Al Cimino is a journalist and author who specializes in history and crime. His books include War in the Pacific, Omaha Beach, Battle of Guadalcanal and Battle of Midway. Al was brought up in New York city. Jo Durden Smith was a reporter, researcher, then producer-director at Granada TV and an executive producer at Alan King Associates. As a freelance writer, he contributed to well-established publications such as Village Voice in the US, as well as authoring a number of books including Sex and the Brain with Diane de Simone.