George Santayana (1863-1952) was a philosopher, poet, critic, and novelist. The MIT Press has published The Letters of George Santayana in eight books and The Life of Reason in five books.

David E. Spiech has worked in commercial and academic publishing since 1999. Since 2003 he has been on the staff of the Santayana Edition at the Institute for American Thought, helping to produce the critical edition of The Works of George Santayana.

Martin A. Coleman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. He is the editor of The Essential Santayana and the director and editor of the Santayana Edition, which is publishing The Works of George Santayana.

Faedra Lazar Weiss joined the Santayana Edition as Assistant Editor in August 2018. She brings more than thirty years of editorial experience in areas including music, positive youth development, religious history and texts, and medical ethics.