Richard Morgan is a children's book illustrator, whose books for Random House Children's Books include Oops, Sorry (2003), The Funny Tummy Book (2000) and The Rat-a-tat Hat Book (2000). In the past Richard has worked for Disney and has created characters for greeting cards. He lives with his wife and daughter near Cambridge. [from Random House author bio] He also writes/illustrates under the name "Maddy Rose".

Uschi Zietsch is a German science fiction author, editor, and publisher. Many of her early works, as well as her contributions to the Perry Rhodan franchise of science fiction booklets, were and are published under the pen name Susan Schwartz.

Sharon Lee has been married to her first husband for more than half her lifetime; she is a friend to cats, a member of the National Carousel Association, and oversees the dubious investment schemes of an improbable number of stuffed animals. Despite having been born in a year of the dragon, Sharon is an introvert. She lives in Maine because she likes it there. In fact, she likes it so much that she has written five novels set in Maine; contemporary fantasy trilogy Carousel Tides, Carousel Sun, Carousel Seas, and mysteries Barnburner and Gunshy. With the aforementioned first husband, Steve Miller, Sharon has written twenty novels of science fiction and fantasy—many of them set in the Liaden Universe® — and numerous short stories. She has occasionally been an advertising copywriter, a reporter, photographer, book reviewer, and secretary. She was for three years Executive Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., and was subsequently elected vice president and then president of that organization.

Will Elliott (born 1979) is an Australian fiction writer who lives in Brisbane, Queensland. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Steve was the founding curator of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Albin O. Kuhn Library's Science Fiction Research Collection and a former Nebula juror. Steve enjoys music, plays tournament chess, and collects cat whiskers. Steve Miller and his wife, Sharon Lee, live in the rolling hills of Central Maine with two insistent muses in the form of cats and a large cast of characters. The husband-and-wife team's collaborative work in science fiction and fantasy include seventeen novels and numerous short stories in their award-winning Liaden Universe®. In addition to their collaborative work, Steve has seen short stories, nonfiction, and reviews published under his name, while Sharon has seen published short stories, newspaper pieces, and two mystery novels.

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