L.J. Goulding is a British novelist, scriptwriter, and editor who now works as a narrative director at Riot Games in Los Angeles. He is known for his extensive work on the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer universes, particularly for the Black Library imprint, where he managed the Horus Heresy series. His work includes the novel Slaughter at Giant's Coffin, several audio dramas, and content for the League of Legends universe, such as the book Realms of Runeterra.
Born in London, Goulding grew up in Burton-upon-Trent and later settled in Nottingham, where he became a full-time writer and editor in 2011. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Rob Sanders is the author of the Horus Heresy novellas Cybernetica and The Serpent Beneath, the latter of which appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology The Primarchs. His other Black Library credits include the The Beast Arises novels Predator, Prey and Shadow of Ullanor, the Warhammer 40,000 titles Sons of the Hydra, Skitarius, Tech-Priest, Legion of the Damned, Atlas Infernal and Redemption Corps and the audio drama The Path Forsaken. He has also written the Warhammer Archaon duology, Everchosen and Lord of Chaos, along with many short stories for the Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000. He lives in the city of Lincoln, UK.
Nick Kyme hails from Grimsby, a small town on the North East coast of England known for its fish (a food, which ironically he dislikes profusely). Nick moved to Nottingham in 2003 to work on White Dwarf magazine as a Layout Designer. Since then, he has climbed to the heady heights of Writer and Layout Designer, and has had three short stories published in Inferno in that time.
Gav Thorpe is a British author, game developer, and former games developer at Games Workshop, best known for his work in the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universes. He has written numerous novels for Black Library, including the Horus Heresy series, and is a New York Times bestselling author. He also won the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award for his novel Warbeast.
Graham McNeill worked for Games Workshop between 2000 and 2006 as a games developer and a background material writer. As well as writing for White Dwarf, he worked on several codexes including the Tau, Necrons, Witch Hunters, Space Marines and Black Templars. After leaving Games Workshop in 2006 he became a freelance writer, but currently continues to produce novels for Black Library
His Horus Heresy novel, A Thousand Sons, was a New York Times bestseller, and the second book in his Sigmar trilogy, Empire, won the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award for best fantasy novel.
Aaron Dembski-Bowden is a New York Times-bestselling author from Northern Ireland, best known for his work on the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universes. His notable works include the Horus Heresy novels The First Heretic and The Master of Mankind, as well as the popular Night Lords series and novels such as Spear of the Emperor and Black Legion. He has also written for Riot Games and started his career by writing for friends before moving into video games and RPGs.
Since 2022 he has worked as the head of narrative at Games Workshop.
James Swallow is a British author. A BAFTA nominee and a New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon #1 best-seller, he is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as short fiction, numerous audio dramas and video games.
His writing includes the Marc Dane series of action thrillers, the Sundowners series of Western fiction steampunk novels, and fiction from the worlds of Star Trek, Warhammer 40,000, Doctor Who, 24, Stargate, 2000 AD and many more. He has won Scribe Awards for novels and audio dramas based on Star Trek, Watch Dogs Legion, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell and Star Cops[1]. He lives and works in London.
