John Marc Anderson and Glen Michael Cannon met at age 11 while growing up in military families that traveled the world. Upon reassignment, the boys lost touch with each other. After separate careers in sales, marketing, copywriting, and merchandising, the pair picked up where they left off after a chance phone call almost 40 years later, and began to write The Legend of the Magpie King. Marc is also an accomplished artist working in relief and sculpture. Glen is an expert in mid-century design and an avid collector of vintage consumer products, some dating back to the 1860’s.