Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the acclaimed ten-book Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series, and other novels, novellas and short stories including Children of Time (which won the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2016), and its sequel, Children of Ruin (which won the British Science Fiction Award in 2020). He lives in Leeds in the UK and his hobbies include entomology and board and role-playing games.

CB Harvey won the first Pulp Idol award, jointly conferred by SFX Magazine and Gollancz Publishing. Since then he’s written for the Doctor Who and Highlander ranges produced by Big Finish. He’s also authored numerous videogame narrative design documents for Sony. His forthcoming work includes stories for the American pulp publishers Moonstone and Airship 27, narrative design work for the British games publisher Mongoose and a Commando comic. His academic publications include an Italian book about Grand Theft Auto and articles about transmedia storytelling, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and Neil Gaiman. He has a PhD in videogame storytelling. No, really.

Malcolm Cross lives in London and enjoys the personal space and privacy that the city is known for. When not misdirecting tourists to nonexistent landmarks, Malcolm is likely to be writing science fiction and fantasy. He won the 2012 Ursa Major Award for Best Short Fiction.