Charlaine Harris is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Harris has been published in thirty-five languages and sold over 37 million copies of her work. She was selected as a 2021 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and has received Lifetime Achievement honors from both Malice Domestic and RT Booklovers. Three of her series have been adapted for television. Her latest novel, The Serpent in Heaven, continues her national bestselling Gunnie Rose series.

Toni L.P. Kelner is the author of the Laura Fleming mysteries and the "Where Are They Now?" series. She is also the author of numerous short stories, and co-edits bestselling urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Her short stories have been nominated for the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer awards, and she has won the Agatha Award. Under her pseudonym Leigh Perry, she writes the Family Skeleton mystery series.