Liz Evers is a contributor to the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB), working primarily on twentieth century figures. She is also the project's copy editor. Liz has worked in the publishing industry in the UK and Ireland for many years, and is the author of a number of popular reference books on diverse subjects, from Shakespeare to horology to fairy tales. She is a graduate of UCD and DCU.

Dr Niav Gallagher is a medieval historian, specialising in the links between religion and politics in thirteenth to fifteenth-century Ireland, Scotland and Wales. At the DIB, she is responsible for researching and writing biographies, as well as identifying potential new entries.