Sherrilyn Kenyon, a New York Times and internationally bestselling author, is a regular at the #1 spot. With legions of fans known as Menyons, her books are always snatched up as soon as they appear on store shelves. Since 2003, she had placed more than eighty novels on the New York Times bestseller list in all formats, including manga and graphic novels.

A Japanese native, Hinako Hishinuma spent her college years volunteering to help underprivileged children in the Philippines, and working to improve farming with non chemical fertilizers in Indonesia. She studied Kendo for sixteen years, and participated in national tournaments where she became the #2 champion for all of Japan. A licensed teacher in Japan for middle and high school students, she loves reading, origami and calligraphy. She currently lives in the US with her husband and son, and a hound dog that doubles as her son’s pony.

Madaug Hishinuma, intense gamer, former Japanese teacher, and current mastermind of all around mayhem, first started writing in grade school … on his mother’s walls. Deciding that near death experiences weren’t exactly his thing, he traded his crayons for a computer, and once he broke away from his severe gaming addiction, realized that his keyboard could also be used to create his own worlds. He’s been doing that ever since. He currently lives in Georgia with his wife, son, and dog that doubles as a pony.