James D'Amato is the author of The Ultimate RPG Series, cofounder of the One Shot Podcast Network, and host of the One Shot and Campaign: Skyjacks podcasts. He trained at Second City and iO in Chicago in the art of improvisational comedy: he now uses that education to introduce new people to role-playing, and incorporates improvisational storytelling techniques to create compelling and entertaining stories for RPG campaigns and one-shot adventures.

Dillin Apelyan (she/he/they) is the current host of the One Shot podcast. In addition, they helm several popular productions including The Atomless, Dorkspawn, and Patchwork Productions, and they have made appearances on media giants like Dropout and Critical Role. They have also designed and authored several successful roleplaying games like HUNT(er/ed) and Guys in Chairs and Spin the Bottle from the PlusOneExp Zine.