Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer and mother. Her bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels include Blue Moon, Burnt Offerings, The Killing Dance, Bloody Bones, The Lunatic Cafe, Circus of the Damned, The Laughing Corpse, and Guilty Pleasures. She lives live in a suburb of St. Louis with her husband and daughter.

Marjorie M. Liu is an attorney who has lived and worked throughout Asia. She hails from both coasts, but currently resides in the Midwest, where she writes full-time. When not writing, she enjoys listening to music, painting, designing websites, and returning to old movie favorites, some of which involve light sabers, various applications of the Force, and small green men with pointy ears. She is also, occasionally, commandeered by poodles.

New York Times bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn writes the bestselling paranormal romance/urban fantasy Otherworld Series, or (Sisters of the Moon Series), for Berkley and the upcoming Indigo Court Series. She's also written a paranormal mystery series (the Chintz 'n China Series) for Berkley Prime Crime, a short-lived mystery series (the Bath & Body Series) under the name of India Ink, again for Berkley Prime Crime, and eight metaphysical nonfiction books (Llewellyn Publications and Crossing Press).

Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine called Decor. Her novels include The Shape-Changer's Wife and the Samaria Trilogy: Archangel, Jovah's Angel and The Alleluia Files. She is the winner of the William Crawford Award for Achievement in Fantasy, and was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, and has lived in the midwest most of her life.