J.C. Chambers III writes about heroic characters doing heroic things in intricate fantasy & science-fiction worlds. He believes that fictional worlds should inspire wonder, that action should be bombastic, and that romance should give you diabetes from the overwhelming sweetness. In addition to dreaming up over-the-top fantasy novels, J.C. passes the time as a professional …
Gordon Frye studied historical weapons of all sorts from a very early age and spent many years re-enacting various eras. He has a Masters Degree in Western History, and was an Adjunct Professor of History for Navy College in Bremerton, WA. When not speaking at conferences he continues to research the 16th, 19th and 20th …
Lance Conrad is an unhinged eccentric who happens to write books. He wanders his native state of Utah, telling stories and imparting unsolicited writing advice to schoolchildren and those too polite to walk away. Doing so has gained him a profession, a letter from the Governor commending him for his efforts in education, three Best …
Jason was raised in Southern California before moving to Utah to attend high school. While a teenager, he created and began writing his teen adventure series, The Starriders Saga. Considering himself a bit obsessive as a Creator, he ended up with a list of story ideas over 150 titles long, at last count. Among them …
Sandy got his start in the game industry at Chaosium in 1980, working on tabletop roleplaying games. His best-known work from that time is the cult game Call of Cthulhu, which has been translated into many languages and is still played worldwide. He also worked on many other published projects such as Runequest, Stormbringer, Elfquest, …
Nathan Shumate is the insane sod who decided to put together a new no-frills writers conference, involving a whole bunch of people more accomplished than he is. A high-function dilettante, he’s continually poised to be the Next Big Thing, eventually. He’s earned the ire of proud indie publishers worldwide by running LousyBookCovers.com for the past …
Nick Nethery spent twenty years in the US Army as a bomb technician. After a full career traveling the world, seeing incredible things, and blowing them up, he retired home to Texas. He lives with his wife and many, many children. When he’s not chasing them or giving them all the money in his wallet, …
After retiring from a globe spanning career of swashbuckling adventure in the U.S. Marine Corps, Spearman Burke decided to try his hand at this GI Bill thing he had been hearing about. He earned an interdisciplinary degree in English Literature and Creative Writing with a minor in Theatre. Interestingly, he learned more about storytelling in …
Since it’ll come up at some point, yes: Benjamin Card is Orson Scott Card’s nephew. He has also been a Counterintelligence Special Agent for the US Army, an “overpriced government consultant” for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Security Consultant for a global software development and hosting company. He is currently working …
Eric James Stone is a past Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, Writers of the Future Contest winner, and two-time finalist for the Association for Mormon Letters Awards. Over sixty of his stories have been published in venues such as Year’s Best SF, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and Nature. His science fiction thriller Unforgettable, …