Nalo Hopkinson is an award-winning novelist linked with the afrofuturism literary movement, including works like Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber and The New Moon's Arm. Hopkinson teaches fiction writing at the University of California, Riverside, where she is a member of a faculty research cluster on science-fiction. In 2018, she will be a guest of the international comics convention, San Diego Comic-Con.

Bestselling author Neil Gaiman has long been one of the top writers in comics, and also writes books for readers of all ages. He is listed in the Dictionary of Literary Biography as one of the top ten living post-modern writers, and is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. Gaiman's work has been honored with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honored with four Hugos, two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, four Bram Stoker Awards, six Locus Awards, two British SF Awards, A British Fantasy Award, three Geffens, an International Horror Guild Award and two Mythopoeic Awards.