' programs and in TV documentaries.

"How did I find out my father was MI6? I had absolutely no idea until I was in my 50s. On reflection, my father shared many of the character traits created by his friend Ian Fleming for the fictional James Bond. Like James Bond, his secret service identification number was 007." -- Derek Emerson-Elliott was born in colonial Singapore in 1939, the son of an English adventurer and a young Russian émigré. He has infant memories of escaping the Japanese invasion of the island in 1942, after which he enjoyed an enchanted childhood full of travel and adventure, living in Australia, Malaya during the Communist uprising, England, South Africa and Portugal. Derek was for a period an Aid-de-Camp to the Governor-General, Lord Casey. Derek has worked as a lawyer in the public service, a litigation solicitor in private practice in Canberra, and as a barrister in Canberra and in New South Wales. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, has published articles on various controversial legal subjects, and is currently a street lawyer fighting for the clients of a community legal centre in Canberra.