This document provides information about author Scott Westerfeld and his Leviathan trilogy, including that he wanted Keith Thompson to illustrate the books after seeing his online art. It introduces the main characters Deryn/Dylan Sharp and Prince Alek, describing the steampunk alternate reality setting of World War I. It summarizes the plots of the first two Leviathan books, which involve the characters aboard an airship and later traveling to Istanbul in an effort to stop the war.