ABOUT THE AUTHORS

New Zealand-born fantasy writer Philippa (Pip) Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order, The Chronicles of Art, and The Shifted World series. She is also the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with her husband, Tee Morris.

Her writing awards include an Airship, a Parsec, the Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice, the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award, and a Sir Julius Vogel.

Philippa currently resides in Manassas, Virginia with her husband, daughter, and a furry clowder of cats.

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Clara Fei-Fei Čarija is a story and game consultant known for her stellar cartography work on the award-winning Alien RPG from Free League. She consulted on two Alien novels, Aliens: Phalanx and Alien: Into Charybdis, before going on to co-write the story for Alien: Inferno’s Fall with award-winning author Philippa Ballantine.

She is also a jeweler and fashion designer with a passion for Alien, art, and artificial intelligence. Clara resides on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband and two children.

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