Santi V. Buscemi is professor of English at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, where he teaches reading and writing. He received his BA from St. Bonaventure University and completed his doctoral studies at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of both A Reader for Developing Writers (McGraw-Hill), now in its sixth edition, and An ESL Workbook (McGraw-Hill). He also coauthors (with Charlotte Smith) McGraw-Hill's 75 Readings (9th ed.) and 75 Readings Plus (7th ed.).

Albert H. Nicolai is professor of English at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, where he teaches reading and writing. He received his BA from Hope College and his MA from Temple University.

Richard Strugala is professor of English at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, where he teaches reading and writing. Professor Strugala received his doctorate in composition and rhetoric from Rutgers University, where he was elected to Kappa Delta Pi. He is a certified trainer for the New Jersey affiliate of the National Writing Project. Additionally, Dr. Strugala has been selected as a regional scoring leader for the Online Scoring Network (OSN) at ETS in Princeton, New Jersey. The OSN coordinates the holistic scoring of the GMAT, GRE, CLEP, TOEFL, and TSE testing programs.