Josie Adams is a writer, producer, and founder of House of Water, an independent production company focused on writing and development. She was adopted at birth from Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Los Angeles. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. Adams co-authored We Thought They’d Never Leave with her father Tony.

Rachel Brosnahan stars as Lois Lane in James Gunn’s Superman and the upcoming sequel Man of Tomorrow. She’ll next be seen leading the new season of Apple’s Presumed Innocent and the upcoming Netflix feature film Saturn Return, directed by Academy Award nominee Greg Kwedar. She is currently directing her first film, a documentary feature about the late fashion designer Kate Spade. Brosnahan starred as Miriam “Midge” Maisel in Amazon’s critically acclaimed series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She won an Emmy, two Golden Globes, two Critics Choice, and an Actor Award for her performance. She also received an Emmy nomination for her performance as Rachel Posner on Netflix’s House of Cards. On stage, Rachel most recently co-produced and starred opposite Oscar Isaac in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. She founded the production company Scrap Paper Pictures and oversees their robust slate of projects across film, television, theater, and audio.

Tony Shalhoub is an Emmy-, Tony-, and Golden Globe–winning actor whose career spans film, television, and theater. He is best known for his roles in Monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Wings, and has appeared in dozens of acclaimed films and television projects. On Broadway, he has performed in The Band’s Visit, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, as well as Conversations with My Father, Golden Boy, and Act One. He has also received multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, among numerous other honors recognizing his work on stage and screen. We Thought They’d Never Leave is his debut book, co-authored with his daughter Josie.