JENNIFER BRODY / VERA STRANGE is the author of the "Disney Chills" 7-book series featuring iconic Disney villains, "The 13th Continuum" trilogy, and the Stoker Finalist "Spectre Deep 6," prompting Forbes to call her “a star in the graphic novel world.” She is the co-author of "All is Found: A Frozen Anthology" with her "spooky" Elsa story and "Star Wars: Stories of Jedi & Sith," where she penned the Darth Vader story. She’s a graduate of Harvard University, a film/TV producer and screenwriter, and a creative writing instructor. She began her career in Hollywood working for A-List directors and movie studios like New Line Cinema on many films, including "The Lord of the Rings," "The Golden Compass," "Freddy vs. Jason" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Her forthcoming stories will appear in "Weird Tales" and other anthologies, while her new series "A Sacrifice of Blood & Stars" sold in a 3-book deal and debuts in September 2024. She lives and writes in Joshua Tree, California.

DAYTON WARD is a New York Times bestselling author or co-author of nearly forty novels and novellas, often working with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. While he’s written a lot (I mean it…a lot) of Star Trek fiction, he’s also dabbled in other licensed properties such as 24, The 4400, Jurassic World, Mars Attacks, Planet of the Apes, and Predator.

His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies, and he's written for publications such as NCO Journal, Kansas City Voices, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Star Trek and Star Trek Communicator as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com.

Dayton's newest works for 2024 include the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Pliable Truths, and with Kevin Captain America: Steve Rogers Declassified, the second of their “deep dives” into some of Marvel’s greatest super heroes which follows last year’s Iron Man: Tony Stark Declassified.

MARSHEILA (MARCY) ROCKWELL is an award-winning tie-in writer and poet. Her work includes the novels Marvel Zombies: The Hunger, Marvel Untold: Sisters of Sorcery, SF/H thriller 7 SYKOS, and The Shard Axe series, set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons Online, as well as dozens of short stories, poems, and comic book scripts. She is a disabled pediatric cancer/mental health awareness advocate who lives in the desert with her husband, three of their five children, two rescues, a handful of strays, and far too many books. You can find out more here: https://marsheilarockwell.com/ and keep up with all her latest news here: https://linktr.ee/marsheilarockwell.

RUSS COLCHAMIRO is author of the Sci-Fi mysteries Crackle and Fire, Fractured Lives, Hot Ash, and Blunt Force Rising, the ongoing series featuring hardboiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. Russ is also the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure, Crossline, the SF/F backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, is the editor of the Sci-Fi mystery anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, co-author and -editor of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls, and has contributed to various other genre fiction anthologies.

His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies, and he's written for publications such as NCO Journal, Kansas City Voices, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Star Trek and Star Trek Communicator as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com.

Dayton's newest works for 2024 include the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Pliable Truths, and with Kevin Captain America: Steve Rogers Declassified, the second of their “deep dives” into some of Marvel’s greatest super heroes which follows last year’s Iron Man: Tony Stark Declassified.

A member of The Mystery Writers Association, The Private Eye Writers of America, Horror Writers Association, and the author collective Crazy 8 Press, Russ also hosts and produces his Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster podcast, where he interviews best-selling and up-and-coming Sci-Fi, fantasy, crime, mystery, and horror authors.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife, twin ninjas, black lab, Jinx, and precocious kitten, Callie.