KATE NOVAK grew up in Pittsburgh, where she received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. After getting married, she gave up laboratories; her husband Jeff keeps her from starving while she pursues her writing career. Her works published by TSR include pick-a-path, adventure gamebooks, and game modules. She keeps frantically busy gardening, canning, cooking, recycling, and doing volunteer work for the Girl Scouts. In her spare time, she teases her three cats.
JEFF GRUBB, also a Pittsburgh native, was a civil engineer before being kidnapped by Wisconsin leprechauns and put to work designing games and fantasy worlds for TSR, Inc. His writing credits include Manual of the Planes, and Forgotten Realms Adventures (AD&D™ Hardbound supplements), SPELLJAMMER™ and the FORGOTTEN REALMS® Boxed Sets. He is currently serving as authoritative source, guardian spirit, and traffic cop for the ever-growing Forgotten Realms. For relaxation, he writes comic books. His wife, Kate, keeps him sane in all this.