Lucy Coats studied English and Ancient History at Edinburgh University, then worked in children's publishing and now writes full-time. She is a gifted children's poet and has also written several picture book texts. She is widely respected for her lively retellings of myths. Her 12-book series, Greek Beasts and Heroes, was published by Orion in the U.K. Beasts of Olympus is her first series published in the U.S.
Brett Bean has created art for TV, film, games, and books, for clients such as Nickelodeon, Disney TV, Leapfrog, and Nerd Corps. His art can be found on his blog: 2dbean.blogspot.com
