Doug Motz was born in Columbus and has lived his entire life within Franklin County. He is the past president of the Columbus Historical Society and has written a history column for the website columbusunderground.com since 2011. Doug is a co-author of Kahiki Supper Club: A Polynesian Paradise in Columbus, Ohio for The History Press. Christine Hayes spent her childhood in Columbus restaurants while her father gathered tidbits for his Columbus Citizen-Journal columns. She published a book of these columns, The Ben Hayes Scrapbook. Today Christine assists in the Acorn Bookshop in Grandview, writes a column for the Short North Gazette and as Ramona Moon makes art cars and collage/assemblage. She graduated from UC Irvine in theatre, taught Montessori school and lived in San Francisco for twenty-seven years before returning to Columbus.