Joshua Izzo is an illustrator, storyteller and entertainment executive who currently resides in southern California with his wife, their daughter, and two Pomeranians. In his day job, Josh is the Vice President of Franchise Development at Lightstorm Entertainment, ensuring that the Avatar comic books, novels, reference books, video games, and other parts of the Avatar story universe follow the vision of film makers Jim Cameron and Jon Landau.

Simon Beecroft is a British author. He was born in London, where he currently lives.

His best-known book is the New York Times bestselling LEGO Star Wars- The Visual Dictionary, which has sold more than 2,000,000 copies, and which in 2016 was held in more than 1,000 libraries.

In all, he has written more than 30 other books, primarily for children.