Tarver Nova is a spec-fic writer and professional night owl in New York. His stories are found or forthcoming in Kaleidotrope, Baffling Magazine, and Daily Science Fiction. Find him at tarvernova.com or show him your cats on Twitter @tarvernova.
Naomi Novik is the author of the Temeraire fantasy/alternate history series of nine novels. Her first book, His Majesty’s Dragon, won the 2007 Compton Crook Award for best first novel in the science fiction and fantasy category. She was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2007, and won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2016 for Uprooted.
Uchechukwu Nwaka is a student of Medicine and Surgery at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His works have appeared or are forthcoming in Cossmass Infinities, Fusion Fragment, Hexagon, Mythaxis, MetaStellar, Occult Detective Magazine and elsewhere. When he’s not trying to unravel the mysteries of human (or inhuman) interaction, he can be found binging unhealthy amounts of anime, or generally trying to keep up with an endless schoolwork. Find him on Twitter at @uche_cjn.
Irish writer Peadar Ó Guilín is the author of the YA novel, The Call, inspired by the beautiful northwest of Ireland where he grew up. The Invasion, a sequel to The Call and the end of the duology, was published in March 2018. His fantasy and SF short stories have appeared in numerous venues, including PseudoPod and PodCastle.
Megan E. O’Keefe writes speculative fiction and makes soap for a living — it’s only a little like Fight Club. Her debut novel, STEAL THE SKY, which centers around an airship heist, is due out from Angry Robot Books in Jan. 2016. Visit her website at meganokeefe.com or communicate with her via cat pictures on twitter @MeganofBlushie.
Derrick is a voice artist, DJ, Radio/voiceover producer, and IT professional. He’s recorded radio commercials, acted in TV commercials, hosted a radio show and emceed events. His versatile character voice contains a wide range of ages and accents. This is his first venture into audio narration.
Beesan Odeh is a first generation Palestinian-American born and raised in good old Ohio. After receiving her BA in technical writing and MFA in creative writing , she insists on continuing to write, or trying to, at least. When she isn’t staring at a blank Word page she’s usually making a triple iced espresso and listening to the love of her life, Mr. Elvis Presley. You can see her work in Lightspeed, Ohio’s Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology, and Jenny Magazine. You can also find her on Twitter (X): @Beesan_O.
Xander M. Odell lives in Washington state with their husband, sons, and an Albanian miniature moose disguised as a dog. Their has appeared in such venues as Crossed Genres, Daily Science Fiction, PseudoPod, Cast of Wonders, and PodCastle. They are a Clarion West 2010 graduate, and an active member of the SFWA.
Their collection of speculative fiction holiday stories, THE TWELVE WAYS OF CHRISTMAS, and debut short story collection GODFALL & OTHER STORIES are available from Hydra House Books.
Support them on Patreon at: http://patreon.com/writerodell
Jay is an artist, writer and television producer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabe community in Quebec. In comics, Jay has worked for several independent publishers and created the web comic POWER HOUR for Kevin Smith’s Movie Poop Shoot site and also wrote and illustrated the graphic novel KAGAGI: The Raven, published by Arcana Comics.
More recently, Jay has also served as an Exectuive Producer, lead writer and designer on the animated series adaptation, Kagagi on APTN. Kagagi is a 13 episode, half hour series that is broadcast in Canada and can also be seen at aptn.ca/kagagi. Jay and his production company created three audio versions of Kagagi – one in English, one entirely in Algonquin and the one broadcast on television – English with 20% Algonquin dialog (with subtitles). Kagagi ranks among the only creator owned comics to be adapted for television (alongside Spawn, WildCATS, TMNT) and is one of the first, if not THE first Canadian produced and broadcast superhero television series.
In addition to his work in these fields, Jay is an activist, speaker and has worked in other creative endeavours such as children’s book illustrations, having illustrated seven books published for the first time in Ojibwe, written by author Robert Munsch and has provided illustrations for a reprinting of Clive Barker’s “The Midnight Meat Train.”
When Jay’s not working, you can find him spending quality time with his PS3 and PS4 or maybe back home in Kitigan Zibi, where he has spearheaded a graphic novel initiative at the K.Z school library – having donated over 150 graphic novels, available to any community member but especially valuable to students. Jay believes strongly in giving back to his community and working with First Nations youth and does so whenever his schedule permits.
Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her work has also appeared in Analog, Fireside, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and with Bennett North, she co-edits Translunar Travelers Lounge, a magazine of fun and optimistic speculative fiction. Her novellas Local Star and Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters are forthcoming in 2020 and 2021 from Interstellar Flight Press and Tor.com respectively.