Paul has written over 140 books including The Jelindel Chronicles, The Warlock's Child series (with Sean McMullen), The Maximus Black Files, The Earthborn Wars and seven titles in The Quentaris Chronicles. He is the recipient of both the A Bertram Chandler and the Peter McNamara awards, the William Atheling and Aurealis awards and a number of short-listings. His latest book is Harry Kruize, Born to Lose.

Sean McMullen is one of Australia’s leading SF and fantasy authors. His works span genres and styles ranging from epic fantasy to steampunk, and reach out to audiences of all ages. He has won fifteen Australian and international awards, has had over twenty books and eighty stories published in more than a dozen languages, and has been a guest of honour at many Australian and international conventions. He has published seven books with Ford Street Publishing: Before the Storm and Changing Yesterday for young adults, and The Warlord’s Child series (with Paul Collins). Sean was runner up in the 2011 Hugo Awards for his novelette Eight Miles.

"The Burning Sea is a collaboration of two of the country’s finest fantasy/science fiction writers: Paul Collins and Sean McMullen. The brilliant cover is by Marc McBride, famous the world over for his spectacular dragons. The Burning Sea promises much and delivers more. -Robyn Donoghue, Good Reading, Issue Jul 2015 (Jul 2015)