Hotter Than Hell

Carrie Vaughn writes fantastic fantasy and science fiction, with books like Unfettered and Dangerous Women showcasing her skill. If you enjoy epic stories with strong characters, you'll want to check out her work.

In one form or another, Heidi Betts has been a storyteller for most of her life—whether entertaining her friends, working to improve her grades or attempting to get out of trouble. So it's no surprise, really, that she grew up to be a writer. She began her love affair with the romance genre in junior high, where she used to sneak romance novels into study hall when she should have been doing her homework, and it didn't take long for her to decide that she wanted to write a few romances of her ow...

Keri Arthur is a writer of fantasy, horror fiction, and romance novels from Melbourne, Australia. She began writing at the age of twelve and has published more than 32 novels.

Kim Harrison is the pen name of American author Dawn Cook, born in 1966 in the Midwestern United States. She grew up as the only girl in a family of boys and describes herself as a former tomboy who grew up reading science fiction and fairy tales. She discovered a talent for writing at age fifteen, and later earned a science degree, having avoided English courses beyond what was required in high school and college. After marrying and having two children, she resigned from her day job to write fu...

Leslie Ann Peterson was born on 11 December 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program with a Master's in Fine Arts from Temple University. Under different pennames, she wrote over 40 novels, 20 novellas y some non-fiction books in a wide range of genres and. She mysteriously shape-shifts between the genres of romance, women's fiction, crime/suspense thrillers, and paranormal lore. She wrote as Leslie Esdaile, Lesli...

Linda's first book, the historical romance Guardian Angel, was released in 1994, and in the years since she's written in several romance sub-genres under several names. In order of appearance, Linda Winstead; Linda Jones; Linda Winstead Jones; Linda Devlin; and Linda Fallon. She's a six time finalist for the RITA Award and a winner (for Shades of Midnight, writing as Linda Fallon) in the paranormal category. Most recently she's been writing as Linda Jones in a couple of joint projects with Linda...

Marjorie Liu is an American novelist and comics writer, born in Philadelphia and raised in Seattle. She studied East Asian Studies and Biomedical Ethics at Lawrence University and earned a law degree at the University of Wisconsin, and practiced law before writing full-time. She is known for the Dirk & Steele and Hunter Kiss paranormal romance and urban fantasy series, for Marvel work including X-23, NYX, Dark Wolverine and Astonishing X-Men, and for Monstress, the Image Comics series drawn by S...

Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. He was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Greenberg was also an expert in terrorism and the Middle East. He was a longtime friend, colleague and busine...

Susan Krinard has been writing paranormal romance and fantasy since 1993, when a published author friend read a short story she’d written and advised her to try writing a novel. She sold her first novel to Bantam Dell, and has since written for Bantam, Penguin, Harlequin/ Silhouette, Harper Collins, St. Martin’s Press., and Tor Books. Her output includes twenty-three novels and twelve novellas and short stories. Susan’s love for Science Fiction and Fantasy began when her fourth grade teacher...

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.