Author Bios

Megan E. O’Keefe is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has built a growing reputation in both secondary-world fantasy and far-future science fiction, demonstrating a versatility and consistency of craft that marks her as one of the more promising voices of her generation. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has…

Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy author, essayist, and advertising copywriter whose work is known for its unflinching brutality, its formal ambition, and its systematic interrogation of the assumptions that have governed the representation of gender and violence in genre fiction. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest and studied history at…

Wesley Chu is a Taiwanese-American science fiction author whose work spans military science fiction, space opera, and action-adventure thriller, and who has built a reputation for fast-paced, propulsive storytelling anchored by vivid characters. Born in Taiwan and raised in Chicago, he spent years working as an actor and stuntman before turning to writing full-time, and…

Adam Rakunas is an American science fiction author whose work in the labour-focused science fiction subgenre has earned him considerable critical respect. He lives in the Los Angeles area and has worked in the technology industry, an experience that informs his fiction’s engagement with questions of labour, corporate power, and the organisation of work in…

Patrick S. Tomlinson is an American science fiction author and stand-up comedian whose fiction blends hard science fiction premises with a sharp satirical wit and an evident enthusiasm for the genre’s classic traditions. He is based in Wisconsin and performs stand-up comedy alongside his writing career — a combination that is less surprising than it…

Foz Meadows is an Australian author, essayist, and reviewer whose fiction and cultural criticism have both made significant contributions to contemporary fantasy discourse. She grew up in Australia and has lived in various parts of the world, including Scotland, and her global perspective is reflected in the culturally diverse worlds she builds in her fiction….

Stephen Aryan is a British fantasy author who has built a substantial body of work in epic fantasy over the course of a decade, establishing himself as a reliable and ambitious presence in the British fantasy field. He was born and raised in the north of England and works in marketing, writing fiction alongside his…

Ramez Naam is an American computer scientist, futurist, and science fiction author whose work bridges the worlds of technology research and imaginative fiction with unusual credibility. He worked for more than a decade at Microsoft as a computer scientist and program manager, and his deep technical knowledge of software, networking, and biotechnology underpins the rigorous…

Calder Szewczak is the pen name of a British author whose debut novel brought a sharp environmental and political edge to science fiction. Writing under a pseudonym, Szewczak published The Offset through Angry Robot Books, joining a roster of authors known for ambitious, socially engaged speculative fiction. Details about the author’s personal background are limited,…

Khan Wong is a Canadian author whose debut novel combined science fiction with themes of performance, identity, and queer experience in ways that distinguished it from the mainstream of space opera. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and his background in the performing arts — he has worked as an actor and in the…