W.R. Kozey was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, but has spent most of his adult life on the move. In 2017, W.R. met his wife abroad, and they spent the first four years of their relationship in transit. Every winter they'd find a new place to live: Mexico, Peru, Thailand, India, but Juneau would always home.W.R. and his wife would come back to Alaska's capital in the summer time to work seasonally while the cruise ships were in port. However, during the pandemic, they made Juneau their permanent home, purchasing their house in the shadows of the Mendenhall Glacier.Since the two settled down, W.R. has gone back to school, graduating with his Master's degree and pursuing a PhD. During his studies, W.R. taught in a variety of disciplines including public health, history, and English composition. He enjoys all the courses he's taught, English composition being his favorite, but he would like to eventually transition to Creative Writing.Besides teaching, W.R. has moonlit as a curriculum developer, platform development specialist, and data liaison for research institutions as well as the state. But, if you ask him, his favorite side gig is bartending. It was bartending that helped him travel the world; helped him learn the craft of story telling; and the source of his inspiration for his first book: Tall Tales of Alaska: The Red Dog Saloon. Sam Grubitz was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, with a bachelor's degree in graphic design.Grubitz works for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska where he manages the tribally owned screen-printing shop which specializes in screen-printing, embroidery, and laser engraving. He also owns a small business called Screens and Machines which is his brick and mortar, graphic, web, and print shop in Juneau, Alaska.He chased a wonderful Indigenous Tlingit woman who is now his wife up to Juneau after they met in college.Grubitz loves to paint, draw and create all types of graphic art and is always eager for a new project. He has done several print runs for charitable causes including a Rossville, Kansas 5k run to support college scholarships, and many local projects for various businesses.Grubitz also produces an Indigenous podcast called "Opening the Box of Knowledge," which stars the President of Tlingit & Haida and conducts meaningful, uplifting and humorous interviews with native American artists, musicians, and politicians. Some of their guests have included Mary Peltola, Portugal the Man, as well as writers and actors from the hit series Reservation Dogs and Molly of Denali.