Olivia Cockett was born in 1912 and grew up and lived in London. She started a diary in August 1939 and continued with it until October 1942, which has been published as Love & War in London: A Woman's Diary, 1939-1942.
Robert Malcolmson taught in the History Department at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, between 1969 and 2004. Author of several books, he now lives in Coburg, Ontario, and works part-time as a personal counsellor.