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Mercedes Lackey is the author of the bestselling Valdemar series, the Obsidian Trilogy (The Outstretched Shadow, To Light a Candle, and When Darkness Falls), the Enduring Flame trilogy (The Phoenix Unchained, The Phoenix Engendered, and The Phoenix Transformed), and The Phoenix Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms. She has written many other books, including Trio of Sorcery, Phoenix and Ashes, Sacred Ground, The Firebird, The Fairy Godmother, and Alta. Lackey is the co-author, with Andre Norton, of the Halfblood Chronicles, including Elvenborn. Mercedes Lackey was born in Chicago and graduated from Purdue University. She has worked as an artist's model, a computer programmer, and for American Airlines, and has written lyrics and recorded more than fifty songs. She lives in Oklahoma.

Stephen D. Sullivan has been a professional writer, illustrator, and editor since 1980. He is the author of more than thirty published novels. His recent projects include Luck o' the Irish, Fantastic 4, and Spider Riders. His next Blue Kingdoms work will be the anthology, Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers. He has won the Origins Award twice, first for his samurai fantasy novel The Lion, and later for his Mage Knight short story "Podo and the Magic Shield." His recent novel, Dragonlance: Warrior's Bones, has been nominated for a 2008 Scribe Award. Steve lives in Wisconsin with his wife and two children. More information about Steve and his work can be found at: www.stephendsullivan.com,