Matthew Reinhart studied industrial design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, before finding his calling as a paper engineer. His books include the best-selling Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy , Game of Thrones: A Pop-Up Guide to Westeros , and DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book , among many other award-winning titles. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. Jim Zub is a writer, artist and art instructor based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past twenty years he's worked for a diverse array of publishing, movie and video game clients including Marvel, DC Comics, Disney, Capcom, Hasbro, Cartoon Network, and Bandai-Namco. He juggles his time between being a freelance comic writer and a professor teaching drawing and storytelling courses in Seneca College's award-winning Animation program. His current comic projects include Conan the Barbarian, the monthly adventures of Robert E. Howard's legendary sword & sorcery hero, Dungeons & Dragons, the official comic series of the world's most popular tabletop role-playing game, and Stone Star, a space-fantasy adventure set inside a roving gladiatorial arena.
Stacy King is a freelance writer, editor and modiste based in Toronto, Ontario. Her main focus is writing for middle grade and young adult audiences, particularly fantasy and historical fiction. Her most recent work includes the Dungeons and Dragons' Young Adventurer's Guide series for Ten Speed Press, a new-player friendly introduction to the world and concepts of the iconic role-playing game. She was the founding editor for the Manga Classics series, adapting western literary classics into Japanese graphic novel formats. She currently lives in downtown Toronto with her husband, comics writer Jim Zub, and has never quite gotten over her love of playing dress-up. Claudio Pozas is a fantasy artist, writer, and game designer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a career spanning over 20 years, he has worked on popular properties like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, and The Witcher. Since 2011, he has been contributing art to Dungeons & Dragons official products, and his art can be seen in several D&D 5th Edition books, which still seems surreal after playing the game for over 30 years.