Brian Trent
JON ENO
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Trent was born in a post-industrial factory town in Connecticut. He was rapidly introduced to speculative fiction through a lavishly illustrated edition of One Thousand and One Nights. As a child, he became a haunter of libraries and old ruins and developed a keen interest in both ends of history: the ancient past and far-distant future. Reading everything from Asimov to Xenophon, he began crafting his very first stories on a metallic-blue Brother 11 typewriter. After earning college degrees in English and philosophy, Trent worked as a professional journalist when not piloting expeditionary shuttles through the soupy atmospheres of alien worlds (otherwise known as going for long drives in the rain). His nonfiction writings have graced the cover of The Humanist magazine. His Writers of the Future win is his second professional sale, the first being to COSMOS, and he has since sold fiction to Apex Magazine. He recently completed the second novel in a “future history” series and, when not writing, Trent works in film. His website is briantrent.com.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Jon Eno worked as an ambulance jockey when he was a teen and as a medic in the military. He has also worked the coal mines of Kentucky and sold securities as a stockbroker. He has owned a construction company and been a consultant and is currently a critical care RN, working in an intensive care unit. Jon can’t remember how many times he has done chest compression in his career. He has worked ICU, CCU, ER and open heart, and he was a clinic administrator at one time.
In his spare time, all he wants to do is crack open a book and learn from it. Art comes naturally for him, and he is self-taught.
Throughout his life, art has been a big part of his world. One day he plans to find the time to advance his skills further and learn whatever it is he wishes to do next.
Jon also has a passion for writing science fiction. He has one novel completed, is starting a second, and has three more outlined and ready to go. Recently, he published a book of medical humor illustrations.
Jon lives in a log cabin in the foothills of north Texas. He prefers blue jeans and a T-shirt to a coat and tie. He drives an old pickup and still gets his hands dirty working on his property. He is married and has a son, who is the most incredible thing he has done yet in his life. He is thankful to have both his wife and son.