Mean Streets

A martial arts enthusiast whose résumé includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least two hundred years ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversation of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. Jim is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera novels, and the Cinder Spires series, which began with The Aeronaut's Windlass.

Kat Richardson is the national bestselling author of the Greywalker series. She lives in the wilds of western Washington, where she hunts down bits of history to turn into terrifying tales, accompanied by her husband and a rescued pit bull terrier.

Simon R. Green is a New York Times bestselling author of the Deathstalker, Nightside, and Secret Histories series, among others. He lives in Bradford-on-Avon in England.

Thomas E. Sniegoski is a full-time writer of young adult novels, urban fantasy, and comics. His works include the New York Times bestselling Fallen series, the Remy Chandler novels, the graphic novel The Raven's Child, as well as contributions to famous comics such as Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and B.P.R.D.