Rebekah Palmer

Rebekah works in New Zealand as a fiction writer and editor. Her first novel, The Thirteenth Life of Frank Finnigan, was published by Penguin Books in August 2001. She was awarded the Todd New Writers Bursary at the end of 2001 and used that to write her second novel, Rhythm, which was published by Penguin in July 2004. In 2006, Rebekah completed a Master of Arts in scriptwriting at Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters, gaining a Distinction. She was also awarded the Michael Hirschfeld Scholarship to further develop a feature-length screenplay. Rebekah is working on more books in the Champ the Chopper series. She lives in Wellington with her partner and two young children.

Daniel Falconer

Daniel Falconer is one of a group of designers who joined Weta Workshop in 1996, shortly before The Lord of the Rings, working on projects such as Hercules and Xena. With a degree in graphic design, majoring in illustration, Daniel has an enthusiasm for world design and the development of imaginary cultures and creatures as a means to tell stories. Since The Lord of the Rings, Daniel has contributed design work for various Weta projects including King Kong, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Halo. In 2005, he collated and wrote copy for Weta's first book, The World of Kong, A Natural History of Skull Island, showcasing the illustrative work of the entire design department. He has also worked on the James Cameron film Avatar.

Chris Guise

As a self-employed cartoon portrait artist, Chris Guise approached Richard Taylor for some work and was given a week's trial on "a small job coming up." The small job turned out to be the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Chris started off in the miniatures department and was one of the many technicians who helped build the miniature of Moria. He then moved into the Armour / Weapons department and helped construct the hundreds of suits of armour required for the films. Since then, Chris has sculpted several pieces for the Weta Merchandising line and done design work on a wide variety of other Weta projects, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, horror film Black Sheep, costume design for the NZ stage production of Beauty and the Beast, credit design for King Kong and conceptual designs for Weta's first television production Jane and the Dragon. He is currently working on a number of confidential projects.