Illuminae

Amie Kaufman is an Australian author born in Melbourne who grew up partly in Ireland. She holds honours degrees in law, history, and literature and a master's in conflict resolution, and worked as a mediator for seven years before writing full-time. A New York Times-bestselling author published in more than thirty-five countries, she co-writes the Illuminae Files and Aurora Cycle with Jay Kristoff and the Starbound trilogy with Meagan Spooner.

Jay Kristoff is an Australian author of fantasy and science fiction, born in Perth, Western Australia, on 11 November 1973. He spent eleven years working in creative advertising for television before beginning his writing career in 2012, and now lives in Melbourne. He is best known for The Lotus War trilogy (beginning with Stormdancer), The Nevernight Chronicle, and the Empire of the Vampire series, as well as two trilogies co-written with fellow Melbourne author Amie Kaufman: The Illuminae File...