Michael Wallis is the Pulitzer Prize nominated author of six books on the Southwest and is widely considered the authority on Route 66, the Mother Road. He served as a creative consultant and voice talent for
Cars.
Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis is co-author of Songdog Diary: 66 Stories from the Road and co-editor of Greetings from the Mother Road: Route 66 Postcards. She and her husband, Michael, live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
John Lasseter is a founding member and executive vice president of creative of Pixar Animation Studios. A two-time Academy Award-winner, he executive produced Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles, and directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, and Cars.