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Sam Landers is the Publisher and Editor at Trope Publishing Co. and has edited Chicago, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, all titles in Trope's City Edition series. Prior to launching Trope, Sam spent over two decades working in digital marketing. An avid photographer, Sam enjoys traveling, always taking his camera and notebook.

Michelle Fitzgerald is a veteran of the book publishing industry and the Associate Publisher at Trope Publishing Co. A fierce advocate for books, she served as editor on Trope's City Edition title, New York. She currently lives with her family in Wilmette, IL.

Tom Maday is a photographer whose assignments take him to every corner of the globe including Africa, the Middle East, the India subcontinent, Latin America, Europe and throughout Asia for clients such as ESPN, Abbott, Sappi Paper, Motorola and TD Ameritrade. His Tri-X and T-Max film pictures appear in the books Great Chicago Stories and After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis. Over the years, his shooting gear has become lighter and lighter which helps him focus on the most important matter ~ the subject.