Laurell K.Hamilton

LAURELL K. HAMILTON is the author of the No. 1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. With more than thirty books published, Laurell continues to create stories inspired by her lifelong love of monster movies, ghost stories, mythology and folklore. Never one to rest on her laurels, she is currently working on a new novel set in yet a third fictional world and hopes to add to her list of short fiction soon. She lives in St. Louis with her family, two spoiled Japanese Chins, a house panther and a house lion. In her free time, Laurell trains in Filipino martial arts with a specialisation in bladework and enjoys reading, nature observation and scuba diving.

WILLIAM MCCASKEY is a veteran of the United States Army who traded in the hot and sandy for central Florida with his family, dogs and a very demanding feline overlord. In his free time, he enjoys honing his martial arts skills while imparting a few of them, travelling and scuba diving. William made his debut with the science fiction novel Dragon Two-Zero.