Timothy Zahn is the author of the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling Star Wars series of novels featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn, which now spans a remarkable 13 volumes. The award-winning Zahn also wrote the Blackcollar trilogy and the Cobra series. Fantasy and science-fiction author and role-playing game designer Michael Stackpole found great success in books set in both the BattleTech and Star Wars universes - the latter including collaborations with Timothy Zahn on stories featuring Mara Jade. Steve Perry is a TV writer and science-fiction author who has more than fifty novels and numerous short stories to his name. Perhaps best known for his star-spanning Matador series, Perry has also written books set in the storied universes of Alien, Conan and Star Wars, including his best-selling Star Wars- Shadows of the Empire. Spanish artist Carlos Ezquerra earned his place in comics history as the co-creator of Judge Dredd, iconic star of the British science-fiction series 2000 AD, a character he remained associated with for decades. Ezquerra, who passed away in 2018, has been acclaimed as one of the premier artists of British comics. Ron Randall created the retrofuturistic series Trekker, starring the adventures of bounty hunter Mercy St.

Clair, which has appeared both in print and online. His extensive industry credits include DC's Warlord and Dragonlance, and Marvel's Solo and Venom- Separation Anxiety. Three different incarnations of Cloak and Dagger were only a few of Rick Leonardi's artistic achievements for Marvel. His other credits include Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants and Spider-Man 2099. At DC, he drew Batman family titles Batgirl and Nightwing, as well as comic/film crossover Green Lantern vs. Aliens. At Event Comics, he penciled Painkiller Jane.