Robert Hirst

Robert Hirst is the head of the Mark Twain Project at the University of California Berkeley.  He has been working with the Mark Twain Project since 1967, and Hirst also claims never to have been in the least bored with his chosen subject: “If you’re bored with Mark Twain, you either have no sense of humor, or you haven’t been paying attention.”

Dave Taffner

Dave Taffner is a lifelong reader of novels, short stories, comic books and album liner notes. He has 12 years experience in bookselling and buying. At Borders he supports the Fiction buying team, doing financial planning, purchasing and allocating books, and keeping classics and backlists stocked.

Julia Cheiffetz

 Julia is the Senior Editor at HarperStudio.  Julia is the only person from Buffalo she knows who has never been to a Bills game. She lives in Brooklyn where she can be found reading poetry and watching the E! Entertainment channel at all hours. She considers the film Anchorman a great work of art.