Rutger is the founder and CEO of StoryTerrace. As a boy he always loved his grandparents' stories - including tales of the Dutch resistance in WWII. When his grandparents passed away, he regretted not writing those stories down when he had the chance. So in 2013 he decided to quit his job in private equity to found StoryTerrace. Today StoryTerrace works with hundreds of writers around the globe, helping thousands to preserve their stories, with offices in London and LA.

Maryann is freelance writer and editor armed with a love for words and a Masters in Media & Communication from LSE. Her writing spans lifestyle, travel features, news articles and eBooks, with articles published in the Guardian, LSE's The Clare Market Review, and The Hindu, a leading news daily in India. She has worked at Google, as a lifestyle journalist for the New Indian Express and as a blog writer and editor in the education sector. When she’s not embarking on new flights of fancy, she also enjoys cooking, travel and curating stories about music for her pet project, Songs of my Life.

Nicholas’ passion for storytelling began at an early age, prompted by a love of science fiction novels, comic books, and horror movies. His award-winning novel, Pale Highway, is influenced by his experience working with Alzheimer’s patients in a nursing home, a subject that he has also written about for publications such as Vox, Alzheimers.net, and HeadStuff.org. When not busy writing, Nicholas spends his time reading, traveling to new places, and indulging in a lifelong coffee habit.