Bi Feiyu, winner of the 2010 Man Asian Prize for Three Sisters, is one of the most respected authors and screenwriters in China today. He was born in 1964 in Xinghua, in the province of Jiangsu. A journalist and poet as well as a novelist, he has been awarded a number of literary prizes, including the Lu Xun Prize for 1995–96. He cowrote the film Shanghai Triad, which was directed by the acclaimed Zhang Yimou.

Bai Wei is a senior media people, scholar of culture, and poet. He was a staff member of Beijing Evening News for years. Currently,

Bai Wei, under the pseudonym of Feiyu, is a senior media people, scholar of culture, and poet. He was a staff member of Beijing Evening News for years.

Bernie Jaworski is the Peter F. Drucker Chair of Management and Liberal Arts and the Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University.