Marjorie Liu is the New York Times bestselling author of the Monstress series, illustrated by Sana Takeda. She also writes for Marvel Comics, including Black Widow, X-23, and Astonishing X-Men. Marjorie teaches comic book writing at MIT and divides her time between Boston, Massachusetts, and Tokyo, Japan.

Grace Kum has specialized in animation and games as a visual development artist and illustrator. She has worked for clients and studios such as Riot Games, Netflix, Disney, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. She loves depicting emotions and stories through visual narrative, and be it through games, film, or comics, Grace wants to push viewers to feel. She is a born and raised Korean American native of Los Angeles, where she lives with her cat, Haru, and guinea pig, Joobi. Visit her online at grace-kum.com.