The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Three

Elizabeth Bear is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author whose stories often explore science fiction and fantasy. You might know her work from The Best of Uncanny, a collection showcasing some of her fantastic short fiction. She's a writer who consistently delivers imaginative and thought-provoking tales.

Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer of fantasy for children and young adults. Born in Melbourne and now living in Sydney, he worked as a bookseller, editor, literary agent and marketing consultant before writing full time. He is best known for the Old Kingdom series, which began with Sabriel (1995) and continues through Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel and Goldenhand, and for The Keys to the Kingdom septet, one volume per day of the week from Mister Monday to Lord Sunday. His...

Greg Egan is the author of the mind-bending science fiction novel Permutation City. His work often explores complex philosophical and scientific ideas.

Hannu Rajaniemi is a science fiction author best known for his novel The Quantum Thief. He also contributed to The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Three. His work focuses on hard science fiction and complex future technologies.

Holly Black is an American writer of fantasy for children, teenagers and adults. She was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1971, took a degree in English at The College of New Jersey, and published her first novel, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, in 2002. She is best known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, the middle-grade series she created with the illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and for the Elfhame books that began with The Cruel Prince. Valiant won the inaugural Andre Norton Award in 2006, and...

Holly Phillips is the editor behind The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. She has a keen eye for the darkest, most imaginative stories in the genre.

British science fiction author. Born in Manchester.

Jeff VanderMeer is a writer and editor whose fiction merges elements of science fiction, fantasy, and the weird. His stories frequently examine the intricate connection between humanity and the natural world, uncovering strange and sometimes unsettling phenomena. He is widely recognized for the Southern Reach trilogy, which delves into the enigma of Area X, a cryptic and potentially extraterrestrial zone. Beyond this series, his novels such as Borne, Hummingbird Salamander, and Dead Astronauts d...

Joan Delano Aiken was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. - Wikipedia

John Kessel is a science fiction and fantasy writer who has edited several major anthologies, including The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition. His short fiction frequently appears in Clarkesworld and is collected in books like American Apocalypse.

Jonathan Strahan is an editor of science fiction and fantasy anthologies. He has curated numerous collections, including The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year series and themed books like Infinity's End

Kelly Link is a master of the strange and wonderful. Her stories, often found in collections like McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, blend fantasy, horror, and a touch of the surreal. If you like your fiction with a twist, you'll love her work.

Ken Scholes (born January 13, 1968) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer living in Cornelius, Oregon, United States. He is the author of five novels and over fifty short stories and his work has appeared in print since 2000. His series, The Psalms of Isaak, is published by Tor Books and his short fiction has been collected in three volumes published by Fairwood Press. Ken is a winner of the Writers of the Future Award, France's Prix Imaginales, the Endeavour Award and others...

Kij Johnson is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose work frequently appears in Clarkesworld Magazine. Her stories are featured in issues 71, 114, 138, and

Margo Lanagan is a writer whose work often explores the darker corners of fantasy and horror. She's the editor of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, a collection that showcases some of the most compelling stories in those genres.

Maureen F. McHugh is a science fiction and fantasy writer who focuses on the personal side of future history. She is the author of the novel China Mountain Zhang and has been featured in collections like The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Three. Her work is known for its realistic look at how people live through social and technological shifts.

M. Rickert is the author of Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse, a collection that explores the end of the world. If you're looking for stories that dig into what happens after everything falls apart, this is a good place to start.

American science fiction and fantasy writer

Paul McAuley is the author of the science fiction novel Other Worlds Than These. He writes speculative fiction that explores big ideas.

American writer

Rachel Swirsky is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose work appears in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year and People of the Book. She has also contributed to major anthologies like the

American writer

Robert David Reed

Stephen Baxter (born 13 November 1957 in Liverpool, England) is an English hard science fiction author. He holds a degree in mathematics from Cambridge and a PhD in engineering from Southampton, and taught mathematics, physics and information technology before becoming a full-time writer in 1995. His work includes the Xeelee Sequence, the Manifold trilogy, The Time Ships (a sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine), the Time Odyssey trilogy co-written with Arthur C. Clarke, and the Long Earth se...

Ted Chiang is a master of speculative fiction, crafting thought-provoking stories that explore big ideas. His collection Stories of Your Life and Others showcases his unique talent for blending science and philosophy with deeply human narratives. If you enjoy intelligent, imaginative tales, you'll want to check out his work.

Ted Kosmatka is a science fiction and fantasy writer who often explores themes of biology and technology. His short stories have appeared in major collections, including The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the