Troy Denning is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-five novels, including Halo: Shadows of Reach, Halo: Oblivion, Halo: Silent Storm, Halo: Retribution, Halo: Last Light, a dozen Star Wars novels, the Dark Sun Prism Pentad, and many bestselling Forgotten Realms novels. A former game designer and editor, he lives in western Wisconsin.

Award-winning and seven-time New York Times bestselling author Christie Golden has written over forty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Among her many projects are over a dozen Star Trek novels, nearly a dozen for gaming giant Blizzard's World of Warcraft and StarCraft novels, and three books in the nine-books Star Wars series, Fate of the Jedi with Aaron Allston and Troy Denning.

Matt Forbeck has been a full-time creator of award-winning games and fiction since 1989.

He has sixteen novels published to date, including the award-nominated Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon and the critically acclaimed Amortals and Vegas Knights.

His latest work includes the Magic: The Gathering comic book and the historical horror novel Carpathia.