Astonishing X-Men: Northstar

Marjorie M. Liu is a New York Times best-selling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novelsand comic books. Her novels include the 2005 paranormal romance Tiger Eye. Her comics work includes a number Marvel Comics series related to the X-Men and Wolverine, including NYX, X-23 and Dark Wolverine. She currently resides in the American Midwest.

Mike Perkins is a British comic book artist known for both his inking work and full art duties on comic books such as Captain America, Ruse and Stephen King's The Stand.