Julian Mortimer Smith has published more than a dozen science fiction and fantasy stories in some of the top speculative fiction venues, including Asimov’s Science Fiction, Terraform, Daily Science Fiction, and AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review. He has also written non-fiction articles about subjects such as the Shag Harbour UFO incident and the North […]

Indrapramit Das (aka Indra Das) is a writer and editor from Kolkata, India. He is a Lambda Literary Award-winner for his debut novel The Devourers (Penguin India / Del Rey), and has been a finalist for the Crawford, Tiptree and Shirley Jackson Awards. His short fiction has appeared in publications including Tor.com, Clarkesworld and Asimov’s, […]

James S.A. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank. They are best known for The Expanse series of novels. Leviathan Wakes, the first in the series, was nominated for the Hugo and Locus awards, while the fourth book, Abbadon’s Gate, won the Locus award. The series has been adapted for television […]

Jack Skillingstead’s Harbinger was nominated for a Locus Award for best first novel. His second, Life on the Preservation, was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. His first short story appeared in 2003 and was a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award. Since then he has sold more than forty short stories which have […]

Ashok Banker is the author of the Burnt Empire Trilogy (HarperCollins Voyager), among other books. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Weird Tales, Best New Fantasy, and is forthcoming in F&SF, among other places.

Molly Tanzer is the author of the Diabolist’s Library trilogy: Creatures of Will and Temper, the Locus Award-nominated Creatures of Want and Ruin, and Creatures of Charm and Hunger. She is also the author of the weird western Vermilion, an io9 and NPR “Best Book” of 2015, and the British Fantasy Award-nominated collection, A Pretty Mouth, as well as many critically acclaimed short […]

Shweta Narayan was born in India, has lived in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Scotland, and California, and feels kinship with shapeshifters and other liminal beings. Their short fiction and poetry have appeared in places like Strange Horizons, Tor.com, the 2012 Nebula Showcase anthology, and We See A Different Frontier. They’ve been mostly dead since […]

Alyssa Wong writes fiction, comics, and games. Their stories have won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award. Alyssa was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and their fiction has been shortlisted for the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and Shirley Jackson Awards. Alyssa’s comics credits include […]

J.B. Park’s stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Gamut, Lackington’s, Lightspeed, Liminal Stories, Nightmare, Strange Horizons, and The Dark. His website is maybepark.com.

Lavie Tidhar is the author of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize winning and Premio Roma nominee A Man Lies Dreaming (2014), the World Fantasy Award winning Osama (2011) and of the critically-acclaimed The Violent Century (2013). His latest novel is Central Station (2016). He is the author of many other novels, novellas and short stories.