Rick Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times bestselling middle-grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, which was adapted into an Emmy Award–winning live-action series on Disney+ that he cocreated and executive-produced. His latest novel, cowritten with Mark Oshiro, is The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure. Rick lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and fellow executive producer, Becky.

Annabelle Oh is the author of several acclaimed books for children and young adults, including Maggie and the Story Shadows, and she has also written insightful articles for national and international publications. When she’s not in the story world, she has the awesome job of reviewing toys. What she enjoys most, though, is spending time with her husband and daughter in sunny San Diego.