Nicky Drayden

Nicky Drayden is a systems analyst turned science fiction author based in Austin, Texas, who writes prose alongside her day job in code. Her debut novel, The Prey of Gods, was named to The New York Times' Best of New Science Fiction and Fantasy and won the Compton Crook Award.

A two-time Locus Award finalist and Lambda Award nominee, she has also written Escaping Exodus and Temper, and has published more than thirty short stories in venues including Shimmer and Daily Science Fiction, drawing partly on her college travels through South Africa.