Tom Balchin is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in gifted education, based in the Brunel Able Children's Education Centre at Brunel University, UK. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Education, Reading University, UK.

Barry Hymer is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University's Centre for Teaching and Learning in the UK. He is a freelance educator, chartered psychologist, trainer and writer, specialising in the fields of thinking skills, creativity and gifted education.

Dona Matthews is a Visiting Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto and, until recently, the Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and Education at the Hunter College, City University of New York, working with the New York City Department of Education on gifted education policies and practices.