Yair Agmon is an acclaimed Israeli author, playwright, and screenwriter as well as a columnist for Makor Rishon. He was the recipient of the Hebrew Writers Prize in 2022. One Day in October is his seventh book.

Oriya Mevorach, teaches Judaism (Gemara, Chassidut and Philosophy) in various settings and is a Yoetzet Halacha based in Gush Etzion and Jerusalem. Oriya is the author of the best-selling Mah At Mevakeshet, soon to be published in English, and an editor-in-chief at Maggid Books.