Lydia Munn, daughter of missionary parents, grew up in Brazil. With husband Jim she has worked in church planting since 1983, notably in St. Etienne, near the small town in the central mountains of France which forms the background of How Huge the Night. Heather Munn was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in southern France. She lives rural Illinois, where she and her husband, Paul, host free spiritual retreats for the poor.