Erica Davis, Author: Erica Davis is a freelance editor, podcaster, and tarot reader. In 2013, she quit her doctoral program in a blaze of glory to coach adult learners through academic writing, pivoted to editing fiction, then apprenticed with a literary agency before joining Book Pipeline as Creative Executive. Her work on grief and fandom, writing with ADHD, and quitting have appeared in Nerdist, Pipeline Artists, and The Professor Is In, respectively. She lives with her husband and dogs on a one-sixth-acre beet farm and is a self-certified Schrute historian. Connect with her on Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube via @DorkWitchery.

Tomás Hijo, Illustrator: Tomás Hijo was born in Spain. He is an illustrator and professor of illustration at the University of Salamanca in Spain. He has illustrated more than seventy books and written ten of them, most of which are related to legends and folklore. With printmaking as his technique of choice, his works belong to private collections all around the world, including Guillermo del Toro’s and Mike Mignola’s. His work has been exhibited in many galleries through Europe and the United States. His interest in the works of H. P. Lovecraft led to the birth of Nictonomicon, a collection of prints that has attracted the interest of the most important people in the field. Hijo received the Best Artwork Award from the Tolkien Society in 2015 in recognition of his works about J. R. R. Tolkien’s books.