K. G. Anderson has published short fiction in Second Contacts, Triangulation: Beneath the Surface, and The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper Stories. She is online at writerway.com.
Elizabeth Bourne has published short fiction in Clarkesworld, Interzone, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. She is currently at work on a novel.
Richard Bowes is the author of Minions of the Moon, From the Files of the Time Rangers, and Dust Devils on a Quiet Street. His fiction has been honored with the Lambda Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the World Fantasy Award.
Scott Bradfield is the author of The History of Luminous Motion, Animal Planet, and What’s Wrong with America.
J.S. Breukelaar is the author of Aletheia and American Monster. She has a website at thelivingsuitcase.com.
Jennifer Marie Brissett is the author of Elysium, or, The World After. She is working on her second novel. She can be found online at jennbrissett.com.
Becca Caccavo is currently a college undergraduate. This is her first published work of fiction.
Don D’Ammassa is the author of such novels as Haven, Scarab, and Multiplicity, as well as having written encyclopediae of adventure fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. A longtime reviewer for Science Fiction Chronicle, he continues to publish reviews online at dondammassa.com.
Stephanie Feldman is the author of The Angel of Losses. She has sold essays and stories to Electric Literature, Forward, The Rumpus, and Asimov’s. She can be found online at stephaniefeldman.com.
Eric James Fullilove’s novels include Credible Threat, Narcolepsy, and Circle of One. Born to a literary family, his grandmother, Maggie Shaw Fullilove, wrote for The Half-Century Magazine, and his uncle, J. B. S. Fullilove, published fiction in Weird Tales. Eric can be found online at ericjamesfullilove.com.
Ron Goulart is the author of dozens of novels, including After Things Fell Apart, Calling Dr. Patchwork, and the Chameleon Corps books. He has also written extensively about comic books and dime detectives, including the recent volume, Alex Raymond: An Artistic Journey.
Eileen Gunn’s short fiction has been collected in two volumes, Stable Strategies for Middle Management and Questionable Practices. A former director of advertising for Microsoft, she maintains a web site at eileengunn.com.
Leslie Howle attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop as a student, then wound up working as its director for more than twenty years. Formerly the education and outreach manager at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, she is currently teaching digital film making to teens and working on a novel.
Matthew Hughes’s many books include Fools Errant, Hell to Pay, and Template. He is online at matthewhughes.org, where “Loser” first appeared.
Janis Ian is a singer, songwriter, producer, writer, and occasional actress. Her recent books include an award-winning autobiography, Society’s Child, and a book for young readers, The Tiny Mouse. She has a website at janisian.com.
Michael Kandel’s novels include Strange Invasions, Panda Ray, and Captain Jack Zodiac. In addition to his own writing, he is also an accomplished translator and editor.
Thomas Kaufsek has published reviews and short fiction in Science Fiction Eye, Infinity, and elsewhere. He works as a copyeditor and has been true to his resolution not to have his own web site.
Paul La Farge is the author of The Artist of the Missing, Luminous Airplanes, and most recently, The Night Ocean. Check out paullafarge.com for more information, before it disappears.
Yoon Ha Lee began publishing fiction while still a college undergraduate. For more information, including news about the novel Ninefox Gambit, visit yoonhalee.com
Michael Libling has published short fiction in Realms of Fantasy, Asimov’s, F&SF, and elsewhere. His debut novel is due out soon. A former newspaper columnist and talk radio host, he blogs occasionally at michaellibling.com.
Heather Lindsley has published short fiction in Asimov’s, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Brave New Worlds. She has also published and directed a variety of plays, a list of which can be found online at randomjane.com.
Barry N. Malzberg is an author, editor, and critic perhaps best known for the novels Herovit’s World and The Men Inside, and for his nonfiction collection Breakfast in the Ruins.
David Marusek’s novels include Counting Heads and Mind Over Ship. He won the Theodore Sturgeon Award for his story “The Wedding Album.” According to marusek.com, his latest novel, Upon This Rock, has recently been published.
Lisa Mason has published ten novels, including Arachne, Summer of Love, and The Gilded Age. Her short fiction has appeared in Omni, Asimov’s, F&SF, and various anthologies. A full list of her works can be found at lisamason.com.
Mary Anne Mohanraj has founded and edited three magazines, including Strange Horizons. She’s published a dozen books, including the Lambda-finalist, The Stars Change, and writes for George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series. She’s online at maryannemohanraj.com.
James Morrow’s novels include Only Begotten Daughter, City of Truth, Towing Jehovah, and Galápagos Regained. He can be found online at jamesmorrow.info.
Ruth Nestvold has published stories in such markets as Asimov’s, F&SF, and Strange Horizons. In 2007, the Italian translation of her novella “Looking Through Lace” won the “Premio Italia” award for best international work. She maintains a web site at ruthnestvold.com.
Deji Bryce Olukotun is a technology activist who focuses on cybersecurity and freedom of expression. He has published two novels, Nigerians in Space and After the Flare. He can be found online at returnofthedeji.com.
Marguerite Reed recently published her first novel, Archangel. Her bio online at margueritereed.com spells out some of her real-life efforts for change.
Robert Reed is the author of The Memory of Sky, Down the Bright Way, An Exaltation of Larks, and many short stories. He can be found online at robertreedwriter.com.
Madeleine E. Robins is the author of The Stone War, Point of Honour, and Petty Treason, as well as a score of short stories. She lives in San Francisco and currently works at the American Bookbinders Museum.
Jay Russell’s novels include Celestial Dogs, Burning Bright, and Brown Harvest. His short fiction has been collected in Waltzes and Whispers. He teaches writing at St. Mary’s University.
Geoff Ryman’s novels include The Unconquered Country, Was, Air, 253, and The Child Garden. He is the administrator for the Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans and his interview series 100 African Writers of SFF is appearing in Strange Horizons.
James Sallis has published more than a dozen novels, including The Long-Legged Fly, Drive, and Willnot. His nonfiction books include The Guitar Players and Chester Himes: A Life. His website is jamessallis.com.
J. M. Sidorova published her first novel, The Age of Ice, in 2013. Her short stories have appeared in Albedo One, Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, and other magazines and anthologies. She has a website at jmsidorova.com.
Brian Francis Slattery is the author of Spaceman Blues, Lost Everything, and Liberation. He’s also a frequent contributor to Bookburners. He can be found online at bfslattery.com.
Harry Turtledove has published more than four dozen novels, including works of fantasy, historical fiction, and stories of alternative history such as The Guns of the South and, more recently, The House of Daniel.
Deepak Unnikrishnan won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing for his first novel, Temporary People. “Birds” is excerpted from this novel.
TS Vale (tsvale.com) is one of the pen names of an awarded author who’s loved and practiced “writing” her entire life. TS wrote her first published novel, Buck, at age 16. The novel remains on certain banned and challenged book lists.
Leo Vladimirsky works in advertising and has created campaigns for clients like IKEA, YouTube, L.A. Tourism, and XBOX. His fiction has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Boing Boing. He recently finished his first novel, The Horrorists. You can find his work at leovladimirsky.com.
Ray Vukcevich is the author of The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces. His short fiction has been collected in Meet Me in the Moon Room and Boarding Instructions. Read more about him at rayvuk.com.
Ted White has been publishing science fiction stories for more than fifty years. His novels include The Jewels of Elsewhen, By Furies Possessed, and Phoenix Prime. He is also a veteran music journalist and magazine editor who spent many years editing Amazing, Fantastic, and Heavy Metal.
Paul Witcover is the author of Waking Beauty, Tumbling After, Asylum, The Emperor of All Things, as well as a collection of short stories, Everland. His digital home is at paulwitcover.com.
N. Lee Wood has published seven novels, including Looking for the Mahdi and Faraday’s Orphans.
Jane Yolen’s 365th and 366th books are coming out in 2018, so reading a book of hers every day is possible even in a Leap Year. Among her many awards and honors are two Nebulas, three Mythopoeic Society Awards, the Jewish Book Award, six honorary doctorates, and a Skylark Award that set her coat on fire.