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.

Freda Warrington loves rural Leicestershire, where she lives and makes things up. Throughout school, art college and a career in graphic design, writing was a constant. Her first novel, A Blackbird in Silver, was published in 1986. Twenty-two more books followed, ranging from epic quests to contemporary/ supernatural fantasy. Her novels include Dracula the Undead and Elfland, both of which won Best Novel Awards. These days her backlist is mostly available on ebook. Also on Audible, but print can be found, especially from Titan who republished her popular ‘A Taste of Blood Wine’ series with gorgeous new covers. (They originally came out in the 1990s, preceding the later vampire explosion!) Most recent is Nights of Blood Wine (Telos), a collection of dark short stories. Freda continues creating new magical worlds, in between mentoring/ editing assignments. For full info, visit her author website: Fredawarrington.com.

Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, she has written fifteen epic fantasy novels so far. Her debut, The Thief's Gamble, began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, followed by The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy. In association with Wizard’s Tower Press, she’s re-issued her early backlist as well as publishing original short story collections and contemporary fantasy novels rooted in British folklore. The series so far is The Green Man’s Heir, The Green Man’s Foe and The Green Man’s Silence. She writes diverse shorter fiction, enjoying forays into dark fantasy, steampunk and SF. Recent short stories include contributions to the anthologies Alternate Peace, Soot and Steel, and The Scent of Tears (Tales of the Apt). Visit julietemckenna.com or follow @JulietEMcKenna on Twitter

KT Davies was born and raised in Yorkshire, and has a degree in literature. A nerdy gamer, KT also plays with swords, sometimes on horseback. Author of the bestselling fantasy series The Chronicles of Breed.