Irene Radford has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. A member of an endangered species, a native Oregonian living in Oregon, she and her husband make their home in Welches, Oregon, where deer, bear, coyote, hawks, owls, and woodpeckers feed regularly on their back deck. In her spare time, Irene enjoys lacemaking and is a longtime member of an international guild.
Annie Reed is an award-winning writer whose short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, three volumes of Strange New Worlds, and several DAW anthologies, including Time After Time, Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy, and Cosmic Cocktails. She lives in northern Nevada with her husband, daughter, and a varying number of high-maintenance cats. In addition to science fiction, she writes mystery, romance, and women’s fiction.
Mike Resnick is the winner of five Hugos and a Nebula, along with other major awards in the USA, France, Japan, Spain, Croatia, and Poland. He is the author of more than 50 novels, 200 stories, 14 collections, and 2 screenplays, and the editor of more than 40 anthologies. His work has been translated into 22 languages.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch has won or been nominated for all the major awards in the SF field for her science fiction stories. Her most recent SF novel is Paloma: A Retrieval Artist Novel.
Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over eighty novels and a hundred short stories. He has been nominated for just about every major award in science fiction and fantasy and even won a few, including a World Fantasy Award. His most recent fantasy novel is All Eve’s Hallows, and he writes thrillers under a different name. He lives on the Oregon Coast with his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
