Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney. Since the late 1990s, Tomasz Grotnik has been illustrating publications on warships and other military equipment. During that time, he has made hundreds of technical drawings and warship plans. From 2008 to 2015, he served as editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine ,,Morze Statki i Okrety" (,,Sea, Ships, and Warships"), Poland's leading periodical on maritime affairs. Since 2015, he is a naval editor of the ,,Wojsko i Technika" (,,Armed Forces and Technology") monthly and Research and Analysis Group (zbiam.pl).

Edouard Groult grew up inspired by watching historical documentaries with his father and developed a fascination for historical and fantasy art. Following art studies in both Paris and Belgium he worked as a concept artist in the videogame industry and in recent years has also undertaken historical commissions while working as a freelancer for historical magazines. He lives and works near London.