Jane Ammeson was born and raised in East Chicago. She has written numerous history books, including Holiday World, Miller Beach, and Brown County, as well as A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana. Evan Ammeson has a degree in communications from Holy Cross College and works in marketing and design. He lives in St. Joseph, Michigan. The images for this book come from a variety of public and personal collections, including Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest; the East Chicago Public Library; Andy Prieboy; Steve Shook; and the authors' family collections.