James Bradley is an award-winning novelist and critic. His books include the novels Wrack , The Deep Field , The Resurrectionist and Clade , a book of poetry, Paper Nautilus , and The Penguin Book of the Ocean . His most recent book is The Silent Invasion , the first in a trilogy of young adult novels. He blogs at cityoftongues.com and lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
Melanie Cook is an illustrator and comic book artist from Perth, Western Australia. Her other online comics include The Tyger and the travel memoir Saint Helena: Isle of Exile . In addition to her comics work Melanie creates book covers for indie publisher and eZine The Book Smugglers. You can find more of Melanie’s artwork at MelanieCook.com .