George K. Dalidakis, after a long career in financial management, has been focussing his interest on the history of Crete and in particularly of Sfakia, where his paternal ancestry lies he is related to the Gialedakis family from Askifou. He has been a frequent visitor to Crete and Sfakia for more than 10 years, and he has been researching his family background and the history of Sfakia during that time. George is the author of the book ALPHAnualphazetaetatau nutaualphasigmaf tauiotasigmaf epsilonkappaalphatau epsilonkappakappalambdaetasigma epsilonsigmaf tauetasigmaf CHI rhoalphasigmaf SIGMAphialphakappa omeganu (Searching for the one hundred churches of Chora Sfakion), based on research into the local tradition that the village once had one hundred churches. George has also published online a number of articles relating to Sfakia that can be accessed at www.dalidakis.com. Peter Trudgill is an English academic linguist who has written books and papers on the dialectology and sociolinguistics of many languages, including Greek. He has been visiting Crete for over 30 years, and has been to Sfakia more than 80 times. Peter is the author of In Sfakia: Passing Time in the Wilds of Crete, which was written with his wife Jean Hannah and published by Lycabettus Press (Athens) in 2008. The Greek translation SIGMAtaualpha SIGMAphialphakappaiota : ALPHAnualphakappaalphalambda pitauomicronnutaualphasigmaf tauetanu psiupsilonchi tauetasigmaf KAPPArho tauetasigmaf appeared in 2013 from the same publisher. A German translation In der Sfakia: Geschichte und Geschichten - unsere Zeit im wilden Kreta was published by Balistier in 2011.