The Immersion Book of SF

Aliette de Bodard is a French-American speculative fiction writer. She is of French and Vietnamese descent, born in the US, and grew up in Paris. A graduate of École Polytechnique, she works as a software engineer specializing in image processing and is a member of the Written in Blood writers group.

Eric James Stone is a science fiction and fantasy writer featured in the Blood Lite and Blood Lite II anthologies. He writes short stories that often mix humor with supernatural and speculative themes.

Gareth Owens is the author of The Immersion Book of SF, a book that takes a focused look at the science fiction genre. Readers will find his insights into speculative fiction both clear and thought

Lavie Tidhar is an author and editor who works across science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He is known for editing the Best of World SF series and writing titles such as Of the Flesh and Map of Lost Places. His shorter work has been featured in Clarkesworld and the Sunvault anthology.

Tanith Lee was a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award (also known as the August Derleth Award), for her book Death's Master (1980). Source: Wikipedia