The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

Stepan Chapman is the author of The Troika, which won the Philip K. Dick Award. His short fiction can be found in magazines and anthologies such as Analog, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Leviathan, Polyphony, and Album Zutique.

Ted Chiang is a multiple award–winning short story writer. His work has won the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus Award, and others. His latest book is the novella The Lifecycle of Software Objects, published by Subterranean Press in 2010.

Michael Cisco’s novels include The Divinity Student, The Traitor, and, most recently, The Narrator. His stories have appeared in Leviathan 3, Leviathan 4, Lovecraft Unbound, and many other anthologies.

Gio Clairval is an Italian-born speculative fiction writer who commutes between Paris and Lake Como. Several of her translations of iconic stories will appear in The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Fictions from Atlantic in 2011.

Amal El-Mohtar is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cornwall, England. Her poetry has won the Rhysling Award, and her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Weird Tales, Cabinet des Fées, and Shimmer. She also coedits Goblin Fruit, an online quarterly of fantastical poetry.

Brian Evenson is the author of nine books, most recently the novel Last Days and the short story collection Fugue State. He directs Brown University’s Creative Writing program.

Minister Faust is an Edmontonian writer, high school English teacher, union delegate, broadcaster, community activist, and novelist. His latest book is titled From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain and he is a past finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award.

Jeffrey Ford lives in South Jersey and is a multiple World Fantasy Award winner. His latest novel is The Shadow Year, and his latest collection of stories is The Drowned Life (both from HarperCollins).

Lev Grossman is a journalist for Time magazine and novelist living in New York City. His latest book is The Magicians, and the sequel is expected in 2011.

Will Hindmarch is a writer and graphic designer, with work published in various books, games, and magazines. Some of his work has appeared in The Escapist, Atlanta magazine, Geek Monthly, and Everywhere.

N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn-based author. Her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, Baen’s Universe, Strange Horizons, Postscripts, Weird Tales, and many others. Her first two novels, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and its sequel, The Broken Kingdoms, have been published by Orbit Books.

Caitlín R. Kiernan was born in Ireland, raised in the southeastern United States, and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Her short fiction has been collected in several volumes, most recently A Is for Alien, and she’s published eight novels, including Daughter of Hounds and The Red Tree.

Mur Lafferty is a writer, podcaster, and blogger. She has written for various RPGs, Tor.com, Scrybe Press, Murky Depths, and Hub Magazine.

Jay Lake lives in Portand, Oregon, where he writes, edits, and generally misbehaves. His latest novels are Green and Madness of Flowers.

China Miéville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award. His novel The City & The City recently won the British Science Fiction Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Hugo Award. In addition to fiction, he has also contributed his art to this book.

Michael Moorcock is an iconic figure in literature, having written in perhaps every genre as well as published such classics as Mother London. A multiple-award winner, he lives in Texas with his wife, Linda, and several cats.

Alan Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in graphic novels. Some of his more well-known series include Watchmen, From Hell, V Is for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Reza Negarestani is an Iranian writer working in diverse fields of contemporary theory, ancient Greek and contemporary philosophy, and politics. His latest novel is Cyclonopedia: Complicities with Anonymous Materials.