Vincent P. O'Hara is an independent naval historian and a Naval Institute Press author of the year. Mr. O'Hara has published sixteen books, most recently, Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars (with Leonard Heinz, Naval Institute 2022). He holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley and lives in Chula Vista, California.

Trent Hone is an authority on the U.S. Navy of the early twentieth century and a leader in the application of complexity science to organizational design. He studied religion and archaeology at Carleton College in Northfield, MN and works as a consultant helping organizations learn and innovate more rapidly. Mr. Hone regularly writes and speaks about leadership, organizational learning, and naval history.  His most recent book is Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific (Naval Institute 2022).