Born in New Jersey, Janis Ian had her first hit record with the self-penned "Society's Child" at the age of fifteen. Many years of touring and recording followed.
In 2001, following the advice of her friend Mike Resnick, she decided to finally get serious about writing, and turned to science fiction. Says Ian: "After forty years as a songwriter, it's refreshing to finally be part of the mainstream."
Photo by Peter Cunningham.
Adam-Troy Castro's short fiction has been nominated once for the Stoker, two times for the Hugo, and five times for the Nebula. His most recent book is My Ox is Broken!, a companion to the tv series The Amazing Race, which will be out from BenBella Books this fall. Others still available from the usual online booksellers include his short story collections An Alien Darkness, Tangled Strings, and Vossof and Nimmitz. Irregular updates, including a large collection of Adam's artwork, is available on www.sff.net/people/adam-troy. Adam lives in Miami with his long-suffering wife Judi and a rotating assortment of insane cats that currently includes Meow Farrow and Uma Furman.
Photo by Arlene Ambrose.
Richard Bowes has lived for most of his life in Manhattan.
He has published five novels, the most recent of which is From the Files of the Time Rangers (Golden Gryphon 2005). His Minions of the Moon (Tor 1999) won the Lambda Award.
His stories have appeared in F&SF, SciFiction and elsewhere, and have won the World Fantasy and Million Writers Awards. His most recent collection, Streetcar Dreams and Other Midnight Fantasies, appeared from PS Publications in England in 2006.
Recent and upcoming stories include appearances in Electric Velocipede #10, Horror: The Best of the Year, 2006, Fantasy: the Very Best of 2005 and the Coyote Road, Salon Fantastique and So Fey anthologies.Photo by Paulette Bowes.
Within a two week period, Steven Silver met the woman who would become his wife and attended his first convention, clearly indicating he was looking for something at that time. A fan from Chicago, he is involved in con-running and has chaired two Windycons, a Picnicon, and the first Midwest Construction, and ran programming at Chicon 2000. In addition, he is one of the founders of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He has edited three anthologies for DAW Books: Wondrous Beginnings, Magical Beginnings and Horrible Beginnings. He is the publisher and editor of ISFiC Press, a contributing editor to SF Site, and his writing has appeared in a variety of on-line and paper publications.
Photo by Elaine Silver.
