| L.E.
Modesitt, Jr. Official Website 
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr., was born in 1943 in Denver,
Colorado. He graduated from Williams College under the delusion that poetry
was considered respectable and that fantasy and science fiction were not,
a mistake he now attributes to youthful enthusiasm. He has been a delivery boy; a lifeguard; an unpaid radio disc jockey; a U.S. Navy pilot; a market research analyst; a real estate agent; director of research for a political campaign; legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman; Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues; and a college lecturer and writer in residence. In addition to his novels, Mr. Modesitt has published technical studies and articles (generally with boring titles), columns, poetry, and a number of science fiction stories. His first story was published in 1973. Mr. Modesitt has weathered eight children, a fondness for three-piece suits, a brown Labrador, a white cockapoo, a Siamese rabbit, and various assorted pet rodents. Finally, in 1989, to escape nearly twenty years of occupational captivity in Washington, D.C., he moved to New Hampshire. There he married a lyric soprano, and he and his wife Carol moved to Cedar City, Utah in 1993, where she directs the opera program at Southern Utah University and he continues to create and manage chaos. |
| Stephenie
Meyer Official Website 
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Excerpted from Stephenie's Bio on her
website: I was born in Connecticut in 1973, during a brief blip in my family's otherwise western U.S. existence. We were settled in Phoenix by the time I was four, so, considering that I have twenty-seven Arizona summers under my belt, I think of myself as a native. The unusual spelling of my name was a gift from my father, Stephen ( + ie = me ). Though I have had my name spelled wrong on pretty much everything my entire life long, I must admit that it makes it easier to google myself now. Twilight is my very first novel, and it has been a crazy, rollercoaster-sans-seatbelts experience from the very beginning. (If you're interested in more about the writing of Twilight, click the "twilight" button just to the left of this lame, rambling autobiography. (Sorry for being Capt. Obvious.)) Right now, I'm deeply involved in the editing for book two (more about that in "Other Novels"), getting ready for my first book tour, dealing with five separate drop-off and pick-up times for my kids' schools, and working with a nice personal trainer named Steve in a doomed attempt to erase the evidence that my body has carried three large children to term. |
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Diana Galbadon |
Best-selling author Diana Gabaldon holds a Ph.D. in ecology and spent a dozen years as a university professor before turning to writing full-time. She is also the author of more than six novels, including Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, Lord John and the Private Matter and one work of nonfiction, The Outlandish Companion. Her most recent book is A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Delacorte Press, 2005). She lives in Arizona. A Webcast of Diana at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in 2005. |
| Gail Carson Levine Publisher Website 
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Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and
has been writing all her life. Her first book for children, Ella Enchanted,
was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Dave At Night,
an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses
of Bamarre; and her Princess Tales books: The Princess Test, The Fairy's
Mistake, Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, Cinderellis and the Glass Hill,
For Biddle's Sake and The Fairy's Return. She is also the author of the
picture book Betsy Who Cried Wolf, illustrated by Scott Nash. |
| He's climbed volcanoes in the Ring of Fire, fished
for sharks in the North Atlantic, been mauled by an angry kitten off the
coast of Turkey, learned the meaning of defenestration in France, and even
jumped off a a cliff in Greece. His interests span a wide spectrum: archaeology,
linguistics, mythology, cosmology, conspiracy theory, religion and a host
of others. At the same time, he managed to catapult himself to the top of
his game in a Fortune 100 company doing what some idly speculated to be nothing
less than international computer espionage. But there was always the desire to change the world around him. And since the age of fifteen, he had become obsessed with writing as a means to this end. Year after year, he labored to prefect his craft, until he felt the time was right. In 2000, he teamed up with J.S. Lewis and with an eye to the stars, they launched The Revenge of the Shadow King. Benz met and married his lovely wife in sunny Arizona, where they enjoy researching and traveling . |
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| Emma Bull Official Emma Bull Blog 
ISFDB Entry Wikipedia |
From Wikipedia: Emma Bull (born 1954) is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder. She sang in the rock-funk band Cats Laughing, and both sang and played guitar in the folk duo The Flash Girls while living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Will Shetterly and Emma BullHer 1991 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel Bone Dance was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. Bull wrote a screenplay for War for the Oaks, which was made into an 11-minute mini-film designed to look like a film trailer. She made a cameo appearance as the Queen of the Seelie Court, and her husband, Will Shetterly, directed. Bull and Shetterly created the shared universe of Liavek, for which they have both written stories. There are five Liavek collections in print. She was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, which included Will Shetterly as well as Pamela Dean, Kara Dalkey, Nathan A. Bucklin, Patricia Wrede and Steven Brust. With Steven Brust, Bull wrote Freedom and Necessity (1997), an epistolary novel with subtle fantasy elements set during the United Kingdom's nineteenth century Chartist movement. Bull and Shetterly live in Arizona. |
| Russell Davis ISFDB Entry 
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A man of many names, Russell Davis has written
horror, science fiction, fantasy, and poetry. He recently edited the
Millennium 3001 anthology with Martin H. Greenberg, Mega
War of the Worlds as David Cian, Crimson Heir as D. L. Lawson,
Waltzing with the Dead, and Touchless. He also
wrote the Twilight Zone novel A Gathering of Shadows.
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Shannon Eric Denton is a veteran storyteller
and artist who worked as a storyboard artist on
Paramount Pictures OSCAR NOMINATED feature Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and
directed the original commercial animations for the movie. Shannon is currently
storyboarding the live action feature Youth in Revolt from Lions Gate and
writing episodes of HiHi Puffy AmiYumi for Cartoon Network. From 1995-1999
he contributed to the design and development of almost every animated action
adventure show produced by the Fox Kids Network including the X-Men, Spider-Man
and the Annie nominated Silver Surfer series as well as doing comic work
for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image. Shannon is featured in a section of
the Watson-Guptill book Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning,
written by Steven Withrow, and his artwork graces the cover. Shannon
is launching the Actionopolis line of comics, pulbished by KomikwerksThis
summer and will be previewing it at the book festival. |
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Emily Devenport has been published under three names. As Emily Devenport, her short Stories were published in ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE and the FULL SPECTRUM anthology, but mostly in ABORIGINAL SF, whose readers voted her a Boomerang Award. ROC published six Emily Devenport novels: SHADE, LARISSA, SCORPIANNE, EGGHEADS, THE KRONOS CONDITION, and GODHEADS. ROC published one of her novels under the pen name Maggy Thomas: BROKEN TIME, which was nominated for a Phillip K. Dick Award. Most recently she has been writing under the pen name Lee Hogan. Roc published the first Lee Hogan book, BELARUS, in 2002. A sequel is due out in spring 2003: ENEMIES and she is currently working on the third book in the series. Her background is quirky and not so illustrious. She worked for many years as a professional housekeeper, then became an officer for the Arizona Department of Corrections, graduating from the COTA Academy at the top of her class. She has since left that job for a tamer position working in the music department of BORDERS, as sales clerk and resident classical music expert. She is slowly (VERY slowly) pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice. Beyond that, She’s an extremely avid gardener and is happily married to writer/artist Ernest Hogan. |
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Author and artist, Ernest Hogan has done stories,
articles, reviews, cartoons, illustrations, and covers in a number of science
fiction magazines. Mr. Hogan's 'Obsidian Harvest' (co-written with Rick
Cook) was included in Analog April 2000 and recommended for the Hugo award
and also published in Gardner Dozois Year's Best Science Fiction anthology.
'The Rise And Fall Of Paco Cohen And The Mariachis Of Mars' appeared in Analog
April 2001. Ben Bova has recommended this work for the Nebula award.
His novels have been Cortez on Jupiter, High Aztech, and Smoking Mirror
Blues. |
| Jeff Mariotte Official Web Site 
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Jeff Mariotte was born in Park Forest, Illinois.
He moved away from there at the age of six, when his father, a civilian working
for the Department of Defense, was transferred to Paris, France. Since then
he's lived in Arlington and Reston, Virginia, Worms and Schriesheim, Germany,
San Jose, San Diego, and Arizona. He graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Radio/TV/Film. He has worked delivering the Washington Post, in a comic book store, fast food, selling encyclopedias door-to-door, and as maintenance supervisor for a large regional shopping center. He was the manager of Hunteris Books, La Jolla when his first fiction was published. He has been VP of Marketing and Senior Editor for comic book publisher WildStorm Productions, Editor-in-Chief for IDW Publishing, and a freelance writer. He and his wife Maryelizabeth Hart and partner Terry Gilman are the owners of Mysterious Galaxy, an independent bookstore specializing in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He currently lives in Arizona with Maryelizabeth, daughter Holly, son David, one cat and two dogs, in a house filled with books and comics and toys and music and laughter. He is passionate about-among other things-reading, the deserts and mountains and forests of the American West, modern and historical, politics, Nikki Cox, photography, independent bookstores, and whatever else strikes his fancy at any given moment. |
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Dennis L. McKiernan
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Dennis L. Mckiernan was born April 4, 1932, in
Moberly, Missouri,where he lived until age eighteen, when he joined the
U.S. Air Force, serving four years spanning the Korean War. He received
a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1958
and an M.S. in the same field from Duke University in 1964. Dennis spent
thirty-one years as one of AT&T Bell Laboratories whiz kids in research
and development - in anti-ballistic missile defense systems, in software
for telephone systems, and in various management think-tank activities
- before changing careers to be a full-time writer. Currently living in Tuscon, Arizona, Dennis began writing novels in 1977 while recuperating from a close encounter of the crunch kind with a 1967 red and black Plymouth Fury (Dennis lost: it ran over him: Plymouth 1, Dennis 0). Among other hobbies, Dennis enjoys SCUBA diving, dirt-bike riding, and motorcycle touring - all enthusiasms shared by his wife. An internationally bestselling author, his critically acclaimed fantasy novels include Voyage of the Fox Rider, The Eye of the Hunter, Dragondoom, The Silver Call Duology, The Iron Tower Trilogy, the story collection Tales of Mithgar, Eye of the Hunter and Silver Wolf, Black Falcon Never one to sit idle too long, Dennis has also written The Vulgmaster (a graphic novel) and several short stories and novelettes which have appeared in various anthologies. He is presently working on his next opus. |
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Michael R. Mennenga
Dragon Page &
Slice of SciFi
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Michael R. Mennenga (men-en-gay) began writing
in the late 1980s. He spent several years submitting manuscripts, talking
with publishers, agents and learning the ins and outs of the ever-changing
publishing industry. Even though he remained unpublished, he had become
a proficient writer and by the end of 1995 he had written 2 young adult
books, 1 novel, and had 9 other works in various stages of production. In
1996 he turned his attention to writing for the Internet. In 1998 he joined
a developing writing community and was soon asked to become part of the staff.
Working with members, creating interesting assignments, and developing writing
lessons he became a valuable part of the community. After only one year as
a staff member he was asked to become its executive editor - overseeing all
operations of the growing community. During this time the site received recognition
from Writer's Digest and Forbes Publishing before the release of his first
book - Zac and the Valley of the Dragons - (published on Xlibris Press) forced
his resignation as editor in 1999. His next book - Mistress of the Dragon
- (Published AmErica House) was released in 2001. His next book, The Valley
of the Dragons: Dragon's Fire and Wizard's Flame - (Published on Bedside Books)
was released in 2002, and then re-released as Dragon's Fire, Wizard's Flame
- (Published by Dragon Moon Press) in 2003. 
Michael is currently hosting three weekly podcasts with Evo Terra, The Dragon Page Cover to Cover, The Dragon Page Wingin' It, and Slice of Sci Fi. |
| Joe Nasisse Official Website 
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Nominated in the same year for both the International
Horror Guild Award and the Bram Stoker Award, Joseph Nassise is the author
of four novels, a fiction collection, and a number of short stories. He has
also done work in both the comics and role-playing game industries. Elected President of the Horror Writers Association in 2001, Joe served in that position until Nov. 2005, the twelfth individual to hold the post. Past presidents have included Dean Koontz, Charles Grant, and Brian Lumley. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, he currently lives with his wife and four children in Arizona. Joe is currently doing podcasts of his new novel, Heretic on The Podcast Network.. |
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Adam Niswander 
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Adam Niswander is a science fiction (SF), fantasy, horror, young adult, and mystery & thriller writer from Phoenix Arizona. He is the author of: the Shaman Cycle novels - The Charm, The Serpent Slayers, and The Hound Hunters - (Published by Integra Press ; Frank Wagner, Publisher,) as well as The Sand Dwellers, (Published by Fedogan and Bremer, Philip Rahman, Publisher) and The Repository, (Published by Meisha Merlin Publishing, Stephen Pagel, Publisher.) Other hats he has worn include those of book dealer (Adam’s Bookstore on ABE.com), former president (14 terms) of The Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS), CASFS Board, frequent guest at science fiction conventions and member of both SFWA and HWA. |
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Growing up in the military, I lived in many places
-- California, Germany, Washington D.C., Texas, and Ohio. And like
many writers, I’ve held a number of different jobs -- everything from computer
programmer to horseback riding instructor. My writing career
began in 1984 when I sold the first of over 100 non-fiction articles written
for the national and regional horse magazines. A few years later, a
friend and I decided to try our hand at novels. We wrote three and sold the
third one, APRIL'S CHRISTMAS, to Avalon Books in 1994. My own first novel was LADY OF FIRE, a time-travel romance published by Leisure Books in 1996. I've always had a great interest in Ireland, history, horses and fantasy, and truly enjoy combining all these things in my novels. I now live in beautiful Arizona with my family, my cat, and my five-gaited American Saddlebred pleasure horse . . . and I know that “home” is with the people you love, no matter where that may be. |
| Will Shetterly Official Will Shetterly Blog 
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Will Shetterly - a biography I live in Tucson, Arizona, with my wife, Emma Bull, and our cat, Toby, the Terror of the West. I writes novels, screenplays, short stories, and comic books. When I was a boy, I lived at a tourist attraction attraction called Dog Land that inspired my novel, Dogland. In 1994, I ran for Governor of Minnesota and finished third in a field of six. My politics are eclectic. My greatest political concern is democracy. I believe vox populi, vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. One year, I worked on my parents' trading post at Rat Rapids, Ontario, where my duties included carrying 100 pound bags of wild rice. You would think that would make me hate it, but it's one of my favorite foods. It really isn't worth watching Toxic Zombies for my very brief appearance at the end. But it is worth baking Shetterly's Finest-Kind Cookies. Will's mid 1990's comic Captain Confederacy has been in the news recently and he has been making the issues available online at http://captainconfederacy.blogspot.com/ |
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Michael A. Stackpole
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N.Y. Times Best Selling Science Fiction & Fantasy Author of Star Wars Novels I, Jedi, Dark Tide: Onslaught, Dark Tide: Ruin, the X-Wing novel series, many Dark Horse Star Wars comics, plus The Dark Glory War, Talion: Revenant, Shadowrun: Wolf & Raven, Once a Hero, Fortress Draconis, Ghost War (Mechwarrior Dark Age #1) & When Dragons Rage. His latest series, The Age of Discovery, features The Secret Atlas and the just published Cartomancy. He started his career writing role playing games for Flying Buffalo games and in 1997 wrote the Warriors trilogy for the FASA Battletech novel line, giving him his break into the world of novel writing. Since then, he’s written many novels in the BattleTech universe, the Star Wars universe (including the popular line of Rogue Squadron novels) plus several fantasy novels including the current DragonCrown War fantasy series.He has been doing regular podcasts on his Stormwolf.com web site for his The Secrets writing periodical as well as other commentary. |
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Evo Terra: talk show host, musician, herbalist,
author, podcaster, cult leader, podiobooks evangelist. Classic Type A personality.
Pathetic, isn't he? Evo's always felt a certain affinity to science fiction, and is appreciative of a good author's ability to provide a different perspective on the world at large. He joined The Dragon Page in April of 2002 and has loved almost every minute of it. Except for that freak pencil sharpener accident we'd all prefer to forget. Prior to that, Evo had a semi-successful career as a semi-professonal musician with a semi-ska/punk band. He's a bass player, so the "muscian" moniker is given with some trepidation. But he is a real-live herbal therapist, though he hasn't had much chance to ply his trade what with all the dedication he gives to the other projects in his life. Speaking of which... He feels quite at ease talking with authors, being an author himself. Of course, he primarily talks with fiction authors, where he scribes in the land on non-fiction. But who's counting? Oh, and the cult leader thing is currently in progress. You interested? Evo is currently hosting three weekly podcasts with Michael R. Mennenga, The Dragon Page Cover to Cover, The Dragon Page Wingin' It, and Slice of Sci Fi. He has also co-written Podcasting for Dummies with Tee Morris. |
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After spending 20 years as a freelance writer (writing mostly non-fiction), John Vornholt turned to book publishing in 1989. Drawing upon the good will generated by an earlier non-fiction book he had written for Simon & Schuster, John secured a contract to write Masks, number seven in the Star Trek: The Next Generation book series. Masks was the first of the numbered Next Generation books
to make the New York Times bestseller list and was reprinted three times
in the first month. His Star Trek related books now total more than 20.
Although John has only been writing books seriously since 1989, he
has written and sold more than 50 books, for both adults and children.
He has also written a number of young reader novels including ones based
on Dinotopia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
& the recent release of The Troll King books, The Troll King,
The Troll Queen, and Troll Treasure. His most recent
published work is the YA novel Cupidity under the name of Caroline
Goode. |
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Michelle
M. Welch 
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Her first novel, Confidence Game,
was published in October 2003. The project grew out of almost fifteen years
of work, and it is the fifth novel manuscript she wrote. The
Bright and the Dark, her second novel, was released in August 2004.
Her most recent novel, Chasing Fire, was released last fall.
Prior to writing novels, she wrote short stories in a magical-realism style.
She also has a background in music and has played various instruments with
several musical groups. Her other works include a number of writings
for the Society for Creative Anachronism and she has also written guest
pieces for Michael A. Stackpole's online writing periodical The Secrets. |
