Sean Michael Wilson is a graphic-novel writer living in Scotland and Japan. He has published more than 20 books, including
The Many Not the Few and
Parecomic (with an introduction by Noam Chomsky). His book
The Faceless Ghost was nominated for the prestigious Eisner Book Awards, and
Secrets of the Ninja won an International Manga Award from the Japanese government; he was the first British person to receive this award. He has written articles for
The Japan Times,
The London Economic,
The Herald Scotland, and others.
Fumio Obata is an illustrator and animator whose style is influenced by both Japanese and European aesthetics. His latest graphic novel
Just So Happens was critically acclaimed and has been published in eight languages.