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Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Of Saints and Shadows, The Myth Hunters, The Boys Are Back in Town, and Strangewood. He has co-written three illustrated novels with Mike Mignola, the first of which, Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, was the launching pad for the Eisner Award-nominated comic book series, Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the anthologies The New Dead, The Monster’s Corner, and 21st Century Dead, among others. His novel Snowblind will be published in January, 2014. Christopher was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. [christophergolden.com]
Alison Littlewood’s latest novel, Path of Needles, was published by Jo Fletcher Books. Her first novel, A Cold Season, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, where it was described as ‘perfect reading for a dark winter’s night.’ Alison’s short stories have been picked for the Best Horror of the Year and Mammoth Book of Best New Horror anthologies, as well as The Best British Fantasy 2013 and The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10. Her work has also featured in Black Static, Crimewave and Dark Horizons. [alisonlittlewood.co.uk]
Anne Nicholls's published works include the acclaimed novels Mindsail and The Brooch of Azure Midnight and her short story ‘Roman Games’ was reprinted in the Year's Best Fantasy. She is now principally known for self-help writing and for her painting.
Jonathan Oliver is Editor-in-Chief of Solaris, Abaddon Books and the YA imprint, Ravenstone. Sometimes he finds the time to write and has had two novels published plus short stories in such anthologies as A Town Called Pandemonium, Terror Tales of London and Horror Express. He lives in Abingdon with his wife, Ali, their daughter, Maia, and their cat, Fudge. [jonoliverwriter.blogspot.com]
Mike Resnick is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short fiction. He is the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, plus other major awards in the USA, France, Spain, Poland, Croatia, Catalonia and Japan. Mike is the author of seventy-one novels, over 250 short stories, and three screenplays, and is the editor of forty-one anthologies. He is currently editing the Stellar Guild line of books and Galaxy's Edge magazine, and was the Guest of Honour at the 2012 Worldcon. [mikeresnick.com]
Gaie Sebold is the author of Babylon Steel and Dangerous Gifts, published by Solaris, and a number of short stories. She is currently working on a steampunk novel, Shanghai Sparrow. She lives with writer David Gullen and a daft cat. She has worked as a secretary, till-monkey, stage-tour-manager, editor, and charity administrator; she now writes, runs writing workshops, and gardens whenever the words run out. [gaiesebold.com and in addition she blogs with David Gullen (as Lord and Lady Plott) on writing and gardening at weedingandwriting.com]
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Lincolnshire, studied and trained in Reading and now lives in Leeds. He is known for the Shadows of the Apt fantasy series starting with Empire in Black and Gold, and currently up to book nine, The War Master's Gate. His hobbies include stage-fighting, and tabletop, live and online role-playing. [shadowsoftheapt.com]
Ian Whates has two published novel series, the Noise books from Solaris, and the City of 100 Rows trilogy via Angry Robot. Around fifty of his short stories have appeared in various venues; two were shortlisted for BSFA awards. His work has received honourable mentions in Gardner Dozois’ Years Best anthologies and featured in Tor’s ‘Best of’ Futures from Nature. His second collection, Growing Pains, appeared from PS Publishing in March 2013. Ian chaired the BSFA for five years and has served as a director of SFWA. He has edited titles in The Mammoth Book of… and the on-going Solaris Rising series. In his spare time, he runs multiple award-wining publisher NewCon Press, founded by accident in 2006. [ianwhates.co.uk]
The Editors
Jenny Barber is the co-editor of The Alchemy Press of Ancient Wonders. Besides being a short-story fanatic she is a history geek and when not doing any of that, she can be found wrangling spread sheets and walking around rented houses talking to herself. [jennybarber.co.uk]
Jan Edwards has a passion for folklore, myths and legends which she puts to use in many of her stories and novels. She was shortlisted in 2011 for the BFS Award for Best Short Story. She has part of the scriptwriting team for a Dr Who DVD, due out in autumn 2013. Jan co-edited The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders in 2012 and has written mainstream fiction under the name Sarah J Graham. Jan is also a qualified Reiki Master. [janedwardsblog.wordpress.com]
Also available from The Alchemy Press
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Beneath the Ground
Doors to Elsewhere
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Invent-10n
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Sailor of the Skies (ebook)
Sex, Lies and Family Ties
Shadows of Light and Dark
Swords Against the Millennium
Merry-Go-Round (due 2014)
The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders
The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes
The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 2
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic
The Komarovs (ebook)
The Paladin Mandates
Where the Bodies are Buried
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