Daniel Sanchez was born in U.S. occupied territory of the Panama Canal Zone in the spring of 1968, 13 days after Martin Luthor King, Jr. was assasinated, and in the midst of military outbreaks both in Panama and Vietnam. Half Spanish and half Guatamalan, his roots trace back to Barcelona, where it is possibile he is decended from one of the noblemen who attempted to stop Christopher Columbus from searching for a new trade route to India.

A graphic designer and illustrator, his work is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress, the Walt Disney and Warner Bros museums, the DC Comics' official history, Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, Print magazine's 2003 Regional Design Annual, and the 2004 Society of Publication Designers Annual.

He has twice been the president of the Dallas Society of Illustrators. Daniel lives in Irving, Texas with his faithful dogs Beau and Belle. He is the author of A Boy, A Dragon, and Three Wishes; The Deal; The Guest; and most recently, The Sunset Man.

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Dan Fu, a 29 yr-old Taipei-born artist, resides in Austin, Texas where he spends most of his time creating fantastic worlds on paper - writing and illustrating his own comic books. He is the creator of Love Bites: The Wedding, the Utter Confusion series, and several stories in Radio's Mangaphile anthologies.

A true student of the craft, Dan greatly admires the works of Frank Miller, Locke, Masamune Shirow, Jo Chen, Katsuhiro Otomo, Kousuke Fujishima, Masakazu Katsura, Junji Ito, Kenichi Sonoda, Erik Larsen, Jeff Smith, Zander Cannon, Hayao Miyazaki, Adam Hughes and Mike Mignola.

He is the owner and operator of Daystorm Productions.

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Amanda, or "Calie" as she prefers to be called, was born in Enid, Oklahoma, but spent most of her childhood in Tulsa. She attended the Art Institute of Dallas after graduating high school where she received her associate's degree in graphic design. She is currently living in Grand Prairie and is looking for work either in graphic design or illustration. She is the artist of To Die For and Butterflies.

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Serdar Yegulalp was born in Ankara, Turkey and divided his childhood between New York City and New Jersey. A Manhattan resident after graduation from college, he now resides on Long Island where he also works as a freelance technical writer and consultant. Under the name "The Gline", he also releases CDs of his own music, lectures in various regions of the country on screenwriting, and is a regular guest at anime conventions. Serdar is widely considered an expert on Japanese cinema, and has a strong fan base in his own right, both on-line and off.

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Linda Mulinex is a 42-year old scheduling manager for a security company in Illinois. She has written a number of news articles for small town newspapers and is aspiring to become a novelist. She prefers to leave much of her past in the past, saying "You can't change yesterday, and tomorrow is not here yet. All we have is today." A single mother of three growing teenage boys, she tries to keep up-to-date with what is currently "in" with the younger crowd. She is proud to have completely corrupted her children by introducing them to the fine arts of gaming and anime. Writing is her passion, and will perhaps one day provide her fortune. She is the co-author of Goodnight, Sara and To Die For.

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