COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING--known colloquially as "The Hivemind"--are screenwriters and New York Times bestselling comic book creators known for Joyride (Boom! Studios), Star Trek: Year Five (IDW), Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (Marvel), Batman Beyond: Neo-Year (DC Comics), WIFWULF (Vault), and Alyssa Milano's Hacktivist (Archaia). Their most recent graphic novel, Dark One, was written in collaboration with superstar novelist Brandon Sanderson and debuted at #1 on the Amazon Fantasy Graphic Novel list and #5 on the Barnes & Noble Bestseller / Top 100 list. Together, they have collaborated on over one hundred single issues, co-starred on two tabletop liveplay series of their own design (Vast and Champions of the Earth), and wrote all thirteen episodes of YouTube Originals' first animated series, Kings of Atlantis. Collin was raised in Kauai and Seattle, while Jackson hails from Boston and Chicago--but both now live in Los Angeles, where they first met while studying at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Christina Rice is a librarian, archivist, author, wife and mother. Her first book, Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel was published by the University Press of Kentucky in November 2013 and she has written multiple issues of the My Little Pony comic book series (IDW).