Mark Latham was the Federal Member for Werriwa from 1994 to 2005, becoming Leader of the Labor Party in 2003. Prior to entering Federal Parliament, he spent seven years on Liverpool Council in south-west Sydney.

He is the author of eight other books, including The Latham Diaries (2005) and Not Dead Yet (2013).

Since leaving politics, Mark Latham has been a columnist for the Australian Financial Review and worked on radio and television as a political commentator.

He lives in outer-south-west Sydney with his wife Janine and their three children.

Born and raised in Malaysia, Darren Tan grew up drawing spaceships, dinosaurs and the stuff of his imagination, which was fuelled by movies and computer games.

Following a brief stint in 3D animation, Darren now works as a freelance illustrator.

ªRU-MOR was born in Tarragona, Spain, and studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville, specialising in artwork restoration, before moving onto a professional career in sculpting miniatures. As a freelancer illustrator, her artwork has appeared in French museum exhibitions, Spanish RPGs and card games (such as Adventures in the East Mark, Walküre, and Epica: Dark Ages), and historical magazines, including Medieval Warfare and Desperta Ferro’s Archaeology and History series, for which she also provides cover art. She has also worked with Osprey Games on a range of titles, including the Dracula's America and Frostgrave series.