Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic. Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. His first professional publication was the short story Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine C't. His first novel was published in 1995. Five of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese. In 2002, his novel Das Jesus Video was adapted for German television. In 2003, his novel Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio. As of 2006, his only novel translated into English was Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as The Carpet Makers.

Uwe Anton is a German translator and science fiction writer. He has translated many novels by famous authors like Stephen King and Philip K. Dick, as well as comic books such as Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.

Götz Roderer is a German physicist and occasional science fiction author. He has contributed several times to the 'Perry Rhodan' franchise.

Nicole Rensmann, Jahrgang 1970, arbeitet seit 1998 als freiberufliche Schriftstellerin. Seitdem weist sie mehr als achtzig Publikationen vor, bevorzugt im phantastischen Genre. Als Journalistin führte sie von 2003 bis 2010 zahlreiche Interviews mit international und national bekannten Autoren. Für verschiedene Print-Magazine und Online-Portale verfasste sie Rezensionen und Artikel. Sie unterrichtete Kreatives Schreiben und war Mentorin. Seit 2004 betreibt sie ihren Blog, in dem sie über ihre Arbeit berichtet und über (fast) alles schreibt, was sie beschäftigt. Nicole Rensmann ist Mitglied bei PAN e.V. und lebt im Bergischen Land.