Alvin Liu is a lifelong New Jersey resident and carnivorous plant enthusiast. He maintains a personal collection of more than 200 species of carnivorous plants and works with the Mid-Atlantic and New England Carnivorous Plant Societies to provide carnivorous plant–related shows, resources, and programming to the public. He has undertaken extensive, multiyear fieldwork in the Pinelands to document the populations of native carnivorous plants. At the time of publication, he was an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pursuing degrees in molecular biology and history.

Daniel DiPietro is an amateur botanist and carnivorous plant hobbyist. His personal collection—which contains hundreds of species and thousands of individual plants—is one of the largest in the tri-state area. He operates the popular carnivorous plant resource website www.CarnivorousJourney.com and frequently delivers educational presentations to the public as part of his work with the Mid-Atlantic Carnivorous Plant Society. As a resident of southern New Jersey, DiPietro has performed extensive fieldwork and documentation of the state’s carnivorous flora. At the time of publication, he was an undergraduate student at Dartmouth College, where he pursued degrees in mathematics and computer science and helped manage the college’s extensive teaching greenhouse collection.