Author Biography: Greg Pak is a filmmaker and comic book writer best known for directing the award-winning feature film "Robot Stories" and writing the epic "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk" storylines for Marvel Comics.

He was named one of 25 Filmmakers to Watch by Filmmaker Magazine, described as "a talent with a future" by the New York Times, and named "Breakout Talent" of the year by Wizard Magazine. Pak's run on Marvel's "Incredible Hulk" comic book included the much lauded "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk" epics and was named the Best Ongoing Series of 2007 by Wizard Magazine.

Pak created the character of Amadeus Cho, who won a 2005 Marvel.com fan favorite poll, and has written numerous Marvel miniseries, including the top-selling "X-Men- Phoenix - Endsong" and the critically acclaimed "Magneto Testament." Pak also wrote the "Battlestar Galactica" series for Dynamite and co-writes the fan favorite "Incredible Hercules" series with Fred Van Lente.

Andy Diggle is one of the UK's leading comic-book writers. His work for DC Comics, Vertigo, Marvel and Image Comics has been collected in over two dozen graphic novels in multiple languages.

The movie adaptation of his award-winning action thriller The Losers opened worldwide in 2010, and is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. His graphic novel Green Arrow: Year One inspired the hit TV show Arrow.

He was formerly the Editor of legendary British sci-fi comic 2000AD, and has twice been named as one of the "Top 50 Most Influential People in Science Fiction" by SFX, the UK's leading sci-fi magazine.

Benjamin Percy is the award-winning author of the new novel The Dead Lands, as well as Red Moon, The Wilding and the short-story collections Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk.

A native of the high desert of Central Oregon, Percy also writes nonfiction that has appeared in Esquire, GQ, Time and more. He is the winner of the Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Award and the Plimpton Prize for fiction.

Percy currently writes Green Arrow and Teen Titans for DC Comics.

A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry."

She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, SECRET SIX, BIRDS OF PREY and the creator-owned WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She currently writes BATGIRL for DC Comics.

Danny Lore (they/them) is a queer black writer/editor raised in Harlem and currently based in the Bronx. They've worked in comic and gaming shops since the beginning of time. Most of their writing is contemporary speculative fiction, with the occasional foray into science fiction. They've had their short fiction published by FIYAH, Podcastle, Fireside, Nightlight, EFNIKS.com and more. Their comics work includes QUEEN OF BAD DREAMS for Vault Comics, QUARTER KILLER for Comixology, and JAMES BOND for Dynamite Comics in December 2019. They have short comics in DEAD BEATS and THE GOOD FIGHT. They edited THE GOOD FIGHT anthology and THE WILDS (Black Mask comics). They will be included in the YA prose Anthology A PHOENIX FIRST MUST BURN, at Viking Books, in Spring 2020.

Mark Russell is an American author, best known for his satirical graphic novel God Is Disapointed in You, an irreverent retelling of the Bible.

He is also the writer of Prez and The Flintstones, as well as the acclaimed Exit Stage Left- The Snagglepuss Chronicles for DC Comics.