Margo Maine, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, author, lecturer, and activist specializing in eating disorders prevention and treatment. The first edition of her book added the term "father hunger" to the psychology lexicon. She is also the author of an activist's guidebook, Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies. Dr. Maine is a past-president of the National Eating Disorders Association, which sponsors Eating Disorders Awareness Week; is a Senior Editor of EATING DISORDERS: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention; and has been a keynote lecturer at many professional conferences throughout the United States. She has had a clinical practice in West Hartford, CT for over 20 years.

Craig Johnson, Ph.D. is one of the world's foremost authorities on eating disorders. The author of several books and professional articles, he is the founding editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders.