Gary Stromberg and Jane Merrill are co-authors of The Harder They Fall: Celebrities Tell Their Real-Life Stories of Addiction and Recovery (Hazelden, 2005). In 1967, Stromberg co-founded a large and influential public relations firm in the entertainment business. He represented luminaries such as the Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and Muhammad Ali. He also co-produced the motion pictures Car Wash and The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh. Today Stromberg heads a small public relations company in Westport, Connecticut. Merrill has written articles about art, style, and popular history for dozens of magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Penthouse, Town & Country, The New Republic, Redbook, The Christian Science Monitor, and Connoisseur. She is the author of books on raising bilingual children, child care alternatives, and relationships.