Simon Kuper's first book, "Soccer Against the Enemy," won the William Hill Prize for sports book of the year in Britain. His second book, "Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War," was shortlisted for the William Hill Prize and has been translated into six languages. Kuper writes a weekly sports column in the "Financial Times," and previously written Soccer columns for the "Times" and in the "Observer." He has been interviewed hundreds of times on radio about sports-and-society issues, and many times on television. In December 2007 he won the annual Manuel Vazquez Montalban prize for sportswriting, awarded by the Colegio de Periodistas de Catalunya and FC Barcelona's foundation. He lives in Paris, France.
Stefan Szymanski is Professor of Economics and MBA Dean at Cass Business School in London. Tim Harford has called him "one of the world's leading sports economists." Stefan has a global reputation, and has published in the" Journal of Political Economy," "Journal of Economic Literature" and "Economic Journal." He has also co-authored two books: "Winners and Losers: The Business Strategy of Football" and "National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer." His next book, "Fans of the World; Unite!," co-authored with Steve Ross and dealing with the reform of US sports leagues, will be published by Stanford University Press in autumn 2008. He has acted as a consultant to government and to several major sports organizations, such as the FIA (motor sport), UEFA (football) and ICC (cricket). He lives in London, UK.