Kwame Mbalia is the Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author of the New York Times best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy. Follow him on Twitter @KSekouM. Robert Venditti is a New York Times best-selling author whose characters and concepts have been adapted to film and television. He has written the monthly comic book series X-O Manowar and Wrath of the Eternal Warrior for Valiant Entertainment, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Justice League for DC, and the children’s novel series Miles Taylor and the Golden Gape for Simon & Schuster. For Disney Hyperion he has adapted Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus graphic novels. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia and can be found on Twitter @robertvenditti. Olivia Stephens is a comic artist and illustrator originally from the Pacific Northwest. In 2017, Olivia earned her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a 2019-20 Literary Fellow for the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. She currently resides in Tulsa, OK, and is working on her debut graphic novel, Artie and the Wolf Moon for Lerner/Graphic Universe. She also writes and draws the ongoing romance webcomic Alone. When not drawing, she enjoys eating spicy foods and losing her voice at rock concerts.