Co author Susan Stites graduated from Eastern Michigan University following her studies in Biology. She is the author of The Road Guide: Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore published in 1998 and Century of Summers at Arbutus Lake published in 2001.

Co author Lea Ann Sterling holds a JD from Ohio State University College of Law. She is the author of Historic Homes of Olde Town, Columbus, Ohio, published in 1999. She received the Ohio Historical Society Office of Historic Preservation's Education and Awareness Award for her efforts.

Historic Cottages of Mackinac Island
by Susan Stites and Lea Ann Sterling
ISBN 0-9665316-4-7