Justina Ireland is the author of Dread Nation (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins), a New York Times bestseller as well as the sequel Deathless Divide. Her earlier works include the fantasy young adult novels Vengeance Bound and Promise of Shadows (both Simon and Schuster).
Justina also writes for the Star Wars franchise, including the books Lando ’s Luck, Spark of the Resistance, and A Test of Courage, part of the High Republic publishing initiative.
Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She is a practicing physician and associate professor of Internal Medicine who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her books include Catalyst (2015), A Beautiful Poison (2017), Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything which was co-authored with Nate Peterson (2017), The November Girl (2017), and Control (2017).
George Mann is a New York Times bestselling novelist and scriptwriter. He’s the creator of the Wychwood supernatural mystery series as well as the popular Newbury & Hobbes and Tales of The Ghost series. He’s written comics, novels and audio dramas for properties such as Star Wars, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Judge Dredd and Dark Souls. He’s currently part of the writer’s room on a forthcoming genre television show.
Cavan Scott is a New York Times bestselling author whose work includes novels, television, comic books and award-winning audio dramas. He has written for a large number of high-profile series including Star Wars, Doctor Who, Assassin's Creed, Pacific Rim, Transformers, Back to the Future, Star Trek, Vikings, Adventure Time, Sherlock Holmes and more.
In 2018, Cavan became one of the five story architects selected to create Lucasfilm’s new multi-media initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic and he is currently writing the ongoing Marvel comic of the same name, as well as numerous books in the series. Cavan has written widely in the galaxy far, far away, from the Tales from Vader's Castle series to the Audie nominated Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost. In 2020, he joined the writing team for Star Wars Kid's children’s game show, Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge.
Charles Soule is a New York City-based novelist, comic book writer, musician, and attorney. While he has worked for DC and other publishers, he is best known for writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of Wolverine, and various Star Wars comics from Marvel Comics (Star Wars, The Rise of Kylo Ren, Darth Vader, Poe Dameron, Lando and more).
Alyssa Wong writes award-winning fiction, comics, books, and games, including comics published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and IDW. Their short story “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” won Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and novelette “You’ll Surely Drown Here if you Stay” was Hugo nominated and won a Locus Award.
Jake Lunt Davies is a creature concept designer and storyboard artist working in film and television. His involvement with Star Wars began with designing BB-8 and many creatures for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and continued with projects including Star Wars: Andor and Star Wars: Starfighter.
