Samuel R. Delany and Mia Wolff

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip," is an American writer and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee (in 2002), and a recipient of four Nebula awards and two Hugo awards over the course of his career. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program.

Mia Wolff obtained her BFA in Painting rom Pratt Institute in 1973 and ran away to the circus in 1976. She lives in New York City.