The authors of Divorce Lessons are two developmental psychologists. Alison Clarke-Stewart is Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean at the University of California, Irvine. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and co-author of What We Know about Childcare (Harvard Press, 2005). Cornelia Brentano is Associate Professor of Child Development at the California State University and has conducted research on the legal and psychological processes of divorce. Together they authored also Divorce Today: Causes and Consequences (Yale Press, 2006).