Bryan Young (he/they) works across many different media. His work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times. He's also published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor in chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! In 2014, he wrote the critically acclaimed history book, A Children’s Illustrated History of Presidential Assassination. He co-authored Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG has written two books in the BattleTech Universe: Honor's Gauntlet and A Question of Survival. His latest book, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. His work has won two Diamond Quill awards and in 2023 he was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers. He teaches writing for Writer’s Digest, Script Magazine, and at the University of Utah. Follow him across social media @swankmotron or visit swankmotron.com.

Janine K. Spendlove is a retired United States Marine Corps KC-130 pilot. In the Science Fiction and Fantasy World she is primarily known for her best-selling trilogy, War of the Seasons and Star Wars: Inbrief. She has several short stories published in various speculative fiction anthologies, to include Time Traveled Tales, Athena’s Daughters, and War Stories. Janine is also a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), Women in Aerospace (WIA), and BroadUniverse (BU). A graduate of Johns Hopkins University: School of International Studies (SAIS) and Brigham Young University (BYU), Janine loves pugs, sewing, and playing Beatles tunes on her guitar. She resides with her family in Northern Virginia and is currently at work on her next novel. Find out more at JanineSpendlove.com.

Maggie Allen recently started writing short fiction, but from her day job at NASA she has years of experience writing and podcasting about various non-fiction topics in astronomy and astrophysics. Maggie has other short stories published in A Hero By Any Other Name, the Time Traveled Tales anthologies, Athena's Daughters, Soothe the Savage Beast, War of the Seasons: The Heart, and Contact Light. She co-edited Athena's Daughters, Volume 2. These titles may be found at: http://silenceinthelibrarypublishing.com. Maggie is a guitarist and singer in the rock band, "Naked Singularity," which released its first album of original music in 2013. They are currently working on their second album. Her band's website may be found here: http://naked-singularity.com, and her writer website here: http://writermaggie.blogspot.com.