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Author Bios
Jessica C. Adams
Jessica C. Adams has been, at various points, a student, a bookseller, and a bagel chick. She is currently a barista and writer living in the Greater Boston area with her (very supportive) husband. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in the Miami University publications Inklings and Understory, as well as in the webzine Cuntzilla. This is her first professional fiction publication.John Adcox "Raven Wakes the World" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 John Adcox, a knight of the free nation of Hay-on-Wye (located on the border between England and Wales) is a writer, marketing communications strategist, and creative director living in Atlanta. He is also the executive director and co-founder of the Mythic Journeys conference and performance festival (http://www.mythicjourneys.org). He reads way too much, loves Disney and baseball, wishes he could get McEwans Scottish Ale and Aventinus beer in Georgia, and has just completed his first novel, The Widening Gyre.
Fiona Avery
Fiona Avery is a writer working in Los Angeles, California. Her work ranges from prose to screenwriting, with everything in between. Previous television credits include work on Babylon 5: Crusade and Earth: Final Conflict. In 2001, her short story "Luring the Tiger Out of the Mountains" earned an honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction, published by St. Martin's Press. Avery made the top 50 comics list with her debut series No Honor, and has easily placed in the top 20 books with other works such as Rogue: Icons, Spiderman, Tomb Raider, Witchblade and XMen. Witchblade: Obakemono, her first graphic novel, sold at #2 on the GN charts for July 2002. The foremost news magazine in the industry, Wizard Magazine has listed Fiona Avery in its exclusive Top Ten Creators list. Her No Honor comic book was recently optioned by Valhalla Pictures and sold to Showtime as a TV Pilot which Fiona will be writing-producing this year.Erzebet Barthold "The Tallest Tree" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 Erzebet Barthold is a a writer and artist whose focus is an exploration of fairy and folk tales as vehicles of feminine transformation. Her written works include the occasional poem but mostly range from the microtale to the short story. Erzebet is the founder of Papaveria Press, specializing in handmade chapbooks of fairy tales, poetry and art. Combining her love of both literary and visual art, these books are currently written, illustrated and bound by Erzebet. She can be visited at www.erzebet.com.
M. Bennardo
M. Bennardo was recently a student of Case Western Reserve University, where he studied business management during the day and English at night. Now graduated, he continues to segregate his activities according to the time of day, and is gratified to observe that they each bring their own particular compensation.
Terry Bramlett
Bio not available.Carroll Brown "A Bird from the Snare" - Elysian Fiction #1 - June 2001 Carroll Brown has published short stories, poetry, academic and popular non-fiction and had one screenplay produced, with a couple more currently in the works. He lives with his wife in Southern California.
Amy Sterling Casil
Amy Sterling Casil is a Southern California science fiction writer. A 1984 graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop at MSU; she received her MFA from Chapman University in 1999. Her first collection of short fiction and poetry, Without Absolution, was published last year by Wildside Press to positive reviews. She has contributed cover stories to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and her short fiction appears in other science fiction and fantasy magazines and anthologies. She was a finalist for the 2001 Nebula Award for her novelette, "To Kiss the Star," and has received a number of honorable mentions in the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror and Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies, and other short fiction awards and nominations. She teaches at Chapman University and Saddleback College, and lives in her hometown of Redlands, California, with her daughter Meredith and the world's best dog, Badger. Her first novel, Imago is a February, 2002 hardcover from Wildside Press. Her second novel, Trinity, is scheduled for Fall, 2002 publication from Wildside.Ron Collins "The Lingering Scent of Lightning" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 Ron Collins's writing has appeared in Analog, Dragon, and several other magazines and anthologies. He is a Writers of the Future prize winner, and a CompuServe HOMer Award Winner. He has been named to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Nebula Award's R preliminary ballot twice.
John Craig
John is an insurance underwriter living in southern California with his wife and daughter. He's primarily a horror and fantasy writer, with a few small press credits, and a story in the summer 2000 issue of the Canadian speculative fiction magazine On Spec. For those interested in a change of pace, one of his horror stories is (still) online at http://www.owlsoup.com/3LBE/3LBE1/3LBE1story2.html.Linda J. Dunn "Stetson Magic" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 Linda J. Dunn's fiction has appeared in various magazines, e-zines, and print anthologies. In addition to writing, she is a computer specialist with a small, DoD agency and a part-time IUPUI student. Her hobbies include gardening and fitness training.
Junior Joe Elsass
Junior Joe Elsass, better known as Mr. Excitement, carries the mail for the United States Postal and Pistol Service. He has amassed a small fortune writing fiction in his spare time and has passed up many opportunities to appear on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. In addition, he has been known to tell a few fibs.
E.A. Gundlach
E.A. Gundlach is a webmaster/writer/illustrator living in upstate New York. She is a graduate of MIT with a BS in Quantum Physics, an ex-Franciscan Sister, a one time student of the Necromonicon, a one time Buddhist, a carpenter and herbalist. When she isn't writing html, laying hardwood floors, wallboarding or tending her exquisite garden of heirloom medicinal plants, she's whispering rescued Thoroughbreds and Rotweilers back from the brink of insanity. The rest of the time, she's reading or writing or drawing science fiction and fantasy because they are the closest things to the reality that she lives. Her science fiction and fantasy short stories have appeared in Alternate Realities, Aphelion, and BeyondtheBorderline, among others. Her SF webnovel Ravishing the Supervox is currently available on www.mortonvischer.50megs.com. PS. The contents of this biograph may contain confabulati.
Glen Hamilton
Glen Hamilton hails from Greeley, Colorado. Previous publishing credits include "Monkey See" in the October 2000 issue of Shriek, and "Load" in the premiere issue of Peep Show in 2001.
Jon Hansen
Jon Hansen has been publishing short fiction and poetry since 1996, and is currently a member of SFWA. His work has appeared in a variety of places, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Speculon, and Black Gate. When not writing, he works as a librarian for Kennesaw State University in Georgia. He currently lives on the edge of Atlanta with his wife Lisa and two cats.
James A. Hartley
James A. Hartley is an Australian writer based in London who also writes under the name of Jay Caselberg. His short fiction and poetry has appeared in many venues around the world, with new ones coming in The Mammoth Book of Horror Noir, The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide, Underworlds and others. A selection of his work can be found at Fictionwise.com. He is currently under contract for two novels to Roc/NAL.
Elaine Isaak
Elaine Isaak is a crazy woman with two or three careers at any given time, and an eighteen month old daughter to take up the remaining moments. Aside from writing fantasy fiction, she also runs a business called Curious Characters (www.CuriousCharacters.com) sewing original design creations from stuffed slugs to a quilted Camelot cape. in her copious free time, she enjoys exotic cooking and travel, weaving on a hand loom, and catching glimpses of her husband in his natural habitat.
Trent Jamieson
Trent lives with his wife, and muse, Diana, in Brisbane, Australia, a magical kingdom ruled over by their cat, Cosmo. He has had work published in Future Orbits, Nowa Fantastyka, Aurealis, Eidolon and Altair. He is also a member of the Brisbane science fiction writers' Group VISION and the fiction editor of Redsine.
Michael M. Jones
Michael M. Jones lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with one wife, eight cats, and too many books for his own good. Currently, he covers all the bases by reviewing books for Absolute Magnitude (http://www.dnapublications.com), Science Fiction Chronicle, and the Green Man Review (http://www.greenmanreview.com). He has a Theatre degree he never uses, half of a Sociology degree he uses to confuse and confound his professors with, and a love of popular culture. This is his first professional fiction sale, and he's still working on the perfect bio.Karen L. Kobylarz "A Perfect Game" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 Karen L. Kobylarz lives in Chicago, where she teaches fifth grade. Her previous publications include "Lex Talionis" in Pulp Eternity, "The Silence of Hearts" in Spaceways Weekly (recently reprinted in EOTU), and "Expecting Miracles in Fables Webzine. She has a degree in elementary education from Lewis University and a masters in writing from DePaul.
Charles Langley
Charles Langley is a retiree who returned to writing about ten months ago after a fifty-nine year hiatus. Since then he has written over sixty short stories for E-zines and print magazines, a column "A Writer's Life" for a writer's magazine. Charles Langley moved to cold Rochester, NY, from sunny California two years ago to be near his three granddaughters. His hobbies are writing (of course), reading, and working the stock market. He recently completed a story about a murder that took place 72 years ago where much of the dialogue is the actual words of the suspect, done from memory.
Mary Soon Lee
Mary Soon Lee grew up in London, but now lives in Pittsburgh, where she runs a writers' group called the Pittsburgh Worldwrights. She has had over fifty stories published, including "Lifework" in David Hartwell's anthology the Year's Best SF #5, "The Day Before They Came" in the Year's Best SF #4, and stories in Amazing Stories, F&SF, Interzone, Spectrum SF, and Sword & Sorceress.
William Leisner
William Leisner is faster than a speeding bulldog, and able to make great leaps of logic in a single bound. He has previously published two stories in Pocket Books' Strange New Worlds anthologies, with a third to appear in volume five this year. A mild-mannered native of Rochester, New York, he now lives in Minneapolis, where he works as an inventory analyst for a national bookseller. In his spare time, he fights for truth, justice, etc.Hwei Lim "My Yellow Diamond" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 Bio not available.
Lee Martindale
Lee Martindale edited the groundbreaking anthology Such A Pretty Face from Meisha Merlin. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including three collections from Yard Dog Press and the new Miller/Lee anthology Low Port. She lives in Plano, TX and keeps friends and fans in the loop at http://www.HarpHaven.net.
Terry McGarry
Terry McGarry's fantasy novel Illumination will be published by Tor Books in August, and more of her short fiction can currently be found in the anthologies Outside the Box, Sword & Sorceress 16, The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, and The Resurrected Holmes, with more forthcoming in Realms of Fantasy and elsewhere. She's a copyeditor by trade, and enjoys gardening, playing Irish traditional music, and hanging out on SFF Net. She lives in the New York City area.
Steven Piziks
Steven Piziks was born in Saginaw, Michigan, but he moved around a lot. Currently he lives with his wife and young son in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He's also lived in Wisconsin and Germany.
Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt is a poet and fiction writer living in the California bay area. He works for Locus magazine by day and edits Star*Line, the journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, by night. He has stories upcoming in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, Realms of Fantasy, and other nice places. For more about him than you ever wanted to know, check his website: www.sff.net/people/timpratt
Jackie Ramirez
Jackie Ramirez lives in Mayfield, Kentucky with her two sons. This is her first sale.
Jenn Reese
Jenn Reese lives in LA with her new hubby and requisite two cats. She plays too many games, watches too much Buffy, and writes too much in her online journal (www.sff.net/people/jenn). This story is dedicated to one of her ex-boyfriends—he knows who he is.
Ann Riordan
Ann Riordan spent her childhood on an assortment of military bases, but is now more or less settled in Sacramento, CA. She is the designated "Video Girl" at the large bookstore where she works full time, and she takes full advantage of her discount to purchase any film that features Peter Lorre or Conrad Veidt. She has never been published before but has started a collection of rejection letters. Unmarried, childless and quite content to remain so, Annie fills her spare time with Absinthe, Gothic music, pet rodents and cheap horror movies. Her penchant for dressing like Morticia Addams and throwing sarcasm around like acid has left her with a small group of true friends that she couldn't live without. "I love you guys!"
Lawrence M. Schoen
Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen has spent ten years as a professor of psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology, and eleven as the Director of the Klingon Language Institute. His stories have appeared in variety of print and electronic magazines and anthologies, in English, Dutch, and Klingon. He currently lives in a suburb of Philadelphia with the ghost of his unpronounceable dog. His first novel, Barsk: The Elephant's Graveyard, is in search of a publisher.
Robert N. Stephenson
Robert N Stephenson is a poet, writer, agent, editor and part time publisher. He enjoys sex and the love of his wife, the main event in his life. He also loves his children, Emma and Joshua, who give up a bit of their dad so he can write. He would like to be a God one day and sail a ship to the outer reaches of our galaxy. What's more he'd like to do it nude. Not afraid to say what he thinks he has often made an enemy and many times made a friend with his frankness. So what is he thinking now? 'Testicles,' he says. 'Aren't they odd little dingle dangles?'
Christopher Stires
Christopher Stires' stories have appeared in Fantastic, The Edge: Tales of Suspense, Electric Wine, Vestal Review, Whispers from the Shattered Forum, Outer Darkness, Redsine, Parchment Symbols, Virginia Adversaria, Burning Sky: Adventures in Science Fiction Terror, and others. His dark fantasy novel, The Inheritance, will be published later this year by The Fiction Works, and Silver Lake Publishing will soon release his short story collection, Human Resources. Christopher lives in Victorville, CA, with his soul mate, Annie, and his stepdaughter, Katie.
Cory Tamler
Cory Tamler, a junior at Baldwin High School, has been writing since the womb. She is the copy editor of Baldwin's internationally recognized school newspaper, The Purbalite, for which she also writes an entertainment (read: theatre) column. And while we're on the subject of theatre, yes, she does that too, in all sorts of capacities. Her one-act play "The Executioner," winner of the 2001 City Theatre Young Playwrights Contest, received a full professional production there, and another play, "Sisters," is in the works for production by Act One Theatre School in January 2003.
E. Catherine Tobler
E. Catherine Tobler's fiction has appeared in Jackhammer, Peridot Books, Bonetree, Would That It Were, Englefield & Arnold, and in the Pocket Books Strange New Worlds anthologies.Christos Tsirbas "Dragon Flight" - Elysian Fiction #4 - May 2003 Christos Tsirbas lives in Montreal and has an unhealthy obsession with Swedish-design furniture. He made his fiction debut in sff.net's Bones of the World anthology (edited by Bruce Holland Rogers). Upcoming publications include the story Brikolas, in Island Dreams Montreal Writers of the Fantastic, edited by Claude Lalumière.
M. Turville Heitz
M. Turville Heitz is a freelance journalist who, when not writing, farms a piece of Wisconsin. Her short fiction has appeared in Interzone, anthologies, the small press and received regional recognition. This story is a prequel to several recently completed fantasy novels.
s.c. virtes
Other works by s.c. virtes have appeared in Analog, Beyond, Cafe Irreal, Space & Time, Planet, and more.
Lucy A.E. Ward
Lucy A.E. Ward resides in The Netherlands, surrounded by street gangs of herons and ducks. Her work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in many publications, including Strange Horizons, Flesh & Blood, Black October, Dreams & Nightmares and Star*Line. When not writing, she enjoys developing her website, Little Behemoth's Corner: http://www.littlebehemoth.com
Monissa Whiteley
Monissa Whiteley resides in Hobart, Tasmania with her well-behaved and well-mannered Jack Russell Terrier, Jazmin. When not writing (and much of the time when she is writing), she performs durability studies on computers, modems, local ISP relays, and international carrier lines. She's currently working on "the silly novel" and "the stupid novel" and is not sure yet which will demand to be finished first. This is her first sale.
Connie Wilkins
Connie Wilkins lives in the 5-college area of western Massachusetts, where she co-owns two stores supplying the non-essential necessities of student life. Her stories have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including two of Bruce Coville's children's anthologies, MZBFM, Darkling Plain, and the anthologies Prom Night, Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance, and Embraces: Dark Erotica. Online her work appears now and then in Electric Wine, and Jackhammer.
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