SF convention favorites Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have been collaborating since the 1980s, with over one hundred works of fantastic fiction to their joint credit. While starting their joint writing career they were traveling SF fans, SF convention booksellers and art agents and have other unique science fictional backgrounds -- Sharon is the only person to consecutively hold office as the Executive Director, Vice President, and President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America while Steve was Founding Curator of Science Fiction at the University of Maryland’s SF Research Collection.
Their May, 2022 Liaden Universe® novel, Fair Trade, was their twenty-eighth collaborative novel and on July 4th, 2023, Salvage Right, their 29th, will be published.
Their story "Standing Orders" was a finalist for the 2022 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction; their awards include the Skylark, the Prism, & the Hal Clement Award, they were also finalists for the Maine Literary Awards in More at https://www.korval.com & https://www.facebook.com/groups/16280839259/
SF convention favorites Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have been collaborating since the 1980s, with over one hundred works of fantastic fiction to their joint credit. While starting their joint writing career they were traveling SF fans, SF convention booksellers and art agents and have other unique science fictional backgrounds -- Sharon is the only person to consecutively hold office as the Executive Director, Vice President, and President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America while Steve was Founding Curator of Science Fiction at the University of Maryland’s SF Research Collection.
Their May, 2022 Liaden Universe® novel, Fair Trade, was their twenty-eighth collaborative novel and on July 4th, 2023, Salvage Right, their 29th, will be published.
Their story "Standing Orders" was a finalist for the 2022 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction; their awards include the Skylark, the Prism, & the Hal Clement Award, they were also finalists for the Maine Literary Awards in More at https://www.korval.com & https://www.facebook.com/groups/16280839259/
Dr. Charles E. Gannon’s award-winning Caine Riordan/Terran Republic hard SF novels have all been Nebula finalists and national best-sellers and the fourth, Caine’s Mutiny, hit bookstores in February 2017. His epic fantasy series, The Broken World, is forthcoming from Baen Books. He also collaborates with Eric Flint in the NYT and WSJ best-selling Ring of Fire alternate history series, and Eric, along with Kevin J. Anderson, will be collaborators in Gannon’s Steam, Aether, Empire web serial coming in 2017. His other novels and short fiction straddle the divide between hard SF and technothrillers and have appeared through various imprints and in various magazines. Much of this work includes collaborations in the Starfire, Honorverse, Man-Kzin, and War World universes. He also worked extensively in game design and writing, as well as being a scriptwriter and producer in New York City, where his clients included the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and PBS.
A Distinguished Professor of English and Fulbright Senior Specialist, his book Rumors of War and Infernal Machines won the 2006 American Library Association Choice Award for Outstanding Book. He is a recipient of five Fulbright Fellowships and Travel Grants and has been a subject matter expert both for national media venues such as NPR and the Discovery Channel, as well as for various intelligence and defense agencies, including the Pentagon, Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy (CNO/SSG and ONR), NATO, DARPA, NRO, DHS, NASA, and several other organizations with which he signed NDAs.
Dr. Charles E. Gannon’s award-winning Caine Riordan/Terran Republic hard SF novels have all been Nebula finalists and national best-sellers and the fourth, Caine’s Mutiny, hit bookstores in February 2017. His epic fantasy series, The Broken World, is forthcoming from Baen Books. He also collaborates with Eric Flint in the NYT and WSJ best-selling Ring of Fire alternate history series, and Eric, along with Kevin J. Anderson, will be collaborators in Gannon’s Steam, Aether, Empire web serial coming in 2017. His other novels and short fiction straddle the divide between hard SF and technothrillers and have appeared through various imprints and in various magazines. Much of this work includes collaborations in the Starfire, Honorverse, Man-Kzin, and War World universes. He also worked extensively in game design and writing, as well as being a scriptwriter and producer in New York City, where his clients included the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and PBS.
A Distinguished Professor of English and Fulbright Senior Specialist, his book Rumors of War and Infernal Machines won the 2006 American Library Association Choice Award for Outstanding Book. He is a recipient of five Fulbright Fellowships and Travel Grants and has been a subject matter expert both for national media venues such as NPR and the Discovery Channel, as well as for various intelligence and defense agencies, including the Pentagon, Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy (CNO/SSG and ONR), NATO, DARPA, NRO, DHS, NASA, and several other organizations with which he signed NDAs.
I was born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1956 to Phyllis and John W. Mattingly, the last in a line of three brothers, with John C. and James coming before me. Interesting fact: my dad was the inventor of the Waterpik oral hygene device. I've used the Waterpik practically every day of my life since it was invented.
I pretty much set my sights on being an artist even as a toddler. From a very early age, comic artist Jim Steranko was huge influence on my work. I started reading Edgar Rice Burroughs as a youngster, partially because my parents gave me the middle name of Burroughts after him. I love lots of different artists, ancient and modern, from Jackson Pollock to N.C. Wyeth, to Norman Rockwell, to John Singer Sargent and Sandro Botticelli.
After high school, I switched around between a bunch of schools, starting at Colorado Institute of Art, then transfering to Colorado State University, and finally settling at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
I began my career as a matte artist at Walt Disney Studios under Harrison Ellenshaw. I learned a lot from him and his father, Peter Ellenshaw, about what makes a good matte painting. Ultimately, I became head of the matte department when Harrison left to create the ILM matte department. While at Disney, I worked on "The Black Hole", "Tron", "Dick Tracy". I also did some mattes for Stephen King's "The Stand". Weta Digital flew me down to New Zealand to work on "I, Robot". Hey Weta--I'm willing to come back if you desperately need me!
I have produced a whole lot of book covers over the course of my career--I stopped counting at 2000. I've worked for almost everyone in the business over the years, including Bantam, DAW, Del Rey, Dell, Marvel, Omni, Playboy, Signet, and Tor. I've done the most work, and found a home at Baen Books. For the Gen Y cohort, I'm probably most famous for creating 53 covers for K.A. Applegate's "Animorphs" series, along with the last 5 covers for the "Everworld" series. At Baen Books, the thing I most known for is illustrating the New York Times bestselling "Honor Harrington" series for my friend, author David Weber. I'm also proud of the paintings I did for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Pellucidar" series for Ballantine Books--it was a lifelong dream to do those, and the originals still hang in our bedroom. I've won a few awards over the years. I'm two time winner of Magazine and Booksellers "Best Cover of the Year" award, and I won the Association of Science Fiction Artists "Chesley" award for my "Subway Wizard" painting. Other folks I've work for include Michael Jackson, Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, Totco Oil, Galloob Toys, R/Greenberg Associates, Click 3X and Spontaneous Combustion.
I wrote "The Digital Matte Painting Handbook", the first guide to digital matte painting to use as a text book in my matte painting classes at School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute. Sadly, my publisher let the book go out of print (WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING!!!!), but you can still buy it used.
I know I already mentioned this, but I teach digital matte painting and compositing at School of Visual Arts, and Pratt Institute in New York City. I love teaching, and I get a kick out of passing on my knowledge of matte painting every semester. I also do web based training for matte painting on Lynda.com for those of you not lucky enough to live in the New York area. www.lynda.com/David-Mattingly
I'm married to the most wonderful lady in the world, Cathleen Cogswell. We live with our cat, Juliet. She threatened to bite me if I didn't mention her.
All artwork copyright © David B. Mattingly All rights reserved
I was born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1956 to Phyllis and John W. Mattingly, the last in a line of three brothers, with John C. and James coming before me. Interesting fact: my dad was the inventor of the Waterpik oral hygene device. I've used the Waterpik practically every day of my life since it was invented.
I pretty much set my sights on being an artist even as a toddler. From a very early age, comic artist Jim Steranko was huge influence on my work. I started reading Edgar Rice Burroughs as a youngster, partially because my parents gave me the middle name of Burroughts after him. I love lots of different artists, ancient and modern, from Jackson Pollock to N.C. Wyeth, to Norman Rockwell, to John Singer Sargent and Sandro Botticelli.
After high school, I switched around between a bunch of schools, starting at Colorado Institute of Art, then transfering to Colorado State University, and finally settling at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
I began my career as a matte artist at Walt Disney Studios under Harrison Ellenshaw. I learned a lot from him and his father, Peter Ellenshaw, about what makes a good matte painting. Ultimately, I became head of the matte department when Harrison left to create the ILM matte department. While at Disney, I worked on "The Black Hole", "Tron", "Dick Tracy". I also did some mattes for Stephen King's "The Stand". Weta Digital flew me down to New Zealand to work on "I, Robot". Hey Weta--I'm willing to come back if you desperately need me!
I have produced a whole lot of book covers over the course of my career--I stopped counting at 2000. I've worked for almost everyone in the business over the years, including Bantam, DAW, Del Rey, Dell, Marvel, Omni, Playboy, Signet, and Tor. I've done the most work, and found a home at Baen Books. For the Gen Y cohort, I'm probably most famous for creating 53 covers for K.A. Applegate's "Animorphs" series, along with the last 5 covers for the "Everworld" series. At Baen Books, the thing I most known for is illustrating the New York Times bestselling "Honor Harrington" series for my friend, author David Weber. I'm also proud of the paintings I did for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Pellucidar" series for Ballantine Books--it was a lifelong dream to do those, and the originals still hang in our bedroom. I've won a few awards over the years. I'm two time winner of Magazine and Booksellers "Best Cover of the Year" award, and I won the Association of Science Fiction Artists "Chesley" award for my "Subway Wizard" painting. Other folks I've work for include Michael Jackson, Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, Totco Oil, Galloob Toys, R/Greenberg Associates, Click 3X and Spontaneous Combustion.
I wrote "The Digital Matte Painting Handbook", the first guide to digital matte painting to use as a text book in my matte painting classes at School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute. Sadly, my publisher let the book go out of print (WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING!!!!), but you can still buy it used.
I know I already mentioned this, but I teach digital matte painting and compositing at School of Visual Arts, and Pratt Institute in New York City. I love teaching, and I get a kick out of passing on my knowledge of matte painting every semester. I also do web based training for matte painting on Lynda.com for those of you not lucky enough to live in the New York area. www.lynda.com/David-Mattingly
I'm married to the most wonderful lady in the world, Cathleen Cogswell. We live with our cat, Juliet. She threatened to bite me if I didn't mention her.
All artwork copyright © David B. Mattingly All rights reserved
Randee Dawn is a Brooklyn-based entertainment journalist who scribbles about the glam world of entertainment by day, then spends her nights crafting wild worlds of fiction. Her debut novel, Tune in Tomorrow, about a fantastical TV reality show, published in 2022 (Solaris). She's the co-editor of the anthology Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles, and has published numerous short stories and novellas of speculative fiction. She writes about the wacky world of show business for Variety, The Los Angeles Times, Emmy Magazine and Today.com and is the co-author of The Law & Order: Unofficial Companion. Find out more at RandeeDawn.com
Randee Dawn is a Brooklyn-based entertainment journalist who scribbles about the glam world of entertainment by day, then spends her nights crafting wild worlds of fiction. Her debut novel, Tune in Tomorrow, about a fantastical TV reality show, published in 2022 (Solaris). She's the co-editor of the anthology Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles, and has published numerous short stories and novellas of speculative fiction. She writes about the wacky world of show business for Variety, The Los Angeles Times, Emmy Magazine and Today.com and is the co-author of The Law & Order: Unofficial Companion. Find out more at RandeeDawn.com
Ef Deal’s short fiction has been published in numerous online zines and anthologies as well as in F&SF. Her short story Czesko was given honorable mention in Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ef has been freelance line-editing and copy-editing for over thirty years. She is currently assistant fiction editor at Abyss&Apex magazine, and video editor for Strong Women ~ Strange Worlds. Her first novel Esprit de Corpse is available from eSpec Books, the first in a steampunk paranormal romance series involving the Twins of Bellefées. She lives in Haddonfield, NJ, with her husband and two chows. She is an associate member of SFWA and an affiliate member of HWA. Her website is www.efdeal.net. Follow her blog Talespinner at efdeal.blogspot.com.
Ef Deal’s short fiction has been published in numerous online zines and anthologies as well as in F&SF. Her short story Czesko was given honorable mention in Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ef has been freelance line-editing and copy-editing for over thirty years. She is currently assistant fiction editor at Abyss&Apex magazine, and video editor for Strong Women ~ Strange Worlds. Her first novel Esprit de Corpse is available from eSpec Books, the first in a steampunk paranormal romance series involving the Twins of Bellefées. She lives in Haddonfield, NJ, with her husband and two chows. She is an associate member of SFWA and an affiliate member of HWA. Her website is www.efdeal.net. Follow her blog Talespinner at efdeal.blogspot.com.
Diane Arrelle, the pen name of South Jersey writer Dina Leacock, has sold more than 350 short stories and has three published books including Just A Drop In The Cup, a collection of short-short stories and, Seasons On The Dark Side her collection of horror stories. She is also the editor of Crypt Gnats: Horror You’ve Been Itching to Read, the mystery anthology WhoDunit and the recently released Trees.
She is proud to be one of the founding members as well as past president of The Garden State Horror Writers and is also past president of the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference as well as a current board member. Retired from being director of a municipal senior citizen center, she is now co-owner of Jersey Pines Ink LLC. She resides with her sane husband and her insane cat on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens (home of the Jersey Devil).
Diane Arrelle, the pen name of South Jersey writer Dina Leacock, has sold more than 350 short stories and has three published books including Just A Drop In The Cup, a collection of short-short stories and, Seasons On The Dark Side her collection of horror stories. She is also the editor of Crypt Gnats: Horror You’ve Been Itching to Read, the mystery anthology WhoDunit and the recently released Trees.
She is proud to be one of the founding members as well as past president of The Garden State Horror Writers and is also past president of the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference as well as a current board member. Retired from being director of a municipal senior citizen center, she is now co-owner of Jersey Pines Ink LLC. She resides with her sane husband and her insane cat on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens (home of the Jersey Devil).
Bjorn Hasseler found Eric Flint's novel 1632 in a public library. Then he discovered that fans were not just allowed but encouraged to write in the 1632 universe. He writes the Neustatter's European Security Service thread (A Matter of Security, Missions of Security, Security Threats) and co-edited 1637: The Coast of Chaos and A 1632 Christmas. A few years ago, he volunteered to help out and became managing editor of the Grantville Gazette.
Bjorn lives near Laurel, Maryland and has worked as a military reenactor, a library page, a sports information director, a data manager, a registrar, and an academic advisor.
Bjorn Hasseler found Eric Flint's novel 1632 in a public library. Then he discovered that fans were not just allowed but encouraged to write in the 1632 universe. He writes the Neustatter's European Security Service thread (A Matter of Security, Missions of Security, Security Threats) and co-edited 1637: The Coast of Chaos and A 1632 Christmas. A few years ago, he volunteered to help out and became managing editor of the Grantville Gazette.
Bjorn lives near Laurel, Maryland and has worked as a military reenactor, a library page, a sports information director, a data manager, a registrar, and an academic advisor.
Nicholas Parisi, Ronkonkoma, New York, serves as president of the Rod Serling Memorial
Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Rod Serling’s legacy.
He has appeared on dozens of radio shows, podcasts, and on television, including CBS’s Inside
Edition, Coast to Coast AM, and Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast. He is a former staff
writer and editor for Good Times magazine in Long Island. Over the past twenty-five years, Nick has
performed on stage hundreds of times as lead vocalist for several rock ’n’ roll bands. In 2010, his
former band, Arioch, released a CD with the Serling-inspired title, Between Light and Shadow, on
Retrospect Records. He recently completed writing and recording a musical inspired by Rod
Serling’s work, which he is now shopping to producers.
Nicholas Parisi, Ronkonkoma, New York, serves as president of the Rod Serling Memorial
Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Rod Serling’s legacy.
He has appeared on dozens of radio shows, podcasts, and on television, including CBS’s Inside
Edition, Coast to Coast AM, and Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast. He is a former staff
writer and editor for Good Times magazine in Long Island. Over the past twenty-five years, Nick has
performed on stage hundreds of times as lead vocalist for several rock ’n’ roll bands. In 2010, his
former band, Arioch, released a CD with the Serling-inspired title, Between Light and Shadow, on
Retrospect Records. He recently completed writing and recording a musical inspired by Rod
Serling’s work, which he is now shopping to producers.
Nate has been helping people fix broken tech since 2010. He turns broken down Wordpress sites into sites which convert visitors into superfans, also builds sites from scratch, and helps authors with their social media and newsletters.
Nate is on the board of the Florida Writers Foundation, and helps writer groups with their websites.When he is not volunteering, he writes bad jokes on Twitter and creates memes and graphics. In his spare time, Nate maintains three Little Free Libraries.
Nate has been helping people fix broken tech since 2010. He turns broken down Wordpress sites into sites which convert visitors into superfans, also builds sites from scratch, and helps authors with their social media and newsletters.
Nate is on the board of the Florida Writers Foundation, and helps writer groups with their websites.When he is not volunteering, he writes bad jokes on Twitter and creates memes and graphics. In his spare time, Nate maintains three Little Free Libraries.
Keith R.A. DeCandido’s recent and upcoming work includes Phoenix Precinct, the latest novel
in his fantasy/police procedure series; All-the-Way House, the secret origin of the Jersey Devil,
part of the Systema Paradoxa series about cryptids; Feat of Clay, the second book in his urban fantasy series that takes place in his home borough of the Bronx, New York; the Star Trek role-playing game adventure Incident at Kraav III (with Fred Love); the Resident Evil comic book miniseries Infinite Darkness: The Beginning, a prequel to the Netflix animated series; the urban fantasy short story collection Ragnarok and a Hard Place: More Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet; tales in Every Human Creature and Season of Darkness, the first two books in the shared-world superhero anthology series Phenomenons, created by Michael Jan Friedman;
a novella in Sherlock Holmes: Cases by Candlelight Volume 2; short stories in The Eye of Argon
and the Further Adventures of Grignr the Barbarian, The Fans are Buried Tales, Joe Ledger:
Unbreakable, Tales of Capes and Cowls, Three Time Travelers Walk Into…, Thrilling Adventure
Yarns 2022, Zorro's Exploits, The Four ???? of the Apocalypse (which he also co-edited with
Wrenn Simms), and Double Trouble: An Anthology of Two-Fisted Team-Ups (which he also co-edited with Jonathan Maberry); and two collaborative novels, Animal with Munish K. Batra, MD, FACS, a thriller about a serial killer who targets people who harm animals, and To Hell and Regroup with the late David Sherman, a military science fiction novel.
He writes regularly about pop culture for the award-winning webzine Tor.com, for his Patreon (patreon.com/krad), for
collections published by Sequart and Crazy 8 Press, and for the Outside In, Subterranean Blue
Grotto, and Gold Archives series.
Keith is also a fourth-degree black belt in karate (he not only trains regularly, but also
teaches to both kids and adults), a professional musician (currently percussionist for parody band
Boogie Knights), and a professional editor of more than 25 years' standing (though he usually does it sitting down). Find out less at his mediocre web site at DeCandido.net.
Keith R.A. DeCandido’s recent and upcoming work includes Phoenix Precinct, the latest novel
in his fantasy/police procedure series; All-the-Way House, the secret origin of the Jersey Devil,
part of the Systema Paradoxa series about cryptids; Feat of Clay, the second book in his urban fantasy series that takes place in his home borough of the Bronx, New York; the Star Trek role-playing game adventure Incident at Kraav III (with Fred Love); the Resident Evil comic book miniseries Infinite Darkness: The Beginning, a prequel to the Netflix animated series; the urban fantasy short story collection Ragnarok and a Hard Place: More Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet; tales in Every Human Creature and Season of Darkness, the first two books in the shared-world superhero anthology series Phenomenons, created by Michael Jan Friedman;
a novella in Sherlock Holmes: Cases by Candlelight Volume 2; short stories in The Eye of Argon
and the Further Adventures of Grignr the Barbarian, The Fans are Buried Tales, Joe Ledger:
Unbreakable, Tales of Capes and Cowls, Three Time Travelers Walk Into…, Thrilling Adventure
Yarns 2022, Zorro's Exploits, The Four ???? of the Apocalypse (which he also co-edited with
Wrenn Simms), and Double Trouble: An Anthology of Two-Fisted Team-Ups (which he also co-edited with Jonathan Maberry); and two collaborative novels, Animal with Munish K. Batra, MD, FACS, a thriller about a serial killer who targets people who harm animals, and To Hell and Regroup with the late David Sherman, a military science fiction novel.
He writes regularly about pop culture for the award-winning webzine Tor.com, for his Patreon (patreon.com/krad), for
collections published by Sequart and Crazy 8 Press, and for the Outside In, Subterranean Blue
Grotto, and Gold Archives series.
Keith is also a fourth-degree black belt in karate (he not only trains regularly, but also
teaches to both kids and adults), a professional musician (currently percussionist for parody band
Boogie Knights), and a professional editor of more than 25 years' standing (though he usually does it sitting down). Find out less at his mediocre web site at DeCandido.net.
Dr. Lawrence Kramer has had a lifelong interest in science, sparked at a young age by avidly reading science fiction. He worked in the pharmaceutical industry followed by a career as a programmer analyst for a Fortune 500 financial company. However, the lure of science was too great to resist, leading Larry to earn his PhD at Rutgers University where he taught genetics and published research looking at proteins involved in proteins involved in signaling at neuronal synapses. He taught two years at Drew University, and currently loves teaching and mentoring students in biology courses at Raritan Valley, a nationally recognized community college in NJ. A frequent guest at local science fiction conventions, he has spoken on topics including science in fiction, gene testing, genetic engineering, ethics/trends in biology, antibiotic resistant bacterial strains, and occasionally on some of his favorite books and media.
Dr. Lawrence Kramer has had a lifelong interest in science, sparked at a young age by avidly reading science fiction. He worked in the pharmaceutical industry followed by a career as a programmer analyst for a Fortune 500 financial company. However, the lure of science was too great to resist, leading Larry to earn his PhD at Rutgers University where he taught genetics and published research looking at proteins involved in proteins involved in signaling at neuronal synapses. He taught two years at Drew University, and currently loves teaching and mentoring students in biology courses at Raritan Valley, a nationally recognized community college in NJ. A frequent guest at local science fiction conventions, he has spoken on topics including science in fiction, gene testing, genetic engineering, ethics/trends in biology, antibiotic resistant bacterial strains, and occasionally on some of his favorite books and media.
About the Author
Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides
of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories,
Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, Daire’s Devils, The Play of Light,
and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed.
She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, The Kindly Ones, Dawns a New Day, The Fox’s Fire, Between Darkness
and Light, and the non-fiction writers’ guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the
Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries
anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the
Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections. She is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the
moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four
extremely spoiled cats.
Website: www.sidhenadaire.com
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GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/989939.Danielle_Ackley_McPhail
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Danielle-Ackley-McPhail/e/B002GZVZPQ/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMcPhail
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielle.ackleymcphail
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzaURWImlDd-
w9o_YMte0cVZKKviZTLbo
About the Author
Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides
of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories,
Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, Daire’s Devils, The Play of Light,
and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed.
She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, The Kindly Ones, Dawns a New Day, The Fox’s Fire, Between Darkness
and Light, and the non-fiction writers’ guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the
Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries
anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the
Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections. She is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the
moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four
extremely spoiled cats.
Website: www.sidhenadaire.com
Newsletter: https://www.facebook.com/eSpecBooks/app/100265896690345
GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/989939.Danielle_Ackley_McPhail
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Danielle-Ackley-McPhail/e/B002GZVZPQ/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMcPhail
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielle.ackleymcphail
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/especbooks/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/dackleymcphail/
Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/danielle-ackley-mcphail
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzaURWImlDd-
w9o_YMte0cVZKKviZTLbo
Christopher is a Reader's Favorite award-winning author of crime, fantasy, science-fiction, and
horror. He is also an Amazon Bestseller for his Sherlock Holmes The Watson Chronicles series.
Described by New York Times Bestseller Michael Jan Friedman as "an up-and-coming fantasy
voice", and compared to Roger Zelazny's best work, Abbott's Songs of the Osirian series of
works brings a bold re-telling of Ancient Egyptian mythology. Abbott presents a fresh view of
deities we know, such as Horus, Osiris, and Anubis. He weaves the godlike magic through
musical poetry, giving these wonderfully tragic and deeply flawed "gods" different perspective,
all the while increasing their mysteriousness.
His Sherlock Holmes novellas, published in the Watson Chronicles Series, have been recognised
by readers and peers alike as faithfully authentic to the original Conan Doyle. In 2022, after
publishing nine individual Watson Chronicle stories, Christopher teamed up with prolific
authors Michael Jan Friedman and Aaron Rosenberg to add a collection of Holmes short stories
to the series under the banner Cases by Candlelight. He later coerced those authors, along with
Keith R.A. DeCandido, to add a set of stories to a second volume, coming in 2023. In addition to
this, Christopher has scheduled to publish five brand new Sherlock Holmes novellas in 2023.
Christopher has published with Crazy8Press and written for major media outlets, including
ScreenRant.
Christopher owns the Watson Chronicles Series and is happy to talk to anyone who might want
to purchase rights to use the series in other media outlets.
Email Contact:
cdanabbott@live.com
Social Media:
www.facebook.com/cdanabbott
www.twitter.com/cdanabbott
https://www.instagram.com/cdanabbott/
Website:
www.cdanabbott.com
Conventions
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Christopher is a Reader's Favorite award-winning author of crime, fantasy, science-fiction, and
horror. He is also an Amazon Bestseller for his Sherlock Holmes The Watson Chronicles series.
Described by New York Times Bestseller Michael Jan Friedman as "an up-and-coming fantasy
voice", and compared to Roger Zelazny's best work, Abbott's Songs of the Osirian series of
works brings a bold re-telling of Ancient Egyptian mythology. Abbott presents a fresh view of
deities we know, such as Horus, Osiris, and Anubis. He weaves the godlike magic through
musical poetry, giving these wonderfully tragic and deeply flawed "gods" different perspective,
all the while increasing their mysteriousness.
His Sherlock Holmes novellas, published in the Watson Chronicles Series, have been recognised
by readers and peers alike as faithfully authentic to the original Conan Doyle. In 2022, after
publishing nine individual Watson Chronicle stories, Christopher teamed up with prolific
authors Michael Jan Friedman and Aaron Rosenberg to add a collection of Holmes short stories
to the series under the banner Cases by Candlelight. He later coerced those authors, along with
Keith R.A. DeCandido, to add a set of stories to a second volume, coming in 2023. In addition to
this, Christopher has scheduled to publish five brand new Sherlock Holmes novellas in 2023.
Christopher has published with Crazy8Press and written for major media outlets, including
ScreenRant.
Christopher owns the Watson Chronicles Series and is happy to talk to anyone who might want
to purchase rights to use the series in other media outlets.
Email Contact:
cdanabbott@live.com
Social Media:
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www.twitter.com/cdanabbott
https://www.instagram.com/cdanabbott/
Website:
www.cdanabbott.com
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Amy Grech has sold over 100 stories to various anthologies and magazines including:
A New York State of Fright, Apex Magazine, Even in the Grave, Gorefest, Hell’s Heart, Hell’s
Highway, Hell’s Mall, Microverses, Punk Noir Magazine, Roi Fainéant Press, Tales from the Canyons of the Damned, The Five-Two, The One That Got Away, Under Her Skin, Yellow Mama, and many others.
She is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers
who lives in Forest Hills, Queens.
You can connect with Amy on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/amy_grech or visit her website: https://www.crimsonscreams.com .
Amy Grech has sold over 100 stories to various anthologies and magazines including:
A New York State of Fright, Apex Magazine, Even in the Grave, Gorefest, Hell’s Heart, Hell’s
Highway, Hell’s Mall, Microverses, Punk Noir Magazine, Roi Fainéant Press, Tales from the Canyons of the Damned, The Five-Two, The One That Got Away, Under Her Skin, Yellow Mama, and many others.
She is an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers
who lives in Forest Hills, Queens.
You can connect with Amy on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/amy_grech or visit her website: https://www.crimsonscreams.com .
Aaron Rosenberg is the best-selling, award-winning author of nearly 50 novels, including
the DuckBob SF comedy series, the Relicant Chronicles epic fantasy series, the Areyat
Islands fantasy pirate mystery series, the Dread Remora space-opera series, and, with
David Niall Wilson, the O.C.L.T. occult thriller series. His tie-in work contains novels for
Star Trek, Warhammer, World of WarCraft, Stargate: Atlantis, Shadowrun, Mutants &
Masterminds, and Eureka and short stories for The X-Files, World of Darkness, Crusader
Kings II, Deadlands, Master of Orion, and Europa Universalis IV. He has written
children’s books (including the original series STEM Squad and Pete and Penny’s Pizza
Puzzles, the award-winning Bandslam: The Junior Novel and the #1 best-selling 42: The
Jackie Robinson Story), educational books on a variety of topics, and over 70 roleplaying
games (including the original games Asylum, Spookshow, and Chosen, work for White
Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight, Pinnacle, and many others, the Origins
Award-winning Gamemastering Secrets, and the Gold ENnie-winning Lure of the Lich
Lord). He is a founding member of Crazy 8 Press. Aaron lives in New York with his
family. You can follow him online at gryphonrose.com, on Facebook at
facebook.com/gryphonrose, and on Twitter @gryphonrose.
Aaron Rosenberg is the best-selling, award-winning author of nearly 50 novels, including
the DuckBob SF comedy series, the Relicant Chronicles epic fantasy series, the Areyat
Islands fantasy pirate mystery series, the Dread Remora space-opera series, and, with
David Niall Wilson, the O.C.L.T. occult thriller series. His tie-in work contains novels for
Star Trek, Warhammer, World of WarCraft, Stargate: Atlantis, Shadowrun, Mutants &
Masterminds, and Eureka and short stories for The X-Files, World of Darkness, Crusader
Kings II, Deadlands, Master of Orion, and Europa Universalis IV. He has written
children’s books (including the original series STEM Squad and Pete and Penny’s Pizza
Puzzles, the award-winning Bandslam: The Junior Novel and the #1 best-selling 42: The
Jackie Robinson Story), educational books on a variety of topics, and over 70 roleplaying
games (including the original games Asylum, Spookshow, and Chosen, work for White
Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight, Pinnacle, and many others, the Origins
Award-winning Gamemastering Secrets, and the Gold ENnie-winning Lure of the Lich
Lord). He is a founding member of Crazy 8 Press. Aaron lives in New York with his
family. You can follow him online at gryphonrose.com, on Facebook at
facebook.com/gryphonrose, and on Twitter @gryphonrose.
Jenifer Rosenberg (She/They) is an author, artist, and digital marketing consultant based in NYC. Jenifer has published work in anthologies, TTRPG manuals and journals, and a children's book she wrote and illustrated, called Alligator's Friends. Jenifer has been a panelist and presenter at multiple conventions and trade shows, including Dragon Meet (UK), ShoreLeave, and GenCon, and has taught online workshops for digital marketing and social media promotion.
Jenifer Rosenberg (She/They) is an author, artist, and digital marketing consultant based in NYC. Jenifer has published work in anthologies, TTRPG manuals and journals, and a children's book she wrote and illustrated, called Alligator's Friends. Jenifer has been a panelist and presenter at multiple conventions and trade shows, including Dragon Meet (UK), ShoreLeave, and GenCon, and has taught online workshops for digital marketing and social media promotion.
Hildy Silverman writes in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and blends thereof. In 2020, she joined the Crazy 8 Press authors collective (https://www.crazy8press.com/), which publishes novels and anthologies by its membership. In 2013, her short story, The Six Million Dollar Mermaid, which appeared in the anthology "Mermaids 13: Tales from the Sea" (French, ed.), was a finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award. In 2005, she became the publisher and editor-in-chief of Space and Time Magazine (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com), one of the oldest small press genre magazines still in production, and ran it until 2018. She is a past president of the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers and a frequent panelist on the science fiction convention circuit. For more information about Hildy, including a complete list of her published work, please visit www.hildysilverman.com.
Hildy Silverman writes in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and blends thereof. In 2020, she joined the Crazy 8 Press authors collective (https://www.crazy8press.com/), which publishes novels and anthologies by its membership. In 2013, her short story, The Six Million Dollar Mermaid, which appeared in the anthology "Mermaids 13: Tales from the Sea" (French, ed.), was a finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award. In 2005, she became the publisher and editor-in-chief of Space and Time Magazine (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com), one of the oldest small press genre magazines still in production, and ran it until 2018. She is a past president of the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers and a frequent panelist on the science fiction convention circuit. For more information about Hildy, including a complete list of her published work, please visit www.hildysilverman.com.
Vikki Ciaffone has been reading and writing since a freakishly young age. She is a freelance editor and writer, and has worked for Spencer Hill Press. She knows a little bit about an astonishing number of
largely irrelevant things, making her an insufferable know-it-some. In her spare time, she plays craps with the Fates and the Norns for shiny but useless trinkets.
Vikki Ciaffone has been reading and writing since a freakishly young age. She is a freelance editor and writer, and has worked for Spencer Hill Press. She knows a little bit about an astonishing number of
largely irrelevant things, making her an insufferable know-it-some. In her spare time, she plays craps with the Fates and the Norns for shiny but useless trinkets.
Ian Randal Strock (www.IanRandalStrock.com) is an author, editor, and publisher. He is the owner and editor-in-chief of Fantastic Books (www.FantasticBooks.biz), which recently published Alan Dean Foster's non-fiction collection "If You Shoot the Breeze, are You Murdering the Weather?" and the "The Eye of Argon and the Further Adventures of Grignr the Barbarian." Recent exciting projects include the successfully Kickstartered anthology "Three Time Travelers Walk Into...", the non-fiction "On Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren", and Allen Steele's novel "Sanctuary." As an author, most of his fiction has appeared in Analog (from which he won two AnLab Awards), with several stories appearing in Nature, and in recent anthologies. Outside of sf, he is the author of three books of presidential history, and is the Secretary of American Mensa.
Ian Randal Strock (www.IanRandalStrock.com) is an author, editor, and publisher. He is the owner and editor-in-chief of Fantastic Books (www.FantasticBooks.biz), which recently published Alan Dean Foster's non-fiction collection "If You Shoot the Breeze, are You Murdering the Weather?" and the "The Eye of Argon and the Further Adventures of Grignr the Barbarian." Recent exciting projects include the successfully Kickstartered anthology "Three Time Travelers Walk Into...", the non-fiction "On Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren", and Allen Steele's novel "Sanctuary." As an author, most of his fiction has appeared in Analog (from which he won two AnLab Awards), with several stories appearing in Nature, and in recent anthologies. Outside of sf, he is the author of three books of presidential history, and is the Secretary of American Mensa.
Walter H. Hunt is a science fiction and historical fiction writer. His
first four books (the Dark Wing series) are military science fiction,
originally published by Tor, presently part of the Baen Books e-library.
He has written two 1632 series books with the late Eric Flint, and a
third will appear in 2023. He has also written historical fiction and
alternate history (most recently City by the Bay, soon to be republished
by Prince of Cats). He is the librarian for the Grand Lodge of
Freemasons in Boston.
Walter H. Hunt is a science fiction and historical fiction writer. His
first four books (the Dark Wing series) are military science fiction,
originally published by Tor, presently part of the Baen Books e-library.
He has written two 1632 series books with the late Eric Flint, and a
third will appear in 2023. He has also written historical fiction and
alternate history (most recently City by the Bay, soon to be republished
by Prince of Cats). He is the librarian for the Grand Lodge of
Freemasons in Boston.
James Chambers received the Bram Stoker Award® for the graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe and is a four-time Bram Stoker Award nominee. He has been a comic book critic, editor, publisher, and writer for more than 25 years, including editing/writing Leonard Nimoy’s Primortals; editing Gene Roddenberry’s Lost Universe, Isaac Asimov’s I*BOTS, and the graphic novel adaptation of From Dusk Till Dawn; and co-creating, co-publishing, and co-writing Shadow House.
Most recently he wrote the closing comic story for Kolchak, the Night Stalker: The 50th Anniversary Graphic Anthology. He is also the author of the short story collections On the Night Border and On the Hierophant Road, which received a starred review from Booklist, which called it “…satisfyingly unsettling”; and the novella collection, The Engines of Sacrifice, described as “…chillingly evocative…” in a Publisher’s Weekly starred review.
He has written the novellas, Three Chords of Chaos, Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: The Faceless God, and many others. He edited and co-edited the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthologies, Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign and A New York State of Fright, as well as Even in the Grave, an anthology of ghost stories. His website is: www.jameschambersonline.
James Chambers received the Bram Stoker Award® for the graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe and is a four-time Bram Stoker Award nominee. He has been a comic book critic, editor, publisher, and writer for more than 25 years, including editing/writing Leonard Nimoy’s Primortals; editing Gene Roddenberry’s Lost Universe, Isaac Asimov’s I*BOTS, and the graphic novel adaptation of From Dusk Till Dawn; and co-creating, co-publishing, and co-writing Shadow House.
Most recently he wrote the closing comic story for Kolchak, the Night Stalker: The 50th Anniversary Graphic Anthology. He is also the author of the short story collections On the Night Border and On the Hierophant Road, which received a starred review from Booklist, which called it “…satisfyingly unsettling”; and the novella collection, The Engines of Sacrifice, described as “…chillingly evocative…” in a Publisher’s Weekly starred review.
He has written the novellas, Three Chords of Chaos, Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: The Faceless God, and many others. He edited and co-edited the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthologies, Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign and A New York State of Fright, as well as Even in the Grave, an anthology of ghost stories. His website is: www.jameschambersonline.
Michael A. Ventrella writes humorous adventure novels, including Bloodsuckers: A Vampire Runs for President, Big Stick, and Terin Ostler and the War of the Words. He also edits anthologies, including the Baker Street Irregulars series (with Jonathan Maberry), Across the Universe (with Randee Dawn), Three Time Travelers Walk Into…, and Release the Virgins! His short stories have appeared in various anthologies, including the Heroes in Hell series and the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Archives series. Authors, editors, and agents are interviewed on the blog at his web page (www.michaelaventrella.com). In his spare time, he is a lawyer.
Michael A. Ventrella writes humorous adventure novels, including Bloodsuckers: A Vampire Runs for President, Big Stick, and Terin Ostler and the War of the Words. He also edits anthologies, including the Baker Street Irregulars series (with Jonathan Maberry), Across the Universe (with Randee Dawn), Three Time Travelers Walk Into…, and Release the Virgins! His short stories have appeared in various anthologies, including the Heroes in Hell series and the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Archives series. Authors, editors, and agents are interviewed on the blog at his web page (www.michaelaventrella.com). In his spare time, he is a lawyer.
Darrell Schweitzer is the author of four novels, THE WHITE ISLE, THE SHATTERED GODDESS, THE MASK OF THE SORCERER, and THE DRAGON HOUSE. He has published over 375 short stories since the early 1970s. Recently PS Publishing in the UK published a two-volume career retrospective of his work in two volumes, THE MYSTERIES OF THE FACELESS KING and THE LAST HERETIC (2020). His publication credits range from TWILIGHT ZONE magazine to INTERZONE, AMAZING STORIES, and all 7 volumes of S.T. Joshi’s BLACK WINGS anthologies. He is a former editor of WEIRD TALES (1988-2007) and has also worked on ISAAC ASIMOV’S SF MAGAZINE and AMAZING STORIES. He is an active anthologist, having most recently edited a Lovecraftian volume, SHADOWS OUT OF TIME for PS Publishing, plus THE BEST OF WEIRD TALES: 1920s (Centipede Press), THE BEST OF WEIRD TALES 1924 (with John Betancourt, Wildside Press). His anthology-editing career actually began with TALES FROM THE SPACEPORT BAR (with George Scithers, Avon Books, 1980). He is also noted as a critic and historian of the field, and has contributed articles to many reference books.
Darrell Schweitzer is the author of four novels, THE WHITE ISLE, THE SHATTERED GODDESS, THE MASK OF THE SORCERER, and THE DRAGON HOUSE. He has published over 375 short stories since the early 1970s. Recently PS Publishing in the UK published a two-volume career retrospective of his work in two volumes, THE MYSTERIES OF THE FACELESS KING and THE LAST HERETIC (2020). His publication credits range from TWILIGHT ZONE magazine to INTERZONE, AMAZING STORIES, and all 7 volumes of S.T. Joshi’s BLACK WINGS anthologies. He is a former editor of WEIRD TALES (1988-2007) and has also worked on ISAAC ASIMOV’S SF MAGAZINE and AMAZING STORIES. He is an active anthologist, having most recently edited a Lovecraftian volume, SHADOWS OUT OF TIME for PS Publishing, plus THE BEST OF WEIRD TALES: 1920s (Centipede Press), THE BEST OF WEIRD TALES 1924 (with John Betancourt, Wildside Press). His anthology-editing career actually began with TALES FROM THE SPACEPORT BAR (with George Scithers, Avon Books, 1980). He is also noted as a critic and historian of the field, and has contributed articles to many reference books.
Dr. James Prego is a naturopathic doctor from Long Island, NY. He is currently an adjunct professor of Biology and Health Sciences at LIU Post, Molloy College, and Nassau Community College. He has been teaching many topics in those fields for close to 2 decades. He had a private medical practice for 9 years and is a past recipient of the
NYANP’s Physician of the Year award.
Dr. Prego is a longtime fan of science fiction and enjoys discussing xenobiology, health in space, life extension, fusions of biology and technology, the best and worst of science portrayals in sci-fi, and many other topics both science-related and non-science related.
He spent 10 years as the New York Delegate to the American
Association of Naturopathic Physicians and spent 6 years as a board member of the New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Dr. Prego has given talks, written articles, and been a guest on radio and television shows.
He also has interests in acting/shadowcasting, EMT volunteering, alternative lifestyles, LARPing, gaming, and more.
Dr. James Prego is a naturopathic doctor from Long Island, NY. He is currently an adjunct professor of Biology and Health Sciences at LIU Post, Molloy College, and Nassau Community College. He has been teaching many topics in those fields for close to 2 decades. He had a private medical practice for 9 years and is a past recipient of the
NYANP’s Physician of the Year award.
Dr. Prego is a longtime fan of science fiction and enjoys discussing xenobiology, health in space, life extension, fusions of biology and technology, the best and worst of science portrayals in sci-fi, and many other topics both science-related and non-science related.
He spent 10 years as the New York Delegate to the American
Association of Naturopathic Physicians and spent 6 years as a board member of the New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Dr. Prego has given talks, written articles, and been a guest on radio and television shows.
He also has interests in acting/shadowcasting, EMT volunteering, alternative lifestyles, LARPing, gaming, and more.
Lancelot Schaubert is the author of Bell Hammers, which Publisher's Weekly called "a hoot," as well as many other books both inside and outside the spec fic hedge maze.
His concept album All Who Wander captured the attention of Gobsmag in the Netherlands. He has produced award-winning photonovels and short films; edited The Showbear Family Circus, Of Gods and Globes; judged the Brooklyn Film and NYC Indie Film Festivals; is on assignment in Alaska and NYC for two different films and multiple transmedia projects.
He planted over a hundred oaks covertly all over NYC during the pandemic. Cheese can kill him, though. Rather lame kryptonite, all things considered.
Lancelot Schaubert is the author of Bell Hammers, which Publisher's Weekly called "a hoot," as well as many other books both inside and outside the spec fic hedge maze.
His concept album All Who Wander captured the attention of Gobsmag in the Netherlands. He has produced award-winning photonovels and short films; edited The Showbear Family Circus, Of Gods and Globes; judged the Brooklyn Film and NYC Indie Film Festivals; is on assignment in Alaska and NYC for two different films and multiple transmedia projects.
He planted over a hundred oaks covertly all over NYC during the pandemic. Cheese can kill him, though. Rather lame kryptonite, all things considered.
Mike McPhail’s love of the science fiction genre sparked a life-long interest in science, technology, and developing an understanding of the human condition—all of which played an important role in his writing,
art, and game design. These, in turn, are built upon his background in Applied Science and training as an Aeronautical Engineer, all of which were aimed at becoming a NASA mission specialist.
As a professional author, he has been involved in numerous projects, but he is best known as the creator and series editor of the award-winning Defending the Future military science fiction anthologies—now in their second decade of publication. His body of work has been formally recognized with his acceptance into SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
As a graphic designer, he is the owner of McP Digital Graphics (founded in 2006), a company
established to provide cover art, design, layout, and prepress services. This built upon not only his experience as a game designer, but primarily from his time as the Proofing Supervisor for Phoenix Color
Corp doing cover work for the great publishing houses.
As a publisher, he is the co-owner of eSpec Books LLC (since 2014), where his graphics company has become the inhouse design arm of production.
As Airman McPhail, he is a member of the Military Writers Society of America and is dedicated to helping
his fellow service members (and those deserving civilians) in their efforts to become authors, editors, or artist, as well as supporting related organization in their efforts to help those "who have given their all for
us."
Mike McPhail’s love of the science fiction genre sparked a life-long interest in science, technology, and developing an understanding of the human condition—all of which played an important role in his writing,
art, and game design. These, in turn, are built upon his background in Applied Science and training as an Aeronautical Engineer, all of which were aimed at becoming a NASA mission specialist.
As a professional author, he has been involved in numerous projects, but he is best known as the creator and series editor of the award-winning Defending the Future military science fiction anthologies—now in their second decade of publication. His body of work has been formally recognized with his acceptance into SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
As a graphic designer, he is the owner of McP Digital Graphics (founded in 2006), a company
established to provide cover art, design, layout, and prepress services. This built upon not only his experience as a game designer, but primarily from his time as the Proofing Supervisor for Phoenix Color
Corp doing cover work for the great publishing houses.
As a publisher, he is the co-owner of eSpec Books LLC (since 2014), where his graphics company has become the inhouse design arm of production.
As Airman McPhail, he is a member of the Military Writers Society of America and is dedicated to helping
his fellow service members (and those deserving civilians) in their efforts to become authors, editors, or artist, as well as supporting related organization in their efforts to help those "who have given their all for
us."
Author & Host of the Chris'll Deal With It podcast.
Chris is a lifelong professional in the public transit industry, who always loves chatting about trains, buses & transit systems!
He's best known for his Rainy River Bees trilogy of sci-fi/hockey mash-up middle-grade adventures. As a podcast host, he strives to help individuals, small businesses, and aspiring creatives to bootstrap solutions to take their lives and work to higher levels.
You can learn more at www.chriskreuter.com
Author & Host of the Chris'll Deal With It podcast.
Chris is a lifelong professional in the public transit industry, who always loves chatting about trains, buses & transit systems!
He's best known for his Rainy River Bees trilogy of sci-fi/hockey mash-up middle-grade adventures. As a podcast host, he strives to help individuals, small businesses, and aspiring creatives to bootstrap solutions to take their lives and work to higher levels.
You can learn more at www.chriskreuter.com
Susan Hanniford Crowley is a member of SFWA and RWA's Published Author Network. She writes science fiction, fantasy, and "paranormal adventure romance". She coined the term since she also world builds and her adventures are huge and pivotal to the plot. She founded Nights of Passion Blog, which she shares with two other authors.
Susan is an Associate Editor for Space and Time Magazine.
As a science fiction and fantasy author, she wrote for anthologies and magazines:
"Heartleaf" appears in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine #14.
Her novelette "Ladyknight" was published in Spells of Wonder. (The Library Journal called "Ladyknight" "medieval enchantment".)
The character of Ladyknight is seen again in "Piper" which appeared in Sword and Sorceress IX.
Her story "Cecropia", a mystical tale of Ireland, appeared in Sword and Sorceress XV.
"She Came to Sing" appears in Beyond Centauri #23
Her newest novels are EverNight, EverWarm (YA vampire adventure romances), and Lady Fallon's Dragons (YA dragon adventure). All have sweet romances in them and begin new series. The dragon book has tons of dragons.
Susan's steamier romance adventure novels are as follows:
The Vampire with a Blanket of Stars, Arnhem Knights of New York, Book 3. is set in Romania, just prior to WWII, and spans to the present day.
The wonderful vampire/supernatural romance novel, Vampire Princess of New York, Arnhem Knights of New York, Book 2, just went out of print and the next printing is in process.
Vampire King of New York! This Viking-turned-modern-day CEO bragged in front of the Norse Goddess Freya. Now King Max must battle an ancient terror to save the city that never sleeps and find the woman who can heal his heart or be forever encased in ice by the goddess.
The Vampires in Manhattan series: When Love Survives, The Stormy Love Life of Laura Cordelais, A Vampire for Christmas, and Vampire in the Basement are all now available on Kindle. The Stormy Love Life of Laura Cordelais is on Kindle and in paperback.
Her steamy steampunk in alternate Victorian England is Mrs. Bright's Tea Room and on Kindle. Her sexy Greek mythology Poseidon's Catch is on Kindle!
Susan has appeared as a speaker, moderator, workshop presenter, and in readings and book signings at numerous conventions throughout the years such as Albacon, Arisia, Phicon, Confluence, PiCon, WorldCon in Glasgow, Scotland, ICon, Heliosphere, and the Nebula Awards Weekend. This past year, she was on a virtual panel at the Nebula.
She has been researching vampires for over 30 years and loves collecting dragons. "Remember when collecting a dragon, always wear oven mitts." Susan has two cats. Her hobby is chasing her grandchildren around the house.
Susan is currently working on a new dragon book, a vampire adventure romance, and a science fiction novel
Susan can be found at:
Nights of Passion blog: http://nightsofpassion.wordpress.com
Her website: http://www.susanhannifordcrowley.com
Twitter: @SHCrowley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanHannifordCrowley/ https://www.facebook.com/SusanHannifordCrowleyAuthor/
Instagram: susan.hanniford.crowley
Susan Hanniford Crowley is a member of SFWA and RWA's Published Author Network. She writes science fiction, fantasy, and "paranormal adventure romance". She coined the term since she also world builds and her adventures are huge and pivotal to the plot. She founded Nights of Passion Blog, which she shares with two other authors.
Susan is an Associate Editor for Space and Time Magazine.
As a science fiction and fantasy author, she wrote for anthologies and magazines:
"Heartleaf" appears in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine #14.
Her novelette "Ladyknight" was published in Spells of Wonder. (The Library Journal called "Ladyknight" "medieval enchantment".)
The character of Ladyknight is seen again in "Piper" which appeared in Sword and Sorceress IX.
Her story "Cecropia", a mystical tale of Ireland, appeared in Sword and Sorceress XV.
"She Came to Sing" appears in Beyond Centauri #23
Her newest novels are EverNight, EverWarm (YA vampire adventure romances), and Lady Fallon's Dragons (YA dragon adventure). All have sweet romances in them and begin new series. The dragon book has tons of dragons.
Susan's steamier romance adventure novels are as follows:
The Vampire with a Blanket of Stars, Arnhem Knights of New York, Book 3. is set in Romania, just prior to WWII, and spans to the present day.
The wonderful vampire/supernatural romance novel, Vampire Princess of New York, Arnhem Knights of New York, Book 2, just went out of print and the next printing is in process.
Vampire King of New York! This Viking-turned-modern-day CEO bragged in front of the Norse Goddess Freya. Now King Max must battle an ancient terror to save the city that never sleeps and find the woman who can heal his heart or be forever encased in ice by the goddess.
The Vampires in Manhattan series: When Love Survives, The Stormy Love Life of Laura Cordelais, A Vampire for Christmas, and Vampire in the Basement are all now available on Kindle. The Stormy Love Life of Laura Cordelais is on Kindle and in paperback.
Her steamy steampunk in alternate Victorian England is Mrs. Bright's Tea Room and on Kindle. Her sexy Greek mythology Poseidon's Catch is on Kindle!
Susan has appeared as a speaker, moderator, workshop presenter, and in readings and book signings at numerous conventions throughout the years such as Albacon, Arisia, Phicon, Confluence, PiCon, WorldCon in Glasgow, Scotland, ICon, Heliosphere, and the Nebula Awards Weekend. This past year, she was on a virtual panel at the Nebula.
She has been researching vampires for over 30 years and loves collecting dragons. "Remember when collecting a dragon, always wear oven mitts." Susan has two cats. Her hobby is chasing her grandchildren around the house.
Susan is currently working on a new dragon book, a vampire adventure romance, and a science fiction novel
Susan can be found at:
Nights of Passion blog: http://nightsofpassion.wordpress.com
Her website: http://www.susanhannifordcrowley.com
Twitter: @SHCrowley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanHannifordCrowley/ https://www.facebook.com/SusanHannifordCrowleyAuthor/
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Gordon Linzner is founder and former editor of Space and Time Magazine, author of four published novels and scores of short stories in F&SF, Twilight Zone, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and numerous other magazines and anthologies. He is a full member of the Horror Writers Association and a lifetime member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.
Gordon Linzner is founder and former editor of Space and Time Magazine, author of four published novels and scores of short stories in F&SF, Twilight Zone, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and numerous other magazines and anthologies. He is a full member of the Horror Writers Association and a lifetime member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.
John J. Pierce published the science fiction fanzine Renaissance from 1968 through 1974, and was an outspoken critic of the New Wave.[1] In the 1970s he edited The Best of Murray Leinster, The Best of Cordwainer Smith and The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun for Del Rey Books. In 1977–78, he was named editor of Galaxy at a time when the magazine was in financial trouble, an experience he later recounted in Thirteen Months of Torment.[2]
After leaving Galaxy, Pierce focused on a four-volume (1987–1994) critical history of science fiction under the general title, "A Study in Imagination and Evolution", adopting a conceptual framework, as opposed to a strictly chronological approach, and using parallels with biological evolution and dialectics to characterize the evolution of the genre as a whole. As of early 2023, he has working drafts of a revised and updated version.
He has written critical essays and book introductions on Cordwainer Smith, and essays on Twin Peaks and The X-Files for the fanzines Wrapped in Plastic and Spectrum and has had other articles published in The New York Review of Science Fiction and Science Fiction Studies. Besides works related to science fiction and popular culture, he is the author of a family history, The Children of Levi Peacock (2002).
John J. Pierce published the science fiction fanzine Renaissance from 1968 through 1974, and was an outspoken critic of the New Wave.[1] In the 1970s he edited The Best of Murray Leinster, The Best of Cordwainer Smith and The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun for Del Rey Books. In 1977–78, he was named editor of Galaxy at a time when the magazine was in financial trouble, an experience he later recounted in Thirteen Months of Torment.[2]
After leaving Galaxy, Pierce focused on a four-volume (1987–1994) critical history of science fiction under the general title, "A Study in Imagination and Evolution", adopting a conceptual framework, as opposed to a strictly chronological approach, and using parallels with biological evolution and dialectics to characterize the evolution of the genre as a whole. As of early 2023, he has working drafts of a revised and updated version.
He has written critical essays and book introductions on Cordwainer Smith, and essays on Twin Peaks and The X-Files for the fanzines Wrapped in Plastic and Spectrum and has had other articles published in The New York Review of Science Fiction and Science Fiction Studies. Besides works related to science fiction and popular culture, he is the author of a family history, The Children of Levi Peacock (2002).
Karen Heuler’s stories have appeared in over 120 literary and speculative magazines and anthologies, from Asimov’s to Conjunctions to Fantasy & Science Fiction as well as a number of Best Of anthologies.
Her last novel, The Splendid City,came out from Angry Robot Books last June and her newest story collection, A Slice of the Dark, was published in November from Fairwood Press.
She has received an O. Henry award, been shortlisted for a Pushcart prize, for the Iowa short fiction award, the Bellwether award and the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction. Her stories and books often feature women facing strange circumstances on this world and others.
Karen Heuler’s stories have appeared in over 120 literary and speculative magazines and anthologies, from Asimov’s to Conjunctions to Fantasy & Science Fiction as well as a number of Best Of anthologies.
Her last novel, The Splendid City,came out from Angry Robot Books last June and her newest story collection, A Slice of the Dark, was published in November from Fairwood Press.
She has received an O. Henry award, been shortlisted for a Pushcart prize, for the Iowa short fiction award, the Bellwether award and the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction. Her stories and books often feature women facing strange circumstances on this world and others.
Kathryn Sullivan writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, including fantasy novels THE CRYSTAL THRONE, TALKING TO TREES and short story collection AGENTS, ADEPTS & APPRENTICES. Her Doctor Who-related works include the essay, "The Fanzine Factor", in the Hugo winning CHICKS DIG TIME LORDS and essays in CHILDREN OF TIME: COMPANIONS OF DOCTOR WHO and OUTSIDE IN: 160 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON 160 DOCTOR WHO STORIES BY 160 WRITERS. She also has reviews in the Star Trek-related OUTSIDE IN BOLDLY GOES and OUTSIDE IN MAKES IT SO and the X-Files related OUTSIDE IN TRUSTS NO ONE. She is owned by a large cockatoo, who graciously allows her to write about other animals, as well as birdlike aliens. Kathryn lives in Winona, MN, where the river bluffs along the Mississippi River double as cliffs on alien planets or the deep mysterious forests in a magical world. http://kathrynsullivan.com
Kathryn Sullivan writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, including fantasy novels THE CRYSTAL THRONE, TALKING TO TREES and short story collection AGENTS, ADEPTS & APPRENTICES. Her Doctor Who-related works include the essay, "The Fanzine Factor", in the Hugo winning CHICKS DIG TIME LORDS and essays in CHILDREN OF TIME: COMPANIONS OF DOCTOR WHO and OUTSIDE IN: 160 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON 160 DOCTOR WHO STORIES BY 160 WRITERS. She also has reviews in the Star Trek-related OUTSIDE IN BOLDLY GOES and OUTSIDE IN MAKES IT SO and the X-Files related OUTSIDE IN TRUSTS NO ONE. She is owned by a large cockatoo, who graciously allows her to write about other animals, as well as birdlike aliens. Kathryn lives in Winona, MN, where the river bluffs along the Mississippi River double as cliffs on alien planets or the deep mysterious forests in a magical world. http://kathrynsullivan.com
Russ Colchamiro is author of the Sci-Fi mysteries Crackle and Fire, Fractured Lives, and
Hot Ash, the ongoing series featuring hardboiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. Russ is
also the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure, Crossline, the SF/F
backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition, Genius de Milo, and
Astropalooza, is the editor of the Sci-Fi mystery anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, and
co-author and -editor of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls.
Russ has contributed to several other anthologies including PRISM, Tales of the Crimson
Keep, Pangaea, Altered States of the Union, Camelot 13, TV Gods 2, They Keep Killing
Glenn, Thrilling Adventure Yarns. Vol. 1-3, The Phenomenons, Footprints in the Stars,
Devilish and Divine, Badass Moms, and Brave New Girls.
A member of The Mystery Writers Association, The Private Eye Writers of America, and
the author collective Crazy 8 Press, Russ also hosts and produces his Russ’s Rockin’
Rollercoaster podcast, where he interviews best-selling and up-and-coming Sci-Fi,
fantasy, crime, mystery, and horror authors.
For more on and Russ’s books and his podcast, visit russcolchamiro.com , and follow him
on Facebook, as well as Twitter and Instagram @AuthorDudeRuss.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two ninjas, and black lab, Jinx.
Russ Colchamiro is author of the Sci-Fi mysteries Crackle and Fire, Fractured Lives, and
Hot Ash, the ongoing series featuring hardboiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. Russ is
also the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure, Crossline, the SF/F
backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition, Genius de Milo, and
Astropalooza, is the editor of the Sci-Fi mystery anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, and
co-author and -editor of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls.
Russ has contributed to several other anthologies including PRISM, Tales of the Crimson
Keep, Pangaea, Altered States of the Union, Camelot 13, TV Gods 2, They Keep Killing
Glenn, Thrilling Adventure Yarns. Vol. 1-3, The Phenomenons, Footprints in the Stars,
Devilish and Divine, Badass Moms, and Brave New Girls.
A member of The Mystery Writers Association, The Private Eye Writers of America, and
the author collective Crazy 8 Press, Russ also hosts and produces his Russ’s Rockin’
Rollercoaster podcast, where he interviews best-selling and up-and-coming Sci-Fi,
fantasy, crime, mystery, and horror authors.
For more on and Russ’s books and his podcast, visit russcolchamiro.com , and follow him
on Facebook, as well as Twitter and Instagram @AuthorDudeRuss.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two ninjas, and black lab, Jinx.