Dean Wesley Smith

Dean Wesley Smith was a founder of the well-respected small press Pulphouse. He has written a number of novels–both his own and as tie-in projects–including Laying the Music to Rest and X-Men: The Jewels of Cyttorak.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning former editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She turned to writing full-time two years ago. She, too, has written a number of original and tie-in novels, including the Fey series and Star Wars: The New Rebellion.