Award-winning author Alan Moore is widely considered the best writer of graphic novels in the medium's history. His body of work includes the groundbreaking graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Lost Girls, as well as the novels Voice of the Fire and Jerusalem and the poem The Mirror of Love. Among his many awards are the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Eisner Award, and the International Horror Guild Award. He was born and still lives in Northampton, England.

Margaret Killjoy is a transfeminine author, born and raised in Maryland, who has spent her adult life traveling with no fixed home.

A life on the road has given her a healthy respect for hobos, street kids, and other elements of the criminal class. She founded SteamPunk Magazine and her nonfiction books have been published by AK Press.

Margaret's has written A Country of Ghosts, a utopian novel, and the Danielle Cain series, starting with The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion.