John Matthews is an historian, folklorist and author. He has been a full time writer since 1980 and has produced over ninety books on the Arthurian Legends and Grail Studies, as well as short stories and a volume of poetry. He has devoted much of the past thirty years to the study of Arthurian Traditions and myth in general. His best known and most widely read works are 'Pirates' (Carlton/Atheneum), No 1 children's book on the New York Times Review best-seller list for 22 weeks in 2006, 'The Grail, Quest for Eternal Life' (Thames & Hudson, 1981) 'The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom' (Element, 1994) and 'The Winter Solstice' (Quest Books, 1999) which won the Benjamin Franklin Award for that year. His book 'Celtic Warrior Chiefs' was a New York Public Library recommended title for young people. Deva Berg is a long-time resident of Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of A Tail of Two Sisters and artist for Dorothy Maclean's Seeds of Inspirations as well as David Spangler's Manifestation and Soul's Oracle card decks. When not illustrating or painting, she works as a designer and construction specialist at W3 Architects Inc. a firm specializing in passive solar, resource conserving design. She is a married and has a wonderful daughter Xyla Mae.