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Alaya Dawn Johnson is the author of the young adult novel Three Sides of a Heart. Her work often explores themes of identity and belonging within speculative fiction.

Amal El-Mohtar is a Canadian poet and writer of speculative fiction.

Cassandra Clare is the pen name of Judith Lewis, born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She spent her childhood travelling with her family, living in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She worked in entertainment journalism — including a spell at The Hollywood Reporter — before turning to fiction full time in 2006. City of Bones (2007) opened The Mortal Instruments, the six-book series that established her Shadowhunters w...

Catherynne M. Valente is an American speculative fiction writer and poet, born May 5, 1979, in Seattle, Washington. She writes fiction that blends fairy tales and myth, in a style she has termed "mythpunk," and is known for the Fairyland series, along with novels including Deathless, Palimpsest, and Space Opera.

Charles de Lint is the author behind the urban fantasy novel Protectors 2: Heroes. He's known for his imaginative stories that often blend folklore with modern settings.

Christopher Barzak is the author of Wastelands. He writes speculative fiction that often explores themes of the uncanny and the strange.

From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. 2 Creative Commons-licensed photos: cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/26...

Delia Sherman writes across fantasy and paranormal romance, with titles like Teeth and Firebirds. She contributed to the Women Destroy Fantasy! special issue of Fantasy Magazine and collections such as Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers and Best New Paranormal Romance.

Ellen Kushner (born October 6, 1955) is an American writer of fantasy novels. From 1996 until 2010, she was the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kushner)

Emma Bull is a fantasy author recognized for her work in urban fantasy, including her novel Teeth. She has also edited several anthologies, such as Firebirds and New Magics.

"Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 280 books. Her short story Sister Emily's Lightship won the Nebula Award." - Wikipedia

Nalo Hopkinson is a writer whose work often explores Caribbean folklore and culture. Her novel Brown Girl in the Ring is a fantastic example of her imaginative storytelling.

Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English writer of novels, short fiction, comics, screenplays and audio drama. He worked as a journalist before moving into comics, where his DC series The Sandman, begun in 1989, recast the title character as Morpheus, lord of dreams, and became one of the most acclaimed comics of its era. His novels include Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, as well as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline and The Oc...

Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She grew up in Oregon and England. She received a BA in English in 1971 and an MA in 1973. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving myster...

Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989. Her first novel, ''Empress of the World'', was published in 2001 and is an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. A sequel, ''The Rules for Hearts'', was published in 2007 and won the 2008 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature. She also writes graphic novels and is a member of the Periscope Studio. Together with Carla Speed McNeil, she released ''Bad Houses'' in 2013. (source: w...

Steven Brust (born November 23, 1955, in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for the Vlad Taltos series, which began with Jhereg in 1983, and for the related Khaavren Romances, both set in the world of Dragaera. His other books include Brokedown Palace, To Reign in Hell and Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille, and he co-wrote Freedom & Necessity with Emma Bull and The Incrementalists with Skyler White. He worked as a syst...

Terri Windling is a writer and editor known for her work in fantasy, myth, and folklore. She has edited anthologies such as Silver Birch, Blood Moon, Black Swan, White Raven, and Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers. Windling also co-edited the Women Destroy Fantasy! special issue of Fantasy Magazine.

Tim Pratt is the author of Other Worlds Than These, a collection of his imaginative short fiction. He writes science fiction and fantasy, crafting stories that explore new and unexpected places.