Space Mail, Volume II

Algis Budrys (Algirdas Jonas Budrys) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

Al Sarrantonio is the author of Laughing Space, a collection that explores the darker corners of humor. He's known for his work in horror and speculative fiction.

Anthony Boucher (born William Anthony Parker White) was an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories. He was particularly influential as an editor. - Wikipedia

Hungarian-American science fiction writer.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He is famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays,...

Barry N. Malzberg is a writer whose work has shaped modern science fiction. You might know him from his editing of The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction, a great collection for anyone looking to explore the genre. He's a key voice in speculative fiction.

Charles G. Waugh is the editor of The Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century. He has a keen eye for classic tales of the eerie and unexplained.

Gerald Jonas is the author of Laughing Space, a collection that explores the lighter side of life. He has a knack for finding the humor in everyday situations.

Asimov was born sometime between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi in Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia), the son of a Jewish family of millers. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2. His family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York and opened a candy store when he was three years old. He taught himself to read at the age of five. He began reading the science fiction pulp magazines that his family's store carried. Around the age of...

Joan D. Vinge is the author of the science fiction novel The Snow Queen. Her work often explores themes of magic and technology.

John Collier is the author of the collection Short Stories from the New Yorker. His work often explores dark humor and the uncanny.

John Thomas Sladek was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels. - Wikipedia

John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely." As a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody stories under his primary and...

Lyon Sprague de Camp — known as L. Sprague de Camp — was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and biography. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. - Wikipedia

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist. Twain is best known for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

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...

Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.

Paul J. Nahin is an American electrical engineer and author.

Raphael Aloysius "R. A." Lafferty (November 7, 1914 – March 18, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, Lafferty also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, a history book, and several novels of historical fiction. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Lafferty)

Sharon Webb is the author behind Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury. She's a writer with a clear passion for science fiction.

William John Watkins is a science fiction writer whose work includes Science Fiction Masterpieces and Space Mail, Volume II. He writes stories that focus on the future and the possibilities of space travel.

Will Stanton is the author behind the science fiction collections Mutants and Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales. He's a writer who clearly enjoys exploring the stranger corners of the genre.