Shadows of Sanctuary

Andrew Jefferson Offutt was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He wrote as Andrew J. Offutt, A. J. Offutt, and Andy Offutt. His normal byline, andrew j. offutt, has all his name in lower-case letters. He also wrote erotica under seventeen different pseudonyms, principally John Cleve, John Denis, Jeff Morehead, and Turk Winter. He is the father of novelist Chris Offutt. - Wikipedia

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

Diana L. Paxson writes fantasy, most notably her Avalon series which includes Priestess of Avalon and Ancestors of Avalon. She also explores paganism and mythology in books like In Celebration of Lammas Night, and has contributed to science fiction.

Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for the humorous MythAdventures series, featuring the magician's apprentice Skeeve and his demon mentor Aahz, and for the comic military science fiction of Phule's Company. Born in St. Johns, Michigan, he studied at the University of Michigan and served in the US Army before publishing his first novel, The Cold Cash War, in 1977. With Lynn Abbey he created and edited the Thieves' World shared-world anth...

Vonda N. McIntyre was raised on the east coast of the United States and in The Hague, Netherlands, and then in Seattle in the early 1960s. In 1970 she earned a biology degree from the University of Washington. She also attended the Clarion Writers Workshop. She went to the University of Washington to pursue a master's degree in genetics. In 1973, McIntyre won a Nebula Award for the novelette "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand". In 1975, her first novel, The Exile Waiting, was published. She has...