Daniel Falconer has been a designer at Weta Workshop for more than
a decade, producing conceptual art as part of the design team on
many of the company's high profile projects, including The Lord of
the Rings, King Kong, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the
short-lived Halo movie adaptation. Daniel wrote and collated Weta's
first two books, The World of Kong (Simon & Schuster, 2005) and The
Crafting of Narnia (HarperOne, 2008), art books that showcased the
illustrative work of the entire design departments behind on King
Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia movies, and has provided
descriptive copy for movie-based toys and collectibles including
The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. He lives in Wellington with
his wife Catherine and two daughters, reveling in his dream career
of playing in imaginary worlds every day.
K.M. Rice is a national award-winning screenwriter and author who
has worked for both Magic Leap and Weta Workshop. Her first novel,
Darkling, is a young adult dark fantasy that now has a companion
novel titled The Watcher. Her novella The Wild Frontier is an ode
to the American spirit of adventure and seeks to awaken the wildish
nature in all of us. Her upcoming Afterworld series is set to debut
with the first book, Ophelia. Over the years, her love of
storytelling has led to producing and geeking out in various
webshows and short films. When not writing or filming, she can be
found hiking in the woods, baking, running, and enjoying the
company of the many animals on her family ranch in the Santa Cruz
Mountains of California.
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