Down these strange streets

American mystery and urban fantasy novelist, best known for the Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) series, adapted by HBO as True Blood. She also writes the Aurora Teagarden, Lily Bard, Harper Connelly, Midnight, Texas and Gunnie Rose series. Born in Tunica, Mississippi, she holds a BA in English from Rhodes College and lives in Texas.

Gardner R. Dozois was a celebrated editor and anthologist, particularly known for his work in science fiction and fantasy. His collection Dangerous Women showcases a wide range of stories from powerful female voices in speculative fiction. He was a true champion of the genre.

Joe R. Lansdale is an American author of horror, crime, western and science fiction, born in Gladewater, Texas, and long based in Nacogdoches. He has written more than forty novels and many short stories, comics and screenplays, all steeped in the East Texas setting. He is best known for the Hap and Leonard crime series, the novella Bubba Ho-Tep and the novel The Bottoms, which won the Edgar Award. He has also won multiple Bram Stoker Awards.

Simon R. Green (born 25 August 1955) is an English science fiction and fantasy author from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, where he still lives. A New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty novels, he is best known for the Nightside, Secret Histories (Drood family), Deathstalker, Forest Kingdom, Hawk & Fisher, and Ghost Finders series. He sold his first novel in 1988 and gained wider recognition the following year when commissioned to novelize the Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of...