A Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic

Charles L. Fontenay wrote the useful reference Science Fiction A to Z. He's a solid name in the science fiction world.

Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction.

American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy,

American writer

Margaret Weis (born March 16, 1948, in Independence, Missouri) is an American fantasy and science fiction author. While working as an editor at TSR, Inc., she partnered with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance world, and the two went on to co-write the Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance Legends and Death Gate Cycle novels, among other Dragonlance series. Weis has also written or co-written the Darksword, Rose of the Prophet, Star of the Guardians, Sovereign Stone and Dragonvarld series, sev...

Mercedes Lackey is an American fantasy author, born on June 24, 1950. She is best known for the Valdemar series, set in the world of Velgarth, which began with Arrows of the Queen in 1987. She also writes the Elemental Masters and Five Hundred Kingdoms series, and has collaborated with authors including Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey, Eric Flint, Piers Anthony, James Mallory and her husband, the artist Larry Dixon. In 2021 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 38th Damo...

Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirect...

Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English writer of novels, short fiction, comics, screenplays and audio drama. He worked as a journalist before moving into comics, where his DC series The Sandman, begun in 1989, recast the title character as Morpheus, lord of dreams, and became one of the most acclaimed comics of its era. His novels include Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, as well as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline and The Oc...

Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kr...

Richard Parks is the author of A Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic, a collection that explores the best of fantasy adventures. He's a writer who knows his way around a good quest.

Tanya Huff is the author of A Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic. She's a writer who knows her way around fantasy and science fiction. If you enjoy imaginative worlds and exciting adventures, you'll find a lot to love in her work.