Jillian Powell has an MA in English from Cambridge University and an M.Phil in Art History from the Courtauld Institute, London.

She is an experienced writer of children's fiction and non-fiction, and has written on many social issues.

David Glover is the former CEO of Learning Media, David Forman and various advertising agencies around the world.

He is now Executive Director, Partnerships at Unitec, New Zealand's largest Institute of Technology, and a director of several technology businesses.

Michael Pryor is one of Australia's premier Science Fiction and Fantasy authors.

He has more than a million words in print, publishing more than thirty-five books and over fifty short stories.

Michael has been shortlisted seven times for the Aurealis Awards and seven of his books have been CBCA Notable Books.