Lynn Dowling ( Horace ) is a graduate of Wheaton College and a Boston-based creative director in the design industry.

Asia Kepka (Agnes) studied set design in Lodz, Poland. A graduate of New England School of Photography in Boston , MA, she has worked for such publications as Wired, Fortune, Time, The New York Times Magazine, and many more. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe.

Dowling and Kepka live in Arlington, Massachusetts. Horace & Agnes is their first book.