Christopher Cantwell was born in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1980s, the family moved to Dallas, Texas. Cantwell went to University of Southern California and enrolled in its screenwriting program as an undergraduate. He began writing with Chris Rogers in August of 2010, and they created Halt and Catch Fire together. He is one of the two creators of the TV series Halt and Catch Fire. Cantwell is directing the upcoming film The Parts You Lose.

Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of Johnny Double, Batman- Broken City and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 Bullets, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times bestselling author's other work for DC includes the titles Hellblazer and Loveless (both with Marcelo Frusin), Batman- Dark Knight III- The Master Race (with Frank Miller, Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson), Superman- For Tomorrow (with Jim Lee), Joker and Luthor (both with Lee Bermejo) and Wonder Woman (with Cliff Chiang). Most recently he reunited with Lee Bermejo to kick off DC's Black Label imprint with the bestseller Batman- Damned.