Michael S. Fulton is a Canadian historian and archaeologist who specializes in medieval conflict and cross-cultural interactions, particularly around the eastern Mediterranean in the broad context of the crusades. He has published widely in this field; his books include Artillery in the Era of the Crusades (2018), Siege Warfare during the Crusades (2019), Contest for Egypt (2022) and Crusader Castle: The Desert Fortress of Kerak (2024). He is currently a part-time assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario and an instructor of medieval history at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Heather E. Crowley teaches history at Monterey Peninsula College (USA). Her research focuses on rural settlement in the twelfth- and thirteenth-century Eastern Mediterranean, where she examines the countryside of the crusader states and nearby Muslim polities. Her recent publications include the chapter "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey? Agrarian Environments in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem" in the edited collection Crusades and Nature: Natural and Supernatural Environments in the Middle Ages (2024) and a state-of-the-field survey about agriculture and animal husbandry for the forthcoming Material Culture of the Crusader States handbook.