Robert Paul Weston lives in London, England, in a crumbling old building, hidden behind shiny glass towers. He isn't sure if this is where the idea for DENKi-3000 Headquarters came from, but it's certainly possible. In 2008, he published his first novel-in-verse,
Zorgamazoo, recipient of the California Young Reader’s Medal, the Silver Birch Award, the Children’s Choice Award, and an E.B. White Read Aloud Honor. His second novel was the hardboiled fairy tale,
Dust City, which was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. In February 2013, he published
Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff. Although he writes all of his books with a mechanical pencil, it's not electric and doesn't come with a telescopic lens. To learn even more about him, go to: www.robertpaulweston.com or follow him on Twitter @RPWeston.
Framestore is a visual effects studio based in London, New York, Los Angeles, and most recently Montreal. Their work can be seen in all eight of the Harry Potter films, Where the Wild Things, War Horse, and The Golden Compass, for which they won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. In New York, they recently worked on Ben Stiller’s new version of Walter Mitty. In London, they worked on Paddington Bear; Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock; the samurai epic 47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves; and Jupiter Ascending by The Wachowskis. Iron Man 3 and Robocop were produced in Montreal. For more information, go to www.framestore.com