George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle

Christopher Rowe is professor of Greek at the University of Durham.

Carrie Vaughn’s work includes the Philip K. Dick Award–winning novel Bannerless, the New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, over twenty novels, and upwards of one hundred short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. Her most recent novel, Questland, is about a high-tech LARP that goes horribly wrong and the literature professor who has to save the day. She’s a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin and a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. An air force brat, she survived her nomadic childhood and managed to put down roots in Boulder, Colorado.

Cherie Priest is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the award-winning Clockwork Century series (Boneshaker, Dreadnought, Clementine), the Cheshire Red books (Bloodshot, Hellbent), and The Borden Dispatches (Maplecroft, Chapelwood).

Walter Jon Williams is the Nebula Award–winning author of thirty volumes of fiction, as well as screenplays for film and television. A fourth degree black belt from the American Kenpo Academy, he lives in rural New Mexico with his wife, Kathy. His novels include Impersonations: A Story of the Praxis, Dread Empire’s Fall: The Praxis, and Destiny’s Way: Star Wars Legends.

Stephen Leigh is a Cincinnati-based, award-winning author with nineteen science fiction novels and over forty short stories published. He has been a frequent contributor to the Hugo-nominated shared world series Wild Cards, edited by George R. R. Martin. He teaches creative writing at Northern Kentucky University. Stephen Leigh has written Immortal Muse, The Crow of Connemara, and the fantasy trilogy Assassin’s Dawn. He can be found at farrellworlds.com.

Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of Torn Shapes of Desire, editor of Aqua Erotica and Wet: More Aqua Erotica, and a consulting editor for Herotica 7. Her fiction has appeared in many anthologies and publications including Herotica 6, Best American Erotica 1999, and Best Women’s Erotica 2000 and 2001.