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Anderson, Timothy J. Timothy J. Anderson is a graduate of the Carleton School of Journalism and is a professional writer for both television and the stage. He has also worked as an editor and has been a librettist-in-residence with the Canadian Opera Company. Armstong, Kelley Kelley is married with three kids and lives in rural Ontario, Canada. After graduating with a degree in psychology, She switched gears and studied computer programming. Currently, she is a full-time writer and parent. Baird, Alison Alison Baird is a resident of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and a graduate of Trinity College, University of Toronto, where she earned her Honours B.A. in English and her M.A. degree. As an author she had an early start, publishing her first poems when she was 12. In 1994 her first book, The Dragon's Egg, was published by Scholastic Canada: it was a national bestseller and a Regional Winner of the Silver Birch Award (a children's choice award). It is now featured on school curricula across the country. The Hidden World and White as the Waves: A Novel of Moby Dick, both published in 1999, were Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" selections, and White as the Waves was shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. The Wolves of Woden, the prequel to The Hidden World, followed in 2001 and was featured in Resource Links Magazine's “Best of 2001.” Baird's next project for Penguin was the The Witches of Willowmere (also a CCBC “Choice”), volume one of the “Willowmere Chronicles.” In 2003 her adult fantasy novel, The Stone of the Stars, and its two sequels were sold to Warner Aspect through the Sternig & Byrne literary agency and were published in 2004 and 2005. The Stone of the Stars received a starred review in Publisher's Weekly. Barbour, Douglas Douglas Barbour is an awarding winning poet, critic and editor who teaches Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Barley, Michael Michael Barley is the author of the novella Woman In the Wood, and is both a succesful writer and a practicing Canadian architect. Bedford, K. A. K.A. Bedford was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1963. He attended Curtin and Murdoch Universities, and studied Writing, Theatre, and Philosophy. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Bérard, Sylvie Sylvie Berard was born in Montreal in 1965. Attainging a Doctorate in literature, she has been teaching Quebec Literature for a few years at Trent University in Peterborough (Ontario). She is a Letters to Quebec (anthology) contributor and a member of the editorial collective of the Journal XYZ. Sylvie Berard has published short stories in numerous anthologies — Moebius, ASFFQ, New Deal, and Tesseract — as well as written many articles on science fiction. The French version, Terre des Autres, won the Grand Prix in 2005 science-fiction and fantasy in Quebec, the Boréal Award in 2005 and the Prix readers Radio-Canada in 2006. Books: Of Wind and Sand Bradley, Rebecca Rebecca Bradley was born in Vancouver in 1952, and grew up largely in Calgary. She studied archaeology, earning a Ph.D. at Cambridge, doing her fieldwork in Egypt and the Sudan. She married and had children in Northern Ireland. In 1987, she and her husband moved to Kuwait, where she worked as a technical editor and he taught at the university. By coincidence they were on holiday at the time of the Iraqi invasion in 1990. Shortly thereafter, her husband took a job at the Hong Kong Polytechnic. Rebecca wrote fiction full-time in Hong Kong. Before co-authoring Temutma with Stewart Sloan, she published her Hong Kong Macabre and Hong Kong Grotesque with Hong Kong Horrors. She has written a fantasy trilogy for Gollancz – Lady In Gil, 1996; Scion's Lady, 1997; and Lady Pain in 1998. Rebecca returned to Calgary in July 1997, and is now supplementing her meagre earnings from writing by teaching archaeology part-time at a local college. She misses many things about Hong Kong, not least the cemetery. Bridger, Denysé Denysé Bridger was born in Newfoundland. Denysé has published over 400 stories, poems, and novella's world wide and has won an Amber Heat Wave award and has been nominated for an EPPIE Award; a prestigious award given for excellence in electronic publishing. Books: As Fate Decrees Brierley, Jane Jane Brierley is an professional writer, editor, and literary translator. In 1990 she was awarded the prestigious Canadian Governor General's Award for best English translation. Campbell, Jeff Jeff Campbell's fiction has appeared in a wide variety of publications including Spinetingler Magazine, Wax Romantic and Challenging Destiny. From time to time his writing can also be heard on radio's Imagination Theater and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In addition to writing, he has co-edited the Sherlock Holmes anthologies Curious Incidents 1 and 2 with his good friend Charles Prepolec. Books: Gaslight Grimoire Christie, Jason Jason Christie has an MA from the University of Calgary and a BA (Honours) from York University - with a double major in English Literature and Creative Writing. He is one of Canada's most innovative poets and his avant-garde approach to poetry challenges the status quo and questions what a poem may be. Choo, Mary E. Mary Choo's poems and short stories have appeared in genre and mainstream magazines and anthologies throughout Canada and the U.S. Her work has won or placed in a variety of competitions, and her short story "Wolfrunner" reached the preliminary ballot of the Nebula Awards and the final ballot of the Canadian Aurora Awards. Her credits include such publications as the Methuen children's anthology The Window of Dreams, Star*Line, Dreams and Nightmares, Sword and Sorceress On Spec and Northern Frights. She is currently completing her Moon Wars trilogy, which is set in the same created fantasy world as "Wolfrunner", as well as writing short fiction and several collections of poetry. Church, Suzanne Suzanne Church lives in Ontario, the cold one in Canada, with her two children. She is an outlier and a media junkie who when cornered becomes fiercely Canadian. After attending A.C. Crispin's writers' workshop at DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia in 2000, she focused on writing. Subsequently, she attended James Gunn's writers' workshop in Lawrence, Kansas in the summer of 2004 and she graduated from the Clarion South Science Fiction Writers' Workshop in Brisbane, Australia in 2005. Her short fiction is gaining popularity, and she's currently applying her keen logic and humor to short stories and novels alike. Her writing runs the gammet from erotic horror to YA fantasy, and from talking chickens to alternate forms of capital punishment. She has worked many jobs including actuarial student, computer programmer and high school math teacher. Clarke, J. Brian J. Brian Clarke is best known for fourteen stories published by ANALOG magazine ... five were 'cover' stories ... and 'Dinoshift' was nominated for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Ameriica (SFWA) Nebula award. Clarke's stories have also appeared in GALAXY, EXPANSE and ON-SPEC. 'Earthgate' was the lead in Donald A. Wollheim's 1986 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF. Clink, Carolyn Carolyn Clink is a well known Science Fiction poet who has had her work featured in Analog, On Spec and all four volumes of the Northern Frights series. Clute, John John Clute is the co-editor of both The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. He currently lives in London, England. Cockle, Kevin Kevin Cockle lives in Calgary, Alberta, and often incorporates Calgary-style boom-town themes in his work. A frequent contributor to On Spec magazine, Kevin has dabbled in screen writing, sports journalism, and technical writing to fill out what would otherwise be a purely finance-centric resume. Coney, Michael G. Michael G. Coney is the best selling author of over 15 novels, including Fang of the Gnome and King of the Sceptre'd Isle. His works have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Cullum, J. A. J.A Cullum began writing Science Fiction in the early 1980's and has since gone on to become a succesful writer and member of the speculative fiction community. She currently lives in Trinity County, California. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Curtis, Sheryl With undergraduate and graduate degrees in translation from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate in interdisciplinary studies from Concordia University, Sheryl Curtis is a certified member of the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Quebec (OTTIAQ) and works as a professional translator. During the course of her career, she also taught translation over a period of 20 years as a member of the part-time faculty at Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec. More recently, she decided to leave the academic world to devote time to literary translation. Since 1998, her translations of short stories have appeared in Interzone, Year's Best Science Fiction 4, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 15, On Spec, Altair, Tesseracts8, and elsewhere. Davis, Leslie Leslie Davis was born in San Diego CA. "Keeper's Child" is the first novel Leslie Davis is publishing. Books: Keeper's Child Deegan, Roger Roger Deegan earned his Masters of Music in Composition from the University of Southern California and has written music for over 100 films. Doctorow, Cory Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing (boingboing.net), and a contributor to Wired, Popular Science, Make, the New York Times, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. He was formerly Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. Presently, he serves as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. Donovan, Rita Rita Donovan has won the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award on two seperate occasions and was a runner up in the W.H Smith/Books In Canada First Novel Award. Dorin, Ivan Ivan Dorin is a third generation Albertan. He grew up in Bentley, Calgary, and Didsbury. His most ‘Canadian’ story was anthologized under five different titles containing the words ‘Home’, ‘Alberta’, ‘Saskatchewan’, or ‘Canada’. His work has also appeared on CBC radio, and in On Spec, GUD, and VOX. Dullemond, Tom Tom Dullemond has worked as both a professional editor and writer. His short stories have appeared in numerous speculative fiction anthologies, including Heaven and Hell and AustrAlien Absurdities. He currently lives in Brisbane, Australia. Dorsey, Candas Jane Candas Jane Dorsey is an internationally known editor and writer who has won numerous awards for her work, including the Tiptree and Aurora Awards. She is also the founding president of SF Canada, the professional association of Canadian speculative writers. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Galler-Smith, Barbara Barb Galler-Smith resides in Edmonton with John, her fabulously supportive husband, and three incredibly cute Yorkshire terriers. After a hiatus from everything but working for money and writing romance or pet care brochures, she returned to the quirky world of writing science fiction and fantasy. She's a member of Edmonton's Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Group. "The Cult of Pain", and co-founder, with writer-editor Ann Marston, of the emerging new writers group, "The Scruffies" (named for a group-written story's main character, not for their personal conditions). She's also busy editing with On Spec magazine. Books: Druids Gotlieb, Phyllis Phyllis Gotlieb is a professional writer who has published five volumes of poetry and nine novels (eight of which are Science fiction). She has also written two short story collections and edited numerous others. Her works have appeared in over nine languages worldwide. Phyllis Gotlieb passed away Tuesday July 14th in Toronto. She was said to have been Canada's first Science Fiction author. Phyllis Gotlieb was an inspiration for all Canadian Science Fiction authors and will be deeply missed. Hall, J.C. J.C. Hall was born in Hong Kong and educated in London, England. She currently works as a professional writer and divides her time between Hong Kong and Vancouver, Canada. Harse, Katie In 1998, IFWA member Katie Harse was nominated for an Aurora Award for her 1997 story The Fishmonger's Emeralds.The Auroras are the "people's choice" awards of Canadian Science Fiction. She holds a Master of Arts degree specializing in Gothic and Speculative Fiction. Hayward, Amber Amber Hayward is an internationally published author and poet. She is also the owner of the Black Cat Guest Ranch in the foothills of Alberta, where she hosts and presents murder mystery weekends. Books: The Healer, Darkness of the God Henighan, Tom Viking Terror and Demon in My View, both YA novels, due out in 2006-7, will be his 14th and 15th published books. His fiction includes The Well of Time (1986), an adult novel about the Vikings in North America, short-listed for the Seal Books first novel award; Mercury Man (2004), short-listed for the Red Maple award for YA fiction; Viking Quest (2001), the first novel of the Rigg series of YA novels about the Vikings. In addition, he has published two volumes of short stories, Tourists from Algol (1983) and Strange Attractors (1991). He has also published three books on Canadian arts and culture: The Maclean's Companion to Canadian Arts and Culture (2000), Ideas of North (1997), and The Presumption of Culture (1996). Tom was formerly Associate Editor of Ottawa Revue, an influential arts and entertainment journal of the 1970s-80s. Some of his articles and reviews have appeared in other Canadian journals and newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen. His report on arts and culture for the City of Ottawa resulted in the founding of Arts Court, the city's municipal arts centre, and he continues to take an interest in neighbourhood matters. Hopkinson, Nalo Nalo Hopkinson is an internationally published Science Fiction author whose previous works include: Skin Folk, Brown Girl In the Ring and Midnight Robber (both of which were nominated for the Philip K. Dick award). She currently lives in Toronto, Canada. Huff, Tanya Tanya Huff is one of Canada's best selling and most beloved Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. She has written dozens of novels including her award winning "Blood" vampire series, and has contriubuted to numerous anthologies and magazines. She currently lives and writes in rural Ontario. Jakober, Marie Marie Jakober graduated from Ottawa's Carleton University. She has written six other novels including The Mind Gods and Sandinista. Her novel The Black Chalice was awarded the Independent Publisher Book Award in 2001 and her latest work Only Call Us Faithful received the 2002 Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Johanson, Paula Paula Johanson is a professional writer and editor who also teaches creative writing in Victoria, Canada. Her critical essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy have appeared in Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults and in Supernatural Fiction Writers. Judson, Theodore Theodore Judson is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of Tom Wedderburn's Life (2002), Fitzpatrick's War (2004) and The Martian General's Daughter (2008). He grew up in a farming community in western Wyoming and graduated from the University of Wyoming. Books: Hell Can Wait Kelly, Michael Michael Kelly was born in Charlottetown, and raised in Toronto. He currently resides in Pickering, Ontario. His fiction has appeared in Carleton Arts Review, Flesh & Blood, Nossa Morte, and Space & Time. His books include the collections Scratching the Surface and Undertow, a co-written novel Ouroboros and, as editor, Apparitions and Songs from Dead Singers. Kilpatrick, Nancy Nancy Kilpatrick Award-winning author Nancy Kilpatrick has published 18 novels, over 190 short stories, 5 collections of stories, and has edited 8 anthologies. Much of her body of work involves vampires. Nancy writes dark fantasy, horror, mysteries and erotic horror, under her own name, her nom de plume Amarantha Knight, and her newest pen name Desirée Knight (Amarantha's younger sister!) Besides writing novels and short stories, and editing anthologies, she has scripted 4 issues of VampErotic comics. As well, she's penned a couple of radio scripts, a stage play, and much non-fiction, including the book The goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined (St. Martin's Press — October 2004). Nancy won the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery story, has been a Bram Stoker finalist three times and a finalist for the Aurora Award five times. Books: Tesseracts Thirteen Kvas, Kevin Kevin Kvas lives in Ottawa, Ontario, where he is a musician, videographer, unruly tele-surveyor, and student of literature at the University of Ottawa. His fiction has appeared online in such publications as Dog Versus Sandwich and Cezanne’s Carrot. Examine his thoughts at www.kissofkvass.blogspot.com Lalumière, Claude Claude Lalumière is a Montreal writer and editor, with six previous anthologies to his credit, including Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction and Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic. His own fiction has been selected eight times for "best of" volumes, most notably Year's Best Fantasy 6 and Year's Best SF 12. He writes the Fantastic Fiction column for The Montreal Gazette and the annual best of the year summation for Locus Online. Books: Tesseracts Twelve Photograph by: Christie Maher, Maher's Photography, Marietta, GA Langston, Josh Josh Langston has been a writer all his life, beginning as a child in Minneapolis, MN, and continuing to his current residence in Marietta, GA, which he shares with his bride of nearly four decades, their two undisciplined mutts, and an indeterminate number of oversized goldfish. A graduate of Georgia State University with a degree in Journalism, Josh's writing tastes quickly shifted away from non-fiction. His short stories have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. When not writing fiction, Josh develops multi-media presentations about Georgia's past for historical societies around the state. Books: Druids Lee, Lisa Lisa Lee is a professional author who has also written a great deal for online publications, including 3AM Publishing. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia. Lum, Jill Snider Jill Snider Lum is a native Torontonian, is the author of the adult-literacy SF/fantasy reader Maggie's Luck and Other Stories. In 2007, her story "The Sweet Realm" appeared in the special Pirate issue of Shimmer. MacLeod, Catherine Nova Scotian Catherine MacLeod actually likes birds. Her publications include short fiction in On Spec, Solaris, TaleBones and several anthologies, including Tesseracts 6. She’s currently watching 30 Days of Night five minutes at a time. McCrosky, Judy Judy McCrosky is a professional writer and editor who has previously published two collections of short stories and one novel of speculative fiction. She currently lives in Saskatoon, Canada. Mennenga, Michael R. Michael R. Mennenga is the author of several Fantasy novels for young adults including Zac and the Valley of the Dragons and Mistress of the Dragon. Merril, Judith Judith Merril is considered one of the most prolific authors and editors in the field of Science Fiction. During the course of her career she was the editor of Dell's Years Best SF from 1965-69 and was also a regular columnist for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Her private collection of books went on to become The Merril Collection in Toronto (one of the largest Science Fiction collections in the world) and she received two Canadian Science Fiction Lifetime Achievment Awards for her editorial work. Judith passed away in September of 1997. Meynard, Yves Yves Meynard is a five time Aurora Award winner and winner of the Grande prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois. His works have appeared in numerous French and English anthologies and magazines and he lives in Montreal where he works as an anthropologist and editor. Moore, Matthew By day, Matthew Moore is an online communication specialist. By night, he’s a science fiction and horror writer. Later at night, he’s the publicist for ChiZine Publications, a small Canadian publisher. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife and two beagles. Moreno-Garcia, Silvia Silvia Moreno-Garcia lives in beautiful, rainy British Columbia with her family and two cats. She writes fantasy, magic realism and science fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Futurismic, Shimmer and Zahir. Morrell, David David Morrell is the award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. He was born in 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. In 1960, at the age of seventeen, he became a fan of the classic television series, Route 66, about two young men in a Corvette traveling the United States in search of America and themselves. The scripts by Stirling Silliphant so impressed Morrell that he decided to become a writer. Morrell is the co-president of the International Thriller Writers Organization. Noted for his research, he is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School for wilderness survival as well as the G. Gordon Liddy Academy of Corporate Security. He is also an honorary lifetime member of the Special Operations Association and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. He has been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities, executive protection, and anti-terrorist driving, among numerous other action skills that he describes in his novels. With eighteen million copies in print, his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. Books: Tesseracts Thirteen Morris, Tee Actor Tee Morris began his writing career with "MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana", and has gone on to pen "Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword", "Legacy of MOREVI", and "Podcasting for Dummies". He has also appeared in "The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy", "The Fantasy Writer's Companion", and "Farscape Forever: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets". [2005-10-30] Nelson, Kathleen H. Kathleen H. Nelson is the author of the best selling novels Daughter of Dragons and its sequel The Dragon Reborn. She currently lives in San Francisco, California. Nickle, David David Nickle is a professional author whose work has appeared in publications including The Years Best Fantasy and Horror, Northern Frights and numerous magazines of speculative fiction. He lives in Toronto, Canada. Noever, Till Till Noever was born in Germany and emigrated to Australia. He holds degrees in both Physics and Cognitive Sciences and is active professionally as both a writer and independent film maker. He currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Darin Park is an editor and author who received the Publisher's Choice Award from Futures Magazine in 2001, and has had his work published in several magazines and anthologies. His is the co-editor of "The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy" as well as "The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction." He lives in Australia. [2005-10-30] Pflug, Ursula Ursula Pflug is an award winning author of speculative fiction, who has had her work published in Canada, the U.S and Great Britain. She has also written extensively for film, theatre, and television and lives in Peterborough Country, Canada. [2006-01-06] BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Plowright, Teresa Teresa Plowright is a professional author whose works include Dreams of an Unseen Planet and Into That Good Night. She lives on Bowen Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Prepolec, Charles Charles Prepolec has contributed articles and reviews to All Hallows, Sherlock Magazine, Scarlet Street, and Canadian Holmes. An active Sherlockian for more than 20 years with Calgary's The Singular Society of the Baker Street Dozen, he was designated a Master Bootmaker in 2006 by the Canada's national Sherlock Holmes Society. Books: Gaslight Grimoire Ridler, Jason Jason S. Ridler graduated with an Honours B.A. in History from York University in 1999, and completed his Masters in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in 2001. He is a published author of military history, with an emphasis on Canadian defence decision making in the early days of the Cold War and the impact of technology on warfare. His most recent publication is “Harnessing the Future: Canada's Joins Space Support Team and the Tactical Exploitation of Space”. Rollo, Gord Gord has been writing since an early age, his desire to put pen to paper was strongly encouraged by his talented father. He is a member of The Horror Writer's Association with main interests in horror and science fiction, but also enjoys good suspense thrillers as well as comedy crime novels. Recently, he has also started dabbling in writing Motion Picture Screenplays. Rowe, Rebecca Rebecca Rowe is a freelance writer, published author and member of the National Space Society and The Mars Society. She has M.A.'s in Journalism and International Relations. Her short work / poetry has been published in Polyphony, Ascent Magazine, and Sol Magazine. Rebecca is a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop (Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Suzy McKee Charnas, Nancy Kress, Andy Duncan, Kelly Link, Gordon Van Gelder, and Jeff Ford). BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Runté, Robert Robert Runté is an editor and critic whose national SF newsletter New Canadian Fandom, garnered him two Aurora Awards in 1989 and 1990. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge, in Alberta, Canada and is currently working on a textbook for use in Canadian university SF courses. [2006-09-13] Ryman, Geoff Geoff Ryman is an award winning author and editor whose works have appeared in numerous publications, including the anthology Cities and The Years Best Science Fiction. His longer works include Air, Was and the World Fantasy Award Winning Novella The Unconquered Country. Sakmyster, David David Sakmyster attended Bucknell University in Pennyslvania where he received his Masters Degree. He had since published numerous horror and science fiction stories. He lives in New York State. Sawyer, Robert J. Robert J. Sawyer is one of the most succesful Science Fiction authors in Canada and the world. He has written sixteen novels which have been translated into several languages, and has contributed to numerous anthologies and publications. He is also the recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, as well as a number of other prestigious Science Fiction awards. Schlecht, Andrea Andrea Schlecht was born in Germany, but grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. She later moved to Ottawa with her husband where they raised a family. She has now retired from her day job as an archivist — but not from writing. Her stories and poems have appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Prairie Fire, Dreams and Nightmares, Bywords and other magazines, both genre and literary. Schroeder, Karl Karl Schroder has had his work published in several anthologies including Barnes and Noble's A Horror A Day. In addition he was the president of SF Canada from 1996-97 and has been twice nominated for the Aurora Award, winning with David Nickle in 1993 for their short story "The Toy Mill". Sernine, Daniel Daniel Sernine has a BA in History as well as a MA in Library Sciences. He began writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and YA in the 1970's. His first story was published in Solaris in 1975. His first novel appeared in 1979. Since then, he has over 15 adult novels, 18 YA novels, and close to 80 childrens books. He has won numerous literary awards for his works. Besides his fiction work, Daniel has written hundreds of articles, reports and essays in the fields of writing, astronomy, publishing, science fiction and fantasy. Short, Stephanie Stephanie Short was born in Newfoundland and has lived in three other provinces since. Currently, she lives in Sydney, Nova Scotia with her fiancé John and three enormous cats. She divides her time between writing, knitting, and convincing the neighbourhood children that she is actually a witch. Sinclair, Alison Alison Sinclair was born in Colchester, England, and graduated from the University of Victoria with a B.Sc. Honors in Chemistry and Physics, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from McMaster University. She has written several best-selling Science Fiction novels including Cavalcade which was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. She lives in Victoria, Canada. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Skeet, Michael Michael Skeet is a journalist, editor, and author whose short story "Breaking Ball" won the Aurora Award in 1992. In addition he was one of the founding members of SF Canada, the association of professionals within the Canadian speculative fiction community. Skelton, Robin Robin Skelton is a senior Canadian writer who has published several books of poetry in addition to his fantasy works. He is also a practicing white witch and has written several book on witchcraft theory and practice. Smedman, Lisa Lisa Smedman is a best-selling author and role playing game designer. She has previously done design work for Wizards of the Coast, and has written several books in the popular Shadowrun series as well as Extinction, Book 4 in the War of the Spider Queen series based on the Dark Elf novels by R.A. Salvatore. She currently lives in Vancouver, Canada. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Spears, Heather Heather Spears is a writer and artist who has held over 75 solo exhibitions of her work and illustrated and written numerous books and articles. In 1989 she was awarded the Canadian Governor General's Award for poetry. She currently lives in Denmark. Stewart, Sean Sean Stewart has written several novels and short works in addition to interactive fantasy games. He won the Aurora Award for best novel in both 1993 and 1994 for Passion Play and Nobody's Son. Toolis, Lorna Lorna Toolis is an editor and Branch head of the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation, and Fantasy in Toronto Canada. Trudel, Jean-Louis Jean-Louis Trudel is the author of 23 novels written in French, as well as dozens of other short stories and essays. He has won the Aurora Award in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001, and was also awarded the Grande prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois in 2001. His work has been translated into English, French, Russian, and Romanian. Truscott, Gerry Gerry Truscott has been an editor, writer, and publisher for more than twenty years. He has also contributed to several anthologies and speculative fiction magazines and is the current publisher/editor for the Royal British Museum. He lives in Victoria, Canada. van Belkom, Edo Edo van Belkom has won both the Bram Stoker and Silver Birch Awards and is a three-time winner of the Aurora Award, Canada's top prize for speculative writing. Among his novels are Scream Queen, Blood Road, Martyrs and Teeth. In addition to Tesseracts 10, Edo is the editor of four other anthologies including Be Afraid! and Be Very Afraid! His most recent work is a series of novels for young readers, Wolf Pack, Lone Wolf, and Cry Wolf. Born in 1962, he graduated from York University with an honors degree in Creative Writing and has worked as everything from school bus driver to security guard, newspaper reporter to television horror movie host. The author of well over 200 short stories, Edo makes his home in Brampton, Ontario with his wife and son. Vincent, Bev Bev Vincent is the author of The Road to the Dark Tower, the Bram Stoker Award nominated companion to Stephen King's Dark Tower series. His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, From the Borderlands and The Blue Religion. He is a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine and a member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. He also writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews. Vonarburg, Élisabeth Élisabeth Vonarburg is often considered the "Grand Dame" of Canadian speculative fiction. She has written several best-selling Science Fiction novels, including The Silent City and The Maërlande Chronicles (winning the Philip K. Dick Special Award in 1993). She has receieved over 30 international awards for her writing, including the Aurora and is also an award winning editor and translator. She currently lives in Quebec, Canada. BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Watts, Peter Peter Watts is both a scientist and author whose previous works include the best selling novels Starfish, Maelstrom and Behemoth, the three books in his acclaimed "Rifters" trilogy. Weiner, Andrew Andrew Weiner has been extensively published in anthologies and SF magazines, including Dangerous Visions, Interzone, Amazing Stories, Asimov's and Harlan Ellison's Again. Williams, Lynda Lynda Williams is the author of the Okal Rel saga published by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. She has also published non-fiction works in a variety of areas such as a recent publication about sexual identity in her character Amel. Lynda holds three post secondary degrees. Part 4, Throne Price, was released in 2004 followed by Part 1 of the saga, The Courtesan Prince, was released in 2005, Part 2 Righteous Anger, in 2007, and Pretenders, Part 3, was released in 2008. [2006-11-03] BOOKS BY AUTHOR FULL BIOGRAPHY Wilson, Robert Charles Robert Charles Wilson is the author of many short stories and twelve novels. His work has appeared in such publications as Realms of Fantasy, F & SF, and Tesseracts 3, 4 & 6, and his short story “The Inner, Inner City” was a World Fantasy Award finalist. His latest novel, Spin, now in paperback, won the 2006 Hugo Award. He has also received the John W. Campbell Award, three Aurora Awards, and the Philip K. Dick Award. Robert Charles Wilson was born in California in 1953, but moved to Canada when he was nine years old. He currently lives near Toronto.

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