Steven Jeffery is currently attending the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee campus to receive his Masters degree in Library and Information Science. His favorite authors are David Weber, Eric Flint, Wen Spencer, and John Ringo.

Lyn Toll has studied Library and Information Technology and is currently working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English Literature through Athabasca University. She is an avid reader who will read just about anything on paper, and is a great lover of classic literature, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Her favorite author is Wilbur Smith.

Steven is a undergraduate in Astronomy at Lycoming College. His book related interests are fairly wide, but most recently focused on science-fiction and fantasy manga. His favorite author is Andre Norton.

Brenda Black grew up near Boulder, Colorado, where she has begun studying at the local university. She has been an avid reader her whole life and has a passion for foreign languages (particularly German) and their literatures as well as a strong interest in mythology and folklore. Her favorite authors span a range of styles and genres and include Hermann Hesse, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jorge Luis Borges and Aeschylus.

Curt Long inherited a deep love of reading from his English teacher turned school librarian mother. He read lots of mysteries and westerns as a teen, great literature as an English major at the University of Chicago, and has more recently become an avid reader of science fiction, fantasy, and children's books for his kids. His day job is being the Executive Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. A representative sampling of his favorite authors might include Steven Erikson, James Tiptree, Jr., and Cordwainer Smith .

Reuben Balik is from Chicago, Illinois and is currently a freshman at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in Computer Engineering. His computer related interests include programming in PHP and C++ and screwing around with Linux. When not spending his time doing chemistry homework or finding the equivalent resistance of circuits, he enjoys watching movies, playing poker, or just hanging out. Reuben enjoys mystery and adventure novels and his favorite authors include Dennis Lehane, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Douglas Adams.

Currently working as a DVD Author at Madman Interactive in Australia. Has completed a Bachelor of Multimedia Design and worked doing freelance web design and programming for over seven years. His favorite author has to be Terry Pratchett.

Asteris Masouras is a hyperactive jack-of-all-trades, and an IT enthusiast since the early eighties, currently working as a software developer, technical writer and translator/proofreader. A native of Thessaloniki, Greece, he recently returned to his alma mater for postgraduate studies in Advanced Informatics. His professional interests include Java, Open Source software, Environmental Informatics and web applications; personal time is devoted to friends, scifi/fantasy books, games, movies, blogging and scrounging the net.

His favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Dan Simmons, Neal Stephenson and Charles De Lint.