John Toomey is the director of the Crystal Awards competition for short Internet video. He is former editor of Notebook Magazine, an affiliate of the World Mind Network, and author of the book Cosmosophy, available on Amazon or direct from his own site. His long term goals include contributing to this Bunker Hill blog, and living longer than Nathan Marsak so that he doesn't die and have his mutilated remains treated sacreligiously by some ghoulish crematorium that would later be featured in Nathan's upcoming book on American Mortuaries.

Ed Fuentes is neither a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library, nor a historian with credentials. He is a graphic artist who explores community as a photojournalist to create digital murals that tell the stories of community. Downtown has been his beat for the last few years where he writes own blog, viewfromaloft, and contributes for blogdowntown.

Joan Renner is an expert on vintage cosmetics ephemera and has a collection of over 350 items. As a tour guide for Esotouric, she has combined her love of vintage cosmetics with her passion for crime by developing a nifty personality profile of LA's most famous murder victim, Elizabeth Short (aka Black Dahlia), based upon her choice of make-up. She is currently pondering her next project.

Nathan Marsak is a Los Angeles historian, preservation advocate, and is with his wife Elizabeth perpetually restoring their Highland Park home.  He is the author of Los Angeles Neon. His forthcoming projects include a book on the American mortuary, and something involving all those postcards he's collected.

Christina Rice is a Los Angeles native (San Gabriel Valley actually) and is a librarian in the History & Genealogy Department of the Los Angeles Public Library. In her spare time she collects vintage movie posters and is currently working on a biography of 1930s/40s leading lady Ann Dvorak. She also volunteers with the Los Angeles Conservancy as a Broadway Theatres Tour docent and helps plan the annual Last Remaining Seats event.

Mary McCoy is a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library, and lit blogs at This Book Is For You.  She is currently working on a hard-boiled crime novel for young adults.