Sarah Monette grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, one of the three secret cities of the Manhattan Project, and now lives in a 105-year-old house in the Upper Midwest with a great many books, two cats, one grand piano, and one husband. Her Ph.D. diploma (English Literature, 2004) hangs in the kitchen. She has published [...]

Te Jefferson and J. Corveau are two freelance writers from Connecticut who spend more time reading comic books and talking inanely to their cat than anything else. They will, in fact, work for food.

Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, The Good Neighbors graphic novel trilogy (with Ted Naifeh), and her new Curse Workers series, which begins with White Cat.  The second book, Red Glove, will come out on [...]

Jeff Lester has written for io9, Newsarama, and Comix Experience’s Savage Critic website, as well as for Telltale Games’ Sam & Max and CSI series of video games. With Graeme McMillan, he co-hosts Wait, What?, a podcast reviewing comics, graphic novels, and the latest developments in the comics industry. He currently divides his time between [...]

Carrie Vaughn is thebestselling author of the Kitty Norville series. Kitty’s Big Trouble, the ninth book, was released summer 2011, and the tenth will be released summer 2012. She has also written for young adults (Voices of Dragons, Steel) and two stand-alone fantasy novels, Discord’s Apple and After the Golden Age. Her short fiction has [...]

J.S. Breukelaar’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Opium Magazine, Retort Magazine, Dogzplot, LegumeMan Free Press, Le Zaparogue, Antpodean Scifi, and others. Her first novel, Blue Moves is being sold in New York City, and she has a collection of short stories and poetry out in April 2011. She is a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown. You can also find her at www.thelivingsuitcase.com.

Helen Pilinovsky writes on fairy tales, feminism, and the fantastic. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University, where her topic was the birth of the genre of fantasy in the 19th century. She has guest-edited issues of The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and Extrapolation, and published on topics ranging from Victorian literature [...]

Graeme McMillan lives, writes, and is currently learning to bake in Portland, Oregon. His writing has appeared throughout the internet on sites like Time Magazine‘s Techland blog, io9.com, and Comic Book Resources, and if pressed, he’ll admit that he tries to use his powers for good.