Christopher Glass has been an architect in Maine for forty years. His first book was At Home in Maine: Houses Designed to Fit the Land. He is the former architecture member and chairman of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and has worked with the organization Maine Preservation. He also taught Architectural Design at Bowdoin College. He resides in Camden, Maine.

Acclaimed architectural photographer Brian Vanden Brink's work has appeared in dozens of books, including his award-winning monograph Ruin. His photographs have also been published in numerous magazines, including Architectural Digest, Coastal Living, Custom Home, Fine Homebuilding, La Vie Claire, Old House Interiors, and Metropolitan Home. He lives in Camden, Maine.