The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition

Rich Horton is an editor and critic who specializes in science fiction and fantasy short stories. He is best known for his work on the annual Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy series and the collection War and Space: Recent Combat. His anthologies serve as a guide to the most notable short fiction published each year.

Leah Cypess writes science fiction and fantasy, with notable works including The Mythic Dream. She also appeared in The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition.

Nadia Afifi writes science fiction and fantasy, with stories appearing in Best of World SF and The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition. Her work also includes the

Yoon Ha Lee is the author of the collection The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities. They write science fiction and fantasy, often with a unique twist.

You can find A.T. Greenblatt's science fiction and fantasy stories in collections such as The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition and The Long List Anthology Volume 5. They've also contributed to Clarkesworld magazine several times.

James Van Pelt is the author of the chilling apocalypse collections, Wastelands and Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse. If you enjoy stories that explore the end of the world and what comes after, his work is definitely worth checking out.

T. L. Huchu is a writer whose work appears in top speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy anthologies. His stories have been featured in collections like The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 and Best of World SF. He is a distinctive voice in contemporary genre fiction.

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.

Sarah Langan (born 1974) is an American horror author and three-time Bram Stoker Award winner. Langan was also one of the judges for the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award and is currently on the Board of Directors. Source: [Sarah Langan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Langan) on Wikipedia.

Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his short fiction, which has appeared in F&SF, Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and multiple "Year's Best" anthologies. Liu has also written an epic fantasy novel series, The Dandelion Dynasty, which he describes as silkpunk. The series is published by Simon & Schuster. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu)

Annalee Newitz writes speculative fiction that explores big ideas. Their novel Autonomous is a great example, blending science fiction with a sharp look at capitalism and artificial intelligence. If you like thought-provoking stories, you'll enjoy their work.

Rebecca Campbell is a speculative fiction writer and the author of the novella Arboreality. Her stories are frequently selected for major anthologies, including The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy

Vina Jie-Min Prasad writes science fiction and fantasy, with stories appearing in "The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10" and Clarkesworld. Her collection "La vida secreta de los bots y otros relatos" and the novella "Made To Order" are among her notable works. She was also featured in "The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition.

Mercurio D. Rivera's Other Worlds Than These invites readers into imaginative science fiction and fantasy. He crafts stories that explore new frontiers and the human experience within them.

Somali-American professor, editor and writer

American biographer, novelist, and science fiction writer.

Eugenia Triantafyllou writes science fiction and fantasy stories, with work appearing in Apex Magazine (May 2018). Her writing was also selected for The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition.

Tlotlo Tsamaase is a writer whose speculative fiction has appeared in "The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction" (2021, 2022) and "The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition." Look for their stories in Apex Magazine and other collections if you enjoy sci-fi and fantasy.

American speculative fiction writer

Michael Swanwick is the author of The End of the World, a collection of stories exploring apocalyptic themes. He's a writer who knows how to craft a compelling narrative.

Sarah Pinsker writes compelling stories across science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her work has been featured in "The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy," "The Year's Best Dark