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Shelley Jackson has written several children’s books, in addition to The Melancholy of Anatomy. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming from Conjunctions, Trampoline, and The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases. [web site]
Harvey Jacobs’ most recent novel is American Goliath, published by St. Martin’s Press. He is currently working on a new novel, with a short story collection due out shortly. His short fiction has recently appeared in F&SF, with more work forthcoming in The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases.
Stephen Jones is one of the pre-eminent anthologists and editors in the horror field. His Dark Terrors series, edited with David Sutton, and his Best New Horror series are considered landmark anthologies in the field.
Henry Kaiser is a legendary guitar player, known for his risk-taking and collaborations with other avant garde musicians. [web site]
James Patrick Kelly has won acclaim for his dozens of meticulously-crafted, deeply felt short stories, which have been collected in two volumes from Golden Gryphon Press. [web site]
Rick Klaw ran Mojo Books for several years, publishing work by Joe Lansdale, among others. His newest book is Geek Confidential, published by Monkeybrain Books.
John Klima, formerly an editor for Tor Books in New York, publishes a small SF-themed zine named Electric Velocipede that comes out bi-annually in April and October.
Kathe Koja has authored six existential horror novels and now writes for young adults. Her latest book, a short story collection, was published by Four Walls Eight Windows.
Jay Lake is a new writer whose magic realism stories have appeared in a number of U.K. and U.S. markets, with work forthcoming in Leviathan 4 and The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases. [web site]
David Langford, an English writer, has won a number of awards for his fiction and nonfiction. His latest book is Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek. His short fiction is forthcoming in The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, among others. [web site]
Tanith Lee’s latest books include the last of the Venus Quartet: Venus Preserved, Mortal Suns, a large fantasy, both from Overlook this summer, fourth of the Claidi books Wolf Wing from Dutton next year, Piratica from Hodder, and Cast A Bright Shadow, book one of the Lionwolf trilogy, from Pan MacMillan next year. Her short stories regularly appear in Weird Tales, Asimov’s, and Realms of Fantasy. [web site]
Des Lewis has published more short stories in the international small press than any living writer—more than 3,000. He currently edits the England-based Nemonymous, a fiction journal that publishes writers’ work without a byline. [web site]
Nick Mamatas’ collection of short stories and personal essays, 3000 MPH In Every Direction At Once, was just released by Prime Books. Next year, Night Shade Books will publish his first full-length fiction, the Lovecraftian Beat road novel Move Under Ground. [web site]
Javier A. Martinez edits the highly-respected Extrapolation, a peer-reviewed academic journal that explores science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics.
Farah Mendlesohn is the editor of Foundation, a journal of SF/F criticism. Her reviews have appeared in The Washington Post and The NY Review of SF, among others.
