Peter Kwong was the author of several books, including Chinese America (with Dušanka Mišcevic); Chinatown, N.Y.; and Forbidden Workers, all published by The New Press. He was a distinguished professor of urban affairs and planning at Hunter College and a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY.

Dušanka Mišcevic is a writer and translator with a Ph.D. from Columbia University. She lives in New York City.