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is the author of eight books of fiction, most recently The Open Curtain, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award and the International Horror Guild Award, and was named by Time Out New York as one of the best books of 2006. He is the recipient of both an O. Henry Award and an NEA award. Evenson's writing has been described as dark, violent, philosophical, critical, and lyrical. "Like Poe's, Evenson's stories range from horror to humor; a similarly high critical intelligence is always in control," writes Samuel R. Delany. "We read them with care, with our guard up, only to find they have already slipped inside and gotten to work, refining the feelings, the vision, the life."

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is an award-winning writer with fiction published in over 20 countries. His books, including the bestselling City of Saints & Madmen, have made the year's best lists of Publishers Weekly, LA Weekly, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many more. Considered one of the foremost SF/fantasy writers of his generation, he has worked with rock band The Church, 30 Days of Night creator Ben Templesmith, Dark Horse Comics, and Playstation Europe on various projects including music soundtracks and short films. His nonfiction appears regularly in the Washington Post and on the Amazon book blog. With his wife Ann (they have been cited by Boing Boing as a literary "power couple"), he is also an award-winning editor whose books include the iconic Steampunk anthology. VanderMeer is a frequent guest of honor at events around the world, including Bumbershoot (Seattle), Utopiales (France), and the Brisbane Writers Festival (Australia). Current projects include Booklife: Survival Tips for Twenty-First Century Writers and the novel Finch.

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came to international attention when The Pilo Family Circus, his debut novel, won ?ve Australian literary awards. In America, the book was short-listed for the International Horror Guild Award for best novel. Elliott began working on the book at nineteen, when he dropped out of law school and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. In?uenced by writers as diverse as Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis, and H. P. Lovecraft, his writing is at turns creepy, violent, spare, and wickedly imaginative. Now twenty-nine, Elliott is working on a follow-up novel and has recently completed a memoir. He lives in Brisbane, Australia.

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is the alias of bestselling Dutch author Esther Verhoef and her husband Berry Verhoef. Together, they write action thrillers marked by penetrating psychology and a tightly honed tension. They live near Amsterdam.

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was described by Publisher's Weekly as "a newcomer worth watching," and by Booklist as "one of the most original authors in contemporary horror." A novelist, prolific short-story writer, and anthologist, his novel The Turtle Boy won the 2004 Bram Stoker Award, while Quietly Now was nominated for the International Horror Guild Award. A genre enthusiast, Burke turns the rules of the genre upside down. In his wovel The Living, the classic roles of antagonist and protagonist are reversed. Rather than the zombie hordes chasing and killing the living, in Burke's book the zombies are the heroes: superior beings evolutionarily aided by the plague that killed them.

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Jemiah Jefferson was born in Denver, Colorado and started writing fiction at the age of twelve. Her publications include the novels Voice of Blood, Wounds, Fiend, and A Drop of Scarlet, and the legendary erotic short-story chapbook ST*RF*CK*NG. She has also written fiction, essays, and criticism for Willamette Week, Just Out, Plazm, 2GRLZ Quarterly, and the culture blog Popshifter. She maintains a regular comedy-flavored film review blog on Livejournal. Jefferson lives in Portland, Oregon.

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