Saladin Ahmed was born in Detroit and raised in a working-class, Arab American enclave in Dearborn, Michigan.

His short stories have been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell awards, and have appeared in Year’s Best Fantasy and numerous magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, as well as being translated into five foreign languages.

Throne of the Crescent Moon is his first novel. He lives near Detroit with his wife and twin children.

Christian Ward is a comic book artist and writer. His books include the cosmic space opera ODY-C which he co-created with Matt Fraction, as well as the Eisner-winning Marvel comic Black Bolt with Saladin Ahmed. Alongside Invisible Kingdom, he's currently writing Tommy Gun Wizards, also published by Dark Horse.