Samit Basu is a writer of books, films and graphic novels. His first novel, The Simoqin Prophecies (2003), was the first book in the bestselling Gameworld Trilogy and marked the beginning of Indian English fantasy writing, he has also written the international award-winning super hero novel Turbulence, and the recently published graphic novel Local Monsters. Forthcoming from Red Turtle are books in The Adventures of Stoob series and the next book in The Morningstar Agency series.Sunaina Coelho studied animation film design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and now works from Mumbai as a freelance designer, creating animation for television and the Internet and illustrating for books and magazines.