Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author, and presenter of the acclaimed podcast The Rest Is History. He is the author of Rubicon, Persian Fire, and Dominion and has translated various classical texts, including Herodotus’s Histories. He has written and presented a number of TV documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. Tom Holland lives in London.

Jason Cockcroft was born in New Zealand, grew up in the north of England, and studied illustration at Falmouth University. He has illustrated numerous picture books and fiction titles for all ages, most notably contributing the cover artwork for three of the original UK editions of the Harry Potter books. His debut fiction title, We Were Wolves, was long-listed for the Yoto Carnegie Medal. Jason Cockcroft lives in Yorkshire.