About the Authors
Will McIntosh is
a Hugo Award winner and Nebula Award finalist whose debut novel, Soft Apocalypse, was published by Night
Shade in 2011. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Strange Horizons,
Science Fiction and Fantasy: Best of the
Year, and others. A New Yorker transplanted to the rural south, Will is a
psychology professor at Georgia Southern University, where he studies Internet
dating, and how people’s TV, music, and movie choices are affected by recession
and terrorist threat. In 2008 he became the father of twins.
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff is a versatile author and performer, best known for her science fiction and fantasy works. Bohnhoff also writes magic realism and nonfiction, and has written and performed music since 1979. Her short fiction has appeared in Analog, Amazing Stories, Interzone, Realms of Fantasy, and others. In addition to her shorter works Bohnhoff has written several full-length novels, including The Meri, which was a Locus magazine finalist for the Best First Novel award in 1993. She lives in California with her husband.
Lucas Bale writes the sort of intense, gripping science fiction thrillers which make you miss your train. His bestselling debut novel, The Heretic, is the gateway to the award-winning Beyond the Wall series, an epic hard science fiction space opera. Bale wasn’t always a writer. He was a criminal lawyer for fifteen years before he discovered crime doesn’t pay and turned to something which actually pays even less.
Daniel Arenson is a bookworm, proud geek, and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction. His novels have sold over a million copies. The Huffington Post has called his writing “full of soul.” He’s written over forty novels, most of them in five series: Earthrise, Requiem, Moth, Alien Hunters, and Kingdoms of Sand. Learn more about the books at DanielArenson.com.
Josi Russell writes science fiction novels that explore familiar human relationships in unfamiliar contexts. Josi currently teaches creative writing and fiction courses as an associate professor of English for Utah State University Eastern. She lives in the alien landscape of the high desert American Southwest with her family.
Felix R. Savage writes science fiction and fantasy while not translating, delighting in his family, or catering to the whims of the family’s cat. He is the author of the Solarian War Trilogy and the Elfrida Goto Trilogy, among other books.
Jason Anspach is a bestselling author living in Tacoma, Washington, with his wife and their pirate crew of seven (not a typo) children. In addition to works of science fiction, Jason is the author of the hit comedy-paranormal-historical-detective series, ‘til Death.
Rhett C. Bruno is a USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Audible bestselling author, and has been nominated for a Nebula Award. He is the author of the Children of Titan Series, the Buried Goddess Saga, the Circuit Trilogy, The Roach, and the Audible Original The Luna Missile Crisis, among others. His story, Interview for the End of the World, was nominated for a 2019 Nebula Award. Rhett left his day job in 2018 and used his experience as both a traditionally and self-published author to found Aethon Books. Rhett also founded Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bridge, a newsletter service which holds a list of thirty thousand dedicated sci-fi and fantasy readers.
Craig Martelle is the bestselling author or coauthor of numerous books, including the Darklanding, Free Trader, and End Times Alaska series.
Lindsay Buroker is a full-time independent fantasy author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She currently lives in Arizona.