John Missall has been a life-long student of Shakespeare. He and his wife Mary Lou are historians specializing in the Seminole Indian Wars of Florida and have authored several books on the subject, both fiction and non-fiction. Their novel "Hollow Victory" won the 2012 Best Fiction Award from the Florida Historical Society, and their history "The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict" is one of the most popular books written on the subject.