present company included = including present day's writers?

Context:

Steven King’s On Writing

In the second foreword (there are three) to this book, Stephen King says:

“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do- no why it works when it’s good, not why it doesn’t when it’s bad. I figured the shorter the book, the less bullshit.”