KELLEY ARMSTRONG is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of three trilogies for teens: the Darkest Powers; Darkness Rising and Age of Legends, as well as several thriller and fantasy series for adults and three YA thrillers (The Masked Truth, Missing and Aftermath). She is also the author of the award-winning A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, the first in a four-book series of the same name, which received two starred reviews from School Library Journal and Shelf Awareness. She lives in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada, with her family.


XAVIÈRE DAUMARIE is a French artist who has created designs and illustrations for several book series by Kelley Armstrong: Women of the Otherworld, including two graphic novels, Becoming and Bounty Hunt; Age of Legends; Cainsville; and The Blackwell Pages series by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr. She lives in France.