New York Times bestselling author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in science fiction. His Star Trek novels include the Discovery – Die Standing, the acclaimed novel Discovery—The Enterprise War, the Prey trilogy, and Takedown. His Star Wars novels include A New Dawn, Kenobi, Knight Errant, Lost Tribe of the Sith, and the Knights of the Old Republic comics, available from Marvel as Legends: The Old Republic. He’s written comics and prose for Halo, Iron Man, Simpsons, Conan, Planet of the Apes, and Mass Effect, with recent graphic novels for Battlestar Galactica, Dumbo, and The Lion King. Production notes on all his works can be found at his fiction site. He is also a comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, Comichron.. He also coauthored the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.

Alexander C. Irvine is an American fantasist and science fiction writer. He also writes under the pseudonym Alex Irvine. He first gained attention with his novel A Scattering of Jades and the stories that would form the collection Unintended Consequences. He has also published the Grail quest novel One King, One Soldier, and the World War II-era historical fantasy The Narrows. In addition to his original works, Irvine has published Have Robot, Will Travel, a novel set in Isaac Asimov's positronic robot milieu; and Batman: Inferno, about the DC Comics superhero. His academic background includes an M.A. in English from the University of Maine and a PhD from the University of Denver. He is an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. He also worked for a time as a reporter at the Portland Phoenix.

SHORT BIO: Kody Chamberlain got his start in comics with horror writer Steve Niles on 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, and a followup project with comic legend Keith Giffen on TAG. After several years delivering cutting edge work in comics, film, and animation, Kody ventured into creator-owned comics with writer Josh Fialkov on the cult classic PUNKS THE COMIC. More recently, Kody pushed the boundaries by writing, drawing, coloring, and lettering his own original crime series titled SWEETS: A NEW ORLEANS CRIME STORY that won a Spinetingler Award for crime fiction, and great critical acclaim from the industry’s toughest reviewers: “A visual triumph…it gave me the same chill I would get when reading old Frank Miller comics.”—Ain't It Cool News "This kind of care and craftsmanship isn't just art—it's magic."—Newsarama Kody Chamberlain