Gary Robinson is a writer and filmmaker of Choctaw and Cherokee descent. He is the author of the "Lands of our Ancestors" series of Native American historical novels, A Native American Night Before Christmas, the YA novel Billy Buckhorn and the Book of Spells, and others. He lives in Santa Ynez, California. Dale Deforest is a member of the Diné tribe and grew up in the Four Corners area of the Navajo Nation around Shiprock and Farmington, New Mexico. He studied 2-D arts and photography at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dale's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions. Most recently, his piece "The Force Is With Our People"—an exhibition celebrating Native people's relation to pop culture—was shown at the Museum of Northern Arizona. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"Johnny Geronimo captures the feel of the best of the noir detective novels. It is not easily put down. WHAM! SOCK! BAM! FANTASTIC!" - Tom Holm, author of Panther Creek: A Pawnee Country Mystery and Anadarko: A Kiowa Country Mystery"Gary Robinson and Dale Deforest present a tale well told that speaks to contemporary issues. Its knowledge of Santa Fe and the surrounding lands makes for a great read." - Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., author of Sacred Folks and Never Whistle at Night