Lovern Kindzierski lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lovern is regarded as one of comics' most influential award winning colorists, with multiple Eisner Award nominations and is also an inductee into the Joe Shuster Comic Book Awards Hall of Fame. Lovern is also a successful author, having written titles for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Renegade Arts Entertainment and Heavy Metal Magazine, he is best-known for the acclaimed series of fantasy books about Shame for Renegade.

John is one of the major international fantasy artists. He began working on American comics in 1980 and has since collaborated with all the major comics publishers. Over the course of his career he has received awards including the Eisner and Ink Pot, and has worked with prestigious people in the film industry, including directors Sam Raimi and Robert Zemeckis. John is an artist with a strong talent and an incredible imagination. His drawing techniques add a touch of reality to fantasy. Thanks to his mastery in the use of colours John manages to combine unusual shadows to create mystical and surreal atmospheres and personal expressions. He manages to combine realism and mysticism in a way that surprises and enchants the viewer. John has been working on the Shame books for the last twelve years and will continue to collaborate with Lovern Kindzierski for Book 7 Bolton was born in London, where he currently resides.