Author Bios

Timothy Zahn is one of the most commercially successful and critically respected science fiction authors in American popular fiction, best known for his work expanding the Star Wars universe, though his career extends well beyond that franchise to encompass original military science fiction and space opera of considerable quality. Born in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois,…

A.M. Strickland is an American author of young adult and adult fantasy fiction whose work blends mythology, dark fantasy, and LGBTQ+ themes. Their debut novel, Shadow Run (co-authored with Michael Miller, 2017), established them as a voice in YA science fiction, but it is their subsequent solo work that has developed their most distinctive voice….

Ferrett Steinmetz is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his Mancer series, a contemporary fantasy trilogy that brought a genuinely original premise to urban fantasy and quickly developed a cult following. He is a blogger of long standing and a prolific short fiction writer who appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction and…

Peter Tieryas is an American author and video game designer whose fiction occupies the intersection of alternate history, science fiction, and East Asian cultural experience in ways that are genuinely distinctive. He works in the video game industry and the influence of his gaming background — particularly his experience with the visual storytelling, world design,…

Mary Robinette Kowal is an American science fiction and fantasy author, puppeteer, and narrator whose work spans multiple genres and media and who has become one of the most recognised and respected voices in contemporary science fiction. She is a professional puppeteer who has performed for and on behalf of the Jim Henson Company and…

Eddie Robson is a British writer with an extensive background in radio drama, television, and genre fiction. He has written for Doctor Who audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions — one of the most prolific and beloved ranges of licensed audio fiction in the world — as well as for British television. His work…

Annalee Newitz is an American author and journalist who occupies a distinctive position in contemporary science fiction: their fiction emerges from and speaks directly to their extensive work as a technology and science writer, giving it both a grounding in current research and a sophisticated understanding of how technology shapes society. They are the former…

S.A. Chakraborty is an American fantasy author whose Daevabad Trilogy introduced readers to a richly imagined world of Islamic mythology, djinn politics, and colonial resistance that immediately distinguished her work from the mainstream of epic fantasy. Born Shannon Chakraborty, she grew up in New Jersey and converted to Islam as a young adult, an experience…

Percival Everett is one of the most distinguished American novelists of his generation, an author whose prodigious and formally varied output spans more than four decades and defies easy categorisation. Born in 1956 in Fort Gordon, Georgia, he studied philosophy at the University of Miami and has a Master’s degree from Brown University. He is…

Ann Leckie is an American science fiction author whose debut novel achieved one of the most remarkable award sweeps in the history of the genre, immediately establishing her as a major new voice in science fiction. She studied music at Washington University in St. Louis and worked in a variety of capacities — including as…