Howard Pyle (1853–1911), a renowned artist, writer, and teacher, is best known for founding the Brandywine school of painting and for authoring The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Nottinghamshire.
Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has earned five coveted Audie Awards, and he has won fifty-seven Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named him a Golden Voice.