Mark Mooney

About the Author, written by the author in 2016: 

"Mark Mooney has been a writer, editor and traveler for the four decades of his journalism career. His byline has been attached to stories from war zones, earthquakes, major trials and presidential campaign stops. He is  very tempted to try hitchhiking again."

Mark Xavier Mooney died in 2017 after a long battle with prostate cancer. Ever the journalist, he wrote his own obituary and broke the news of his own death as reported in this ABC News story:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/veteran-ny-news-editor-mark-mooney-wrote-heartbreaking/story?id=50369974

Barbara Goldberg

Barbara Lynn Goldberg is a former journalist with Reuters, UPI and AP who also freelanced with ABCNews.com, Time, US News & World Report, New York, Slate and others. Over the years, she has reported on life's more surprising twists and turns. And she has had the privilege of meeting some very wise animals.