J. K. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing the series during a delayed Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J. K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including an OBE for services to children's literature, France's Legion d'Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.

Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Jim studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Jim has produced concept work for television and contributed to a group exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire, England, with his partner and a rescued greyhound.

J.K.罗琳，是畅销书“哈利·波特”系列的作者，该系列小说深受读者的喜爱，屡创销售纪录。迄今为止，“哈利·波特”系列销量已越450000000册，被翻译成78种语言，并被改编成8部好莱坞大片。J.K.罗琳还为慈善组织撰写过三部“哈利·波特”系列衍生作品，分别是《神奇的魁地奇球》《神奇动物在哪里》（用于资助“喜剧救济基金会”）及《诗翁彼豆故事集》（用于资助“荧光闪烁”慈善组织）。她还创作了一部以《神奇动物在哪里》为灵感来源的电影剧本。2012年，J.K.罗琳正式推出数字化公司Pottermore，哈迷们可以在网站上欣赏她的新作，陶醉于神奇的魔法世界里。J.K.罗琳还为成年读者写过小说《偶发空缺》，并以笔名罗伯特·加尔布雷思创作过推理小说。她曾荣获过众多奖项和荣誉，其中包括表彰她对儿童文学做出巨大贡献的大英帝国勋章、法国荣誉军团勋章，以及国际安徒生文学奖。

吉姆·凯，是帕特里克·奈斯的小说《恶魔呼唤》的插画绘制者，他的插画获得了2012年凯特·格林纳威奖。他曾在威斯敏斯特大学学习绘画，毕业后曾先后在泰特英国美术馆和英国皇家植物园工作。他在里奇蒙美术馆举办个展时，一位出版商看中了他的绘画，主动与他洽谈，自此开启了他的自由插画家生涯。吉姆也为电影和电视节目创作概念图，并参与过伦敦维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆的一场联合展览。现在他与伴侣，还有一条被解救的灵缇犬生活在英国北安普敦郡。