Ibrahim S. Amin graduated from the University of Newcastle and is a Ph.D. candidate in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Manchester. He is an expert classicist and is well versed in monsters. He currently lives in Manchester. This is his first book. Richard Horne is a designer of books, album covers, magazines, and greeting cards, and the author of the bestselling "101 Things to Do Before You Die." He lives in London.