D. L. ORTON lives in the foothills of Colorado where she and her husband are raising three boys, a golden retriever, two Siberian cats, and an extremely long-lived Triops. Her future plans include completing the books in the BETWEEN TWO EVILS SERIES followed by an extended vacation on a remote tropical island (with a Starbucks). When she's not writing, playing tennis, or helping with algebra, she's building a time machine so that someone can go back and do the laundry.

D.S. Taylor was born in a quiet seaside town in Ireland in 1981.

He currently lives with his wife, his dog and three goldfish and pays the bills by running his own editing company.

Sources indicate he is addicted to coffee, writing and redheads.

Maurice Barkley lives with his wife Marie in a suburb of Rochester, New York. Retired from a career as a commercial artist and builder of tree houses, he is busy writing and reinforcing the stereotype of a pesky househusband.