NM Reed is an author and illustrator, musician, and entrepreneur living in the mountains of California with dogs, cats, horses and many books. McCarthy Preston is an actor storyteller who directs Role Playing Games at a large Science fiction convention, and holds a mundane career as agent for a large international shipping concern. Nejla Shojaie is an illustrator. She has loved to draw since she was a child. She loves working and living her life as an illustrator and creating children's illustrations. She likes traveling, reading, watching movies and enjoys listening to music, especially when she's drawing.