Yorik van Havre is a Belgian architect who currently lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. Blender occupies the major part of his daily work. He regularly writes articles and tutorials about Blender, architecture and architecture software, and is actively involved in several communities and open-source projects. He has also reviewed two other Blender books, Blender 3D: Architecture, Buildings and Scenery and Blender 3D Incredible machines, both by Allan Brito. More about Yorik's work can be found at his website: http://yorik.uncreated.net
Sanu Vamanchery Mana is a 3D artist from India with over 11 years of experience in the fields of animation, gaming, and special effects, and is Lecturer of Interactive Media Design/Animation and Game Design at Raffles Design Institute, Singapore. As a lecturer he has given many workshops, trainings, and presentations in many countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Currently he is reviewing two Blender 3D books for Packt Publishing.
He has worked for gaming projects such as Golden Eye 007 (Electronic Arts ), Neopet (Sony Entertainment), and World Series of Poker (Sony Entertainment). He was also involved in the Short movie "JackFrost" was which nominated for a BAFTA.