Ian McDonald nació en 1960 en Mánchester, Inglaterra, de madre irlandesa y padre escocés. Se mudó con su familia a Irlanda del Norte en 1965. Ha ganado el Premio Locus, el Premio de la Asociación…
CL Polk escribió su primer cuento en primaria y aún no ha aprendido nada mejor. Tras pasar años en ocupaciones extrañas y vagando por el oeste de Canadá, se estableció en el sur de Alberta con su…
John Kessel es licenciado en Física e Inglés y doctor en Literatura Estadounidense. Ayudó a fundar y fue el primer director del programa de Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura Creativa de la…
Linda Addison es una poeta y autora galardonada que escribe en los géneros de fantasía, terror y ciencia ficción. En 2001, se convirtió en la primera escritora afroamericana en ganar un Premio Bram…
Sarah Kendzior es escritora, periodista e investigadora y ha estudiado los estados autoritarios en Asia Central. Fue columnista de Al Jazeera English y se le atribuye ser una de las primeras en…
Paolo Bacigalupi es el autor más vendido del New York Times y ganador de múltiples premios de The Windup Girl, Ship Breaker, The Drowned Cities, Zombie Baseball Beatdown y The Water Knife (que…
Carter Wilson es un autor galardonado y superventas especializado en thrillers domésticos llenos de tensión, paranoia y terror psicológico. Recientemente aceptó ser entrevistado por Daryl Maxwell para…
RE Stearns escribió su primer cuento en una computadora Apple IIe y todavía extraña un poco el texto verde en una pantalla negra. Continuó molestando a todos sus profesores leyendo libros mientras…
Samantha Silva es autora y guionista, radicada en Idaho. Se graduó de la Escuela de Estudios Internacionales Avanzados de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, donde estudió en Bolonia, Italia, y Washington…
Originario de Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott Thomas estudió en la Universidad de Kansas, donde se licenció en Inglés y Cine. Es cocreador y productor ejecutivo de "Best Friends Whenever" de Disney Channel…
A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.” The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther. Beatriz’s death was a...
Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...
