Fred Saberhagen’s stories of fantasy and science fiction, including the popular Berserker® series, have been appearing in books and magazines for more than 40 years. An Air Force veteran and former writer and editor at Encyclopedia Britannica, he lives in New Mexico with his wife Joan Spicci.
Martha C. Sammons is professor of English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Her books include A Guide Through Narnia: Revised and Expanded Edition, “A Far-Off Country”: A guide to C.S. Lewis’ Fantasy Fiction, “A Better Country”: The Worlds of Religious Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Internet Writer’s Handbook 2/e. She has worked as a contract technical writer and consultant in several area industries.
Alicia Sanchez is currently a serious games researcher at Old Dominion University’s VMASC. Prior to joining academia and completing her Ph.D. in modeling and simulation at the University of Central Florida, she spent several years researching teams and teamwork for the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division.
Sankara Saranam, the son of self-exiled Iraqi Jews, holds a B.A. in religion from Columbia University and a master’s degree in Eastern texts and Sanskrit from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, N.M. A former monk and present-day teacher, lecturer, world traveler, poet and composer, he lives with his wife and son in Albuquerque, N.M.
Pamela Sargent has won the Nebula Award and the Locus Award and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award. Her books include the historical novel Ruler of the Sky, the alternate history Climb the Wind and the science fiction novels The Shore of Women, Venus of Dreams, Venus of Shadows and Child of Venus. She has also edited several anthologies, among them Women of Wonder, The Classic Years and Women of Wonder, The Contemporary Years. Her most recent collection of short fiction is Thumbprints. She lives in Albany, N.Y.
Cheryl Sawyer is an historical novelist, author of La Créole and Rebel (Bantam, Australia). Her U.S. début, published in Signet Eclipse (NAL) in January 2005, was Siren, the love story of real-life pirate Jean Laffite and his passionate rival, privateer Léonore Roncival. The Chase, a novel of the Napoleonic Wars featuring a beautiful English noblewoman who falls in love with a renegade French soldier, followed in June 2005. Cheryl has two master’s degrees with honors in English and French literature and her career has included teaching and publishing. Cheryl’s home is Australia, but during work on her current novel she is based in Costa Rica. You can visit her Web site at www.cherylsawyer.com.
Robert J. Sawyer, called “just about the best science fiction writer out there” by the Denver Rocky Mountain News and the leader of sci-fi’s next-generation pack by Barnes and Noble, frequently writes science fiction about artificial intelligence, most notably in his Aurora Award–winning novel Golden Fleece (named the best sci-fi novel of the year by critic Orson Scott Card in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction); The Terminal Experiment (winner of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s Nebula Award for Best Novel of the Year); the Hugo Award–nominated Factoring Humanity; the Hugo Award–nominated Calculating God (which hit #1 on the bestseller list published by Locus, the trade journal of the sci-fi field); and his just-released 13th novel, Hominids, which deals with the quantum-mechanical origin of consciousness. According to Reuters, he was the first sci-fi author to have a Web site; for more information on Rob and his work, visit that extensive site at www.sfwriter.com.
Danielle Schaaf is a public relations consultant and lives in Houston with her husband and three children. She attended Catholic school in south Florida for eight years where, early on, nuns told Danielle she was a cheeky girl. She still is.
Peter J. Schakel has taught at Hope College since 1969 and for the past 20 years has been the Peater C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English. He has written or edited five books on C.S. Lewis, as well as three on British literature of the 18th century and three textbooks. His most recent books are Approaching Literature in the 21st Century: Fiction, Poetry, Drama (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005), co-authored with Jack Ridl, and The Way into Narnia: A Reader’s Guide (Eerdmans, 2005).
Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D., a psychologist, is assistant professor of justice, law and society at American University’s School of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Addiction Is a Choice (2000) and editor of Szasz Under Fire: The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics (2004), both published by Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago.
James V. Schall, S.J., is a professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His books include, among others, The Unseriousness of Human Affairs, At the Limits of Political Philosophy, The Sum Total of Human Happiness and Another Sort of Learning. He writes a monthly column, “Sense and Nonsense,” in Crisis Magazine and “Schall on Chesterton” in Gilbert Magazine.
Barbara Ann Schapiro, Ph.D., is a professor of English at Rhode Island College with a specialty in psychoanalysis and literature. She is the author of The Romantic Mother: Narcissistic Patterns in Romantic Poetry (Johns Hopkins, 1983), Literature and the Relational Self (NYU, 1994) and D. H. Lawrence and the Paradoxes of Psychic Life (SUNY, 1999). She is also co-editor with Lynne Layton of Narcissism and the Text: Studies in Literature and the Psychology of Self (NYU, 1986). Barbara remains a “Survivor” fan and is no longer embarrassed by it. She has even convinced her husband, after some initial resistance, to watch with her. He now shares her addiction.
Read Mercer Schuchardt is an assistant professor of communication arts at Marymount Manhattan College. He is the cofounder of Cleave: The Counter Agency, the cofounder and publisher of Metaphilm, and a contributing editor for The New Pantagruel. He is the author of The Disappearance of Women: Technology, Pornography, and the Obsolescence of Gender and Metaphilm: Seers of the Silver Screen. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Chicago Tribune, Utne Reader and the Washington Times. He lives in Jersey City, N.J.
Brant Secunda is a world-renowned shaman, healer and teacher in the Huichol Indian tradition of Mexico. He is the only Westerner to have completed a 12-year apprenticeship with Don José Matsuwa, the revered Huichol Indian shaman. Since 1979, Brant has been the director of the Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies in Santa Cruz, Calif. Brant is a founding member of the American Herbalist Guild and the Peace University of Berlin, with President Jimmy Carter and Bishop Desmond Tutu, and is co-founder of the Humanistic Medicine Conference in Germany. Brant’s work has been documented on television, radio and in articles and books throughout the USA, Europe and Japan. Brant Secunda has medically documented cases of healing cancer, hepatitis, infertility, aneurysms and many others. He has many well-known patients, including movie actor Steven Segal. Members of the international medical, religious and educational communities, including the World Health Organization, have recognized Brant’s commitment—as well as his knowledge—by inviting him to be a featured speaker, workshop leader and participant at numerous conferences worldwide.
Ges Seger is the author of The Once and Future War. He is currently misusing both of his physics degrees working as a computer programmer at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. Between that, writing, driving his wife and children to their activities, and his own competitive Irish dancing career, he has no time for anything in the way of meaningful hobbies.
David Seidman has been a comic book writer, a publicist for the comics publishers NBM Publishing and Claypool Comics, senior editor of Disney Comics, a teacher of comics writing at UCLA and an author of storybooks and other fiction starring superheroes such as Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. As a journalist, he’s written about comics for publications ranging from the Los Angeles Times to the trade journal Comics and Games Retailer. In addition, he’s authored more than 30 books on subjects as diverse as Christmas lights, longevity medicine, teenage life in Iran, relocating to Los Angeles and the F/A-18 warplane.
Susan Seliger is an award-winning writer, magazine editor, editorial and marketing consultant.
Melissa Senate is the author of three bestselling chick-lit novels: See Jane Date (which was made into a TV movie for ABC Family), The Solomon Sisters Wise Up (which took her on a whirlwind three-city book tour of Italy) and Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (chosen by Marie Claire magazine as a Top Ten must-read pick). Melissa has two books coming out in 2006: The Breakup Club (January), and her debut chick-lit novel for teens, Theodora Twist (May). Melissa lives on the southern coast of Maine with her husband and young son. Visit her Web site at www.melissasenate.com.
J. Mira Seo received her Ph.D. in 2004 from Princeton University and is currently a visiting assistant professor at Swarthmore College. Her research centers on literary and ethical characterization in Latin literature.
Maggie Shayne is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of more than 40 novels, ranging from stories about Witches, vampires, psychics and ghosts, to bone-chilling, edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense and beyond. She has also written for CBS daytime dramas “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns.” One of Maggie’s novels, Eternity, has been optioned for film. She is a working, modern-day Witch who, in dull moments, wonders aloud, “Why don’t the Charmed Ones just put the potion into a spray bottle instead of wasting all those cute little glass vials?” Maggie’s new romantic suspense novel Darker Than Midnight goes on sale in November. Visit her on the Web at www.maggieshayne.com.
Plagued for many years by ill health, Mary-Ann Shearer embarked on a personal quest for a common-sense approach to health and well-being. Her intensive studies into nutrition and a natural lifestyle over nearly 30 years led her to develop a simple yet highly effective program that produced unimagined levels of health and vitality. The first to benefit were her family and friends, but after several years of one-on-one consultations, she wrote the book The Natural Way: A Family’s Guide to Vibrant Health (now in its 21st reprint) to help meet the growing demand for her time and knowledge. Since then, Mary-Ann has helped many thousands of people to understand and correct their diet-related problems, thereby building a valuable database of case studies that backs her ongoing research. Mary-Ann has also published two recipe books (The Natural Way: Recipe Book 1 and The Natural Way: Recipe Book 2), each a compilation of more than 300 recipes developed during her popular cooking demonstrations. Her books have been runaway bestsellers, outperforming all other natural health titles in southern Africa. Healthy Kids: The Natural Way was released at the end of 2001 to wide acclaim. Perfect Weight: The Natural Way was released in August 2003 and has had record sales to date. Take Control, written by both Mark and Mary-Ann Shearer, was released in May 2005 and is set to match the extraordinary sales records of its predecessors. Further books are in the pipeline, including a full-color recipe book on healthy entertaining and a definitive reference work entitled The A–Z of Natural Health. Together with her husband, Mark, Mary-Ann runs seminars on “Finding the Balance,” “Take Control” and “Sex, Drugs, and Cinnamon Rolls,” subjects covered in detail in their book Take Control. She also contributes to numerous magazines and journals on an ongoing basis. Mary-Ann has, over the years, addressed many diverse groups of people throughout the world, from farmers’ wives in the heartland of South Africa, to professional medical people in Houston, Texas. She is in demand as a motivational speaker and regularly addresses groups at business seminars, schools, churches and various associations such as the Cancer Association. She also appears frequently on national television and radio and had her own slot on national talk radio for many years. Mary-Ann visits the U.K. and the U.S. regularly, where she is fast becoming a speaker in demand. Technikon South Africa (now part of Unisa—one of the biggest correspondence universities in the world) has approved her Natural Health and Nutrition Course, and more than 650 students have enrolled worldwide. Mary-Ann’s aim is to show that it is fun and easy to be healthy, and it is this philosophy that inspires her many projects. She and her husband Mark have developed a unique range of whole food products for the retail market. They run their business from Stellenbosch in the Cape. She sends out a regular free e-mail newsletter. Mark and Mary-Ann also film an entire three- to four-hour monthly Digimag, a digital magazine on DVD that can be ordered online or by fax. This service can be accessed on her Web site www.mary-anns.com.
Josepha Sherman is a fantasy novelist, folklorist and editor, who has written everything from Star Trek novels to biographies of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com) to titles such as Mythology for Storytellers (M. E. Sharpe, Inc.) and Trickster Tales (August House). She is the winner of the prestigious Compton Crook Award for best fantasy novel, and has had many titles on the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list. Most current titles include Star Trek: Vulcan’s Soul: Exodus with Susan Shwartz, the reprint of the Unicorn Queen books from Del Rey and the forthcoming Stoned Souls with Mercedes Lackey, for Baen Books. She is also editing The Encyclopedia of Storytelling for M. E. Sharpe. For her other editorial projects, you can check out www.ShermanEditorialServices.com. When she isn’t busy writing, editing or gathering folklore, Sherman loves to travel, knows how to do Horse Whispering and has had a newborn foal fall asleep on her foot.
John Shirley is the author of numerous novels and books of stories, including the novels Cellars, Wetbones, City Come A-Walkin’, Eclipse, A Splendid Chaos and the recent Bram Stoker Award–winning Black Butterflies from Leisure. He was one of the original cyberpunk writers with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling. He was coscreenwriter of “The Crow” and has written scripts for television series and cable movies. He was lead singer and songwriter for various bands including the punk band SadoNation, the post-punk band Obsession (Celluloid records) and the post-cyberpunk band The Panther Moderns. MP3s of his work are to be found through links at the fan-created Web site www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley. His blog is at www.johnshirley.net. His new novels for Del Rey books are Demons and Crawlers.
Gena Showalter is the prolific author of sexy paranormal romances, fun contemporaries, an alien huntress series and young adult novels. For more information about Gena and her books, you can visit her Web site at www.genashowalter.com, her blog at www.genashowalter.blogspot.com and her MySpace page at www.myspace.com/genashowalter.
Elaine Shpungin, Ph.D., is the director of the Psychological Services Center, an outpatient community and mental health clinic and the training site for doctoral students in the clinical/community program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She shares House’s knack for reading people quickly, but usually manages to speak her mind with slightly more tact and diplomacy.
Joel N. Shurkin is currently Snedden Chair in Journalism at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is former science writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer and at Stanford University, was founder of Stanford’s science journalism internship program, and a freelance writer. He has written nine published books. He was a member of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for covering Three Mile Island for the Inquirer. He is based in Baltimore.
Frank Sibila (pseudonym) is educated to degree level and started FakeAlibi.com in 2005. The company has served more than 7,000 clients and operates a global stable of 700 undercover agents willing to take casework at a moment’s notice. With 10,000 registered users and an average of 20,000 visitors a month to FakeAlibi.com, business is booming, and keeping a low profile is no easy task for Frank. Frank lives in the U.K.
Robert Silverberg is the author of dozens of science fiction novels and more than 500 short stories. He is a many-time winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards and in 2004 was designated a Grand Master, one of 21 named so far, by the Science Fiction Writers of America.
John David Sinclair, Ph.D., received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Cincinnati and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.
Dr. Sinclair has had a long and distinguished career in alcohol research. In 1967 he discovered the Alcohol Deprivation Effect, a phenomenon that became accepted as a primary concept in addiction research. While still a graduate student, he discovered evidence for the connection between opiates and alcohol drinking, publishing several papers in the prestigious journal Nature. Soon after, he was the first to demonstrate that alcohol drinking resulted in positive reinforcement for laboratory animals. These findings were published in several issues of Nature. Dr. Sinclair’s discovery of Pharmacological Extinction means that alcohol and other addictions (e.g. cocaine and gambling) can now be cured.
Dr. Sinclair is Chief of Prevention and Treatment of Addictions at the Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland. He has published over 300 scientific journal articles and four books, and is listed in “Who’s Who in the World,” “Who’s Who in Science and Technology” and “Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare.” Dr. Sinclair lives in Finland and has four daughters.
Bradley H. Sinor has had three collections of his short stories published: Dark and Stormy Nights, In the Shadows and Playing with Secrets (co-written with his wife Sue). His latest fiction can be found in the anthologies Space Cadets, The Grantville Gazette, Places to Go, People to Kill, Ring of Fire 2 and Houston, We Got Bubbas. He has also seen his nonfiction appear in a variety of magazines and anthologies such as Stepping through the Stargate and The Cherryh Odyssey. Visit his Web site at www.zettesworld.com/Sinor/index.htm.
Karen Siplin was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in film production from CUNY’s Hunter College. Her first novel, His Insignificant Other, was published in Serbia in June 2004. Her second novel, Such a Girl, was a Main Selection of Black Expressions Book Club in 2005. She has worked as a telephone operator at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City and as a celebrity personal assistant. Visit her at www.karensiplin.com.
Media junkie Susan Sizemore is the author of numerous novels and short stories, ranging from historical romance to epic fantasy. She has an affinity for vampire fiction, basketball, coffee canines and movies with explosions. For more information, Susan’s Web site address is susansizemore.com.
Robert N. Skir grew up in Oyster Bay, Long Island. His love of all things fantasy, science fiction and horror led him to make animated films at 14, latex masks at 16 and write short stories throughout high school. He majored in English at the University of Virginia and earned a master’s degree in screenwriting at UCLA. He has written many episodes of animated television, including “Beetlejuice,” “X-Men,” “Batman” and “Superman,” and has served as story editor and written on “The Mask,” “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Godzilla” and “Transformers: Beast Machines.” His short story “Singularity Ablyss” was published in the 2005 anthology Transformers: Legends. He has taught Animation Writing at UCLA.
John C. Smith has a master’s in celestial mechanics (the motion of heavenly bodies) and has spent more than twenty years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., designing missions to explore the planets. He has worked on successful missions to Venus, Earth and Mars and has been part of the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan for 16 years. He is the designer of the four-year “tour” of the Saturn system that began in 2004 and recently contributed to the design of a two-year extended mission through 2010.
Peter A. Smith is currently working as a visiting professor and research associate at the University of Central Florida, while pursuing his Ph.D. in modeling and simulation at the same university. He was formally trained as a computer engineer and has spent much of his career working with serious games and simulations as a contractor with SAIC and the U.S. Navy. He is also the community manager for the Serious Games Initiative and a blogger for the initiative Web site as well as the Second Life Insider.
Kevin Smokler is the editor of Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times (Basic Books), which was a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2005. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Fast Company and on National Public Radio. He lives in San Francisco and is currently at work on a second book.
Molly Snodgrass, M.A., is a freelance writer and the study coordinator for the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) study in the Psychiatry Department at the Ohio State University. Molly earned her B.A. in English and psychology and her M.A. in English at Indiana University. She has taught at both Indiana University and the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
Laurel Snyder the editor of Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes (Soft Skull 2006), and the author of Daphne & Jim: A choose your own adventure biography in verse (Burnside Review Press) and a forthcoming book for children, Inside the Slidy Diner (Tricycle Press). She also edits the award-winning Webzine Killingthebuddha.com, and her country music writing has appeared in No Depression, Harp, Paste and the UTNE Reader. She lives in Atlanta.
According to the baby book compiled by his mother, Bill Spangler wrote his first fan letter to a television show while he was in elementary school. (The show? “Romper Room.”) These days, his fan letters are being published by BenBella Books in volumes such as Farscape Forever and Star Wars On Trial, as well as this one. He has also written articles about pop culture for national magazines and original comic-book stories based on science fiction TV shows such as “Alien Nation” and “Quantum Leap.” Bill and his wife Joyce live in Bucks County, Pa., with two ferrets and a dog. Bill would like to thank his wife, Jon Plante, and Kathy Morrow for their help in pulling this essay together on a relatively tight schedule.
Catherine Spangler is the author of the award-winning Shielder series, futuristic romances that are literally out of this world. The latest book in the series, Shadow Fires, was a 2005 RWA RITA finalist for best paranormal book. Coming next is a dark and edgy paranormanl Sentinel series, set on current-day earth. Catherine grew up in Alabama and now resides in Texas with her husband and a menagerie of animals. You can visit her Web site at www.catherinespangler.com.
Norman Spinrad is the author of some 20 novels and 60 stories published in 14 languages, including Bug Jack Barron, The Iron Dream, He Walked Among Us and Mexica. He has also written feature films, television programs and songs. He is also a journalist, film critic, literary critic and political commentator. He has been a radio talk show host, vocalist, literary agent and president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and World SF. He grew up in New York, has lived in Los Angeles, London, San Francisco and Paris, and traveled widely in Europe, less so in Latin America and Asia.
Michael Spivey, Ph.D., is full professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Merced, and author of The Continuity of Mind. He received his B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester.
Sally D. Stabb, Ph.D. is an associate professor of counseling psychology at Texas Woman’s University, where she trains therapists, teaches and does research with a focus on diversity, gender, emotion, sexuality and other fun stuff. She is a licensed psychologist. Outside of work, her passions include travel, world dance, music, food, scuba, reading and playing Scrabble. Sally lives with her sig-o of eight plus years, his kids and one insane Jack Russell terrier (is there any other kind?).
Keris Stainton is a freelance journalist who has written for publications as diverse as CosmoGIRL!, Mslexia, Scarlet, Practical Parenting and The Daily Express. She also co-edits women’s fiction reviews and news site Trashionista (www.trashionista.com). Thanks to confiscation of her precious “Gilmore Girls” DVDs, she has finally finished a novel and is hoping it will be published … one day. Keris lives in Lancashire, England, with her husband and 3-year-old son. You can almost always find her at www.keris-stainton.com. (If she’s not there, check the TV room or the kitchen.)
Jewel Staite has been in the film and television industry since the age of 5, when she began modeling for Sears in exchange for clothing. Aside from playing Kaywinnit Lee “Kaylee” Frye in “Firefly” and “Serenity,” Jewel’s recent roles have included Teddy Blue in “Cheaters” and guest parts on “Wonderfalls” and “Dead Like Me.”
Charlie W. Starr teaches English, humanities and film at Kentucky Christian University in Eastern Kentucky where he also makes movies with his students and family. He writes articles, teaches Sunday school and has published three books, one on Romans, the second a sci-fi novel called The Heart of Light, and his third book, Honest to God, was released by Navpress in the summer of 2005. This anthology is the fifth Benbella Book to which Charlie has contributed. He enjoys writing, reading classic literature, watching bad television and movies of every kind. His areas of expertise as a teacher include literature, film and all things C. S. Lewis. Charlie describes his wife Becky as “a full-of-life, full-blood Cajun who can cook like one too.” They have two children: Bryan, who wants to be the next Steven Spielberg, and Alli, who plays a pretty mean piano.
Allen Steele encountered “Star Trek” when he was 8 years old, when one of his sisters gave him James Blish’s first novelization of the series as a Christmas present. Because the show’s first season wasn’t aired in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., he didn’t actually see an episode of “Star Trek” until a year later. Since then, he has become a Hugo-winning science fiction writer with a dozen novels and four collections of short stories to his credit. His most recent novels are the Coyote trilogy: Coyote, Coyote Rising and Coyote Frontier. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and two dogs.
Keith Stern has produced some of the most popular biographical Web sites on the Internet. Since 1997 he has been collaborating with Sir Ian McKellen on the actor’s autobiographical Web site, McKellen.com. He has also produced official Web sites for Lynn Redgrave, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Spinal Tap, the film “Gods and Monsters” and others for movie stars and movies. Stern started in the music business as a musician followed by several years with Warner Bros Records in field promotion, public relations, A&R and IT. In 1979 in Charlotte, N.C., he transformed the Milestone into a showcase punk rock/new wave music venue and in 1981 with Ben Clark, he opened a larger venue, Viceroy Park. As an independent promoter, he produced many early concerts for punk/new wave acts including R.E.M., The Ramones, The Go-Go’s, Iggy Pop, Bow Wow Wow and Joan Jett. His screenplay “Freezing Time” will be filmed in 2009, starring Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings, “King Kong”). Keith currently lives in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Greg Stevenson is Professor of Religion and Greek at Rochester College. After writing on archaeology and the Book of Revelation, he decided to spend valuable research time listening to music and watching television. Since then he has written on U2, Christianity and Hollywood, and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” His book Televised Morality: The Case of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was nominated for the Mr. Pointy award by Slayage.
Alison Stine is the author of a poetry chapbook, Lot of my Sister (Kent State University Press, 2001), winner of the Wick Prize. Her poetry and prose have appeared in The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, The Antioch Review, Tin House, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast, Black Warrior Review, Crab Orchard Review, Fugue, Hayden’s Ferry Review and others. Her awards include scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, an Academy of American Poets Prize and two Pushcart Prize nominations. Formerly the Emerging Writer at Gettysburg College, she is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where she is completing her first novel.
Robert Stokes is a novelist, playwright and former journalist with Newsweek and Life magazines who served in Army Intelligence in the l960s in West Germany. Stokes is collaborating with Martin Kaiser on a memoir entitled Odyssey of an Eavesdropper: The King of Electronic Countermeasures, to be published by Carroll and Graf in 2005.
After decades of intensive textual analysis, literary historians have finally reached a consensus that Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, Caine Black Knife, the Barra & Co. novels, Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor, Star Wars: Shatterpoint and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith were in fact not written by Matthew Woodring Stover at all, but by another man of the same name.
Kevin M. Sullivan is a writer and a teacher (M.A., English: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). He’s taught English in the United States and English, linguistics and humor studies in Japan. He’s also presented and published English-teaching research, paraphrased and indexed idioms for a vocabulary textbook (Impact Words + Phrases, Longman Asia, 1997) and written humor pieces. English alone couldn’t satisfy his language passion, so he’s been seeing seven others on the side, including Mandarin. A few languages took out restraining orders, but they’ve worked things out.
Supernatural.tv is one of the biggest “Supernatural” sites on the Web, offering news updates, episode guides, multimedia and a forum of over 25,000 committed posters.
Heather Swain is the author of two novels, Elliot’s Banana and Lucious Lemon, and the editor of Before: Short Stories About Pregnancy. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals, Web sites and magazines. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her husband, two children and dog.
Shanna Swendson’s first job out of college was in the public information office at a medical school, and while she didn’t know a real Dr. House, she did have to work with the personifications of a few of his more interesting traits (to put it nicely). Now she’s primarily a novelist, the author of Enchanted, Inc., Once Upon Stilettos and Damsel Under Stress. She’s also contributed to Flirting with Pride and Prejudice, Welcome to Wisteria Lane, So Say We All and Perfectly Plum, and she still does the occasional bit of medical writing. Visit her Web site at www.shannaswendson.com.
