William Ledbetter
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William Ledbetter lives near Dallas with his wife, two of his three kids and way too many animals. His science fiction and fantasy short stories have been published by Fantasist Enterprises for their “Sails & Sorcery” anthology, Jim Baen’s Universe and several Yard Dog Press anthologies including “Houston, we’ve got Bubbas.” He also leads a Dallas writers group called Future Classics and is an active member of the local National Space Society chapter.
William Ledbetter’s website can be found at http://www.WilliamLedbetter.com.
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Thomas W. Knowles
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Thomas W. Knowles writes SF stories (”Curtain Call,” “Luck of the Draw,” “Captured Angel,” and “Just the Right Light”) that cross genres and mix true history with myth and legend. His award-winning non-fiction books deal with Americana, Victoriana, and military and law enforcement history. The American West is his favorite subject whether he’s writing SF, historical fiction, or non-fiction, and he’s visited that period in his Wild West series edited with Joe R. Lansdale, and in his three-volume, authorized history of the Texas Rangers, THEY RODE FOR THE LONE STAR.
In 2007, Tom and his business partners founded two new Texas-based publishing companies, Lone Star Publishing and Dark Star Books.
His website is http://members.aol.com/thomask2/wildwestshow/wws1.html.
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Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
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Once upon a time Katharine Eliska Kimbriel was a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New SF/Fantasy Writer. She has since straddled that magic no-man’s-land called “too literary to be commercial, too commercial to be literary.” Kimbriel just wants to tell good stories.
She has published two alternative history fantasies of dark magics. The first, NIGHT CALLS, LOCUS Magazine described as an adult “Little House on the Prairie with werewolves and vampires.” The most recent, KINDRED RITES, gathered cheers from her peers–writers such as Jane Yolen, Laurell K. Hamilton and Andre Norton all say “More Allie!” Her published novels include FIRE SANCTUARY, FIRES OF NUALA, and HIDDEN FIRES, stand-alone science fiction novels that take place on the same planet. There’s a chapbook out – WINGS OF MORNING – from www.yarddogpress.com, with a new Alfreda story and another tale that will be new to many.
Katharine Eliska Kimbriel’s website can be found at http://www.ke-kimbriel.com.
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Teddy Harvia
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Teddy Harvia (aka David Thayer) is a well-known humorous fan artist from Dallas, Texas. Born in Oklahoma he soon rectified that situation and became a true Texan. In his 20s, Teddy discovered Science Fiction and the world of conventions. Art was an early part of his life and became a central part of his fan life.
Over the years he has contributed several hundreds of illos and cartoons to hundreds of fan publications. In recognition of his ability Teddy Harvia has been nominated for the Hugo as Best Fan Artist a multitude of times (at least fourteen), actually winning this honor on four separate occasions.
His first Hugo was delivered in 1991 at Chicon IV, followed by another in 1995 at Intersection. However in 1997, he declined the nomination in order to be the presenter at the LoneStarCon 2 Hugo Award Ceremonies, receiving that year the Rebel Award instead. Since then he received another Hugo in 2001 and once again last year at the ConJose WorldCon.
Away from this world of Science Fiction, and as a means to finance it, Teddy writes and edits technical manuals. Currently, he is working on a galactic war romance novel.
Teddy Harvia’s website can be found at http://web2.airmail.net/tharvia.
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Beverly A. Hale
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Beverly A. Hale is a storyteller, no matter what else she does in the meanwhile. She recently participated in a Halloween reading of horror stories at Galileo’s in the Paseo District of Ok;ahoma City with Oklahoma authors Steve Wedel and Craig Wolf. Her work has been published ias short stories, a novel, gaming adventures and in comics. Her latest stories are: “Pest Control” in Houston: We’ve Got Bubbas from Yard Dog Press and “Keeping It in the Family” which will appear in Vol. 5 of Big Ole Face Full of Monster. For more information on Bev’s work, or to read sample chapters of her novel, The Essence of Stone, and other stories, visit her web page at www.bevhale.com.
Beverly A. Hale’s website can be found at http://www.bevhale.com.
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David L. Gray
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David L. Gray, creator of the BUZZ BLASTER SPACE ENTREPRENEUR series of radio plays, is back at ConDFW for an encore performance. Join Buzz and his intrepid friends as they encounter manic robots and strange aliens in a series of space adventures.
Written in the tradition of 1950’s radio space dramas, these half-hour productions recreate that magic time when all you had to have to explore the universe on a Saturday morning was a radio and your imagination.
Not just a re-creation of 1950’s radio dramas, these episodes offer a different, one might even say irreverant, look at science fiction movies and television from the 1950’s through the 1980’s.
Experience 1950’s radio drama with a twist at ConDFW.
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Brad W. Foster
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Brad W. Foster is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, publisher, and whatever other labels he can use to get him through the door! He’s won the Fan Artist Hugo a few times (five), picked up a Chesley award, and turned a bit of self-publishing started almost thirty years ago into the Jabberwocky Graphix publishing empire. His strange drawings and cartoons have appeared in over two thousand publications, half of those science fiction fanzines, where he draws just for the fun of it.
On a more professional level Foster has worked as an illustrator for various genre magazines and publishers, the better known among those being AMAZING STORIES and DRAGON. In comics he had his own series some years back, THE MECHTHINGS, and he even got to play with the big boys of comics for a few years as the official Big Background Artist of Image Comic’s SHADOWHAWK.
Known throughout the world (though most of the world doesn’t know it yet) for his intricate pen and ink work, it is possible you~Rve seen more of his work in titles as varied as CAT FANCY, CAVALIER, or HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN. Most recently he has discovered color, and has completed covers for a couple of Yard Dog Press and Zumaya books, illustrations for magazines such as SPACE & TIME and TALEBONES, and cover and images for the first of Carole Nelson Douglas’ Cozy Noir Press books on Midnight Louie.
He and his lovely wife Cindy are owned by two cats, Sable and Duffy, who allow them to share limited space in a wonderful 60 year old house in Dallas.
Brad W. Foster’s website can be found at http://www.jabberwockygraphix.com.
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Melanie Miller Fletcher
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Melanie Fletcher is an expatriate Chicagoan who currently lives in North Dallas with her husband the Bodacious Brit~A and their two fabulous furbags JJ and Jordan. JJ is a cat who thinks he’s a dog, and Jordan is a cat who thinks he’s Anna Nicole Smith. It’s a long story. Her recent publications include “Think Small” in the YA fantasy antho ENCHANTMENT PLACE (DAW Books) and the novella SABRE DANCE in Double Dog #4 (Yard Dog Press). Her short story “The Padre, the Rabbi and the Devil His Own Self” (Helix SF, http://www.helixsf.com/archives/Oct06/fiction/Q2_fletcher_padre.htm, Fall 2006) is currently on the 2007 Nebula Preliminary Ballot, and she has more writing work ahead of her than she can shake a stick at.
Melanie Miller Fletcher’s website is http://www.melaniefletcher.com/.
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Rhonda Eudaly
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Rhonda Eudaly lives in Arlington, Texas where she’s worked in offices, banking, radio, and education to support her writing and her cat, Dixon. She is recently married to a wonderful man, Jimmy, and his dog, Diamond. She likes to spend time with friends and family, swing dance, and read. Her two passions are writing and music.
Rhonda had over a dozen fiction and non-fiction stories published in various anthologies, magazines, and websites.
Check out her website - www.RhondaEudaly.com - for more information.
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Linda Donahue
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Linda Donahue grew up an Air Force brat. She has degrees in computer science, Russian studies, and a Masters in Earth science education, along with a commercial instrument pilot’s certification, a SCUBA certification, and is certified by NASA to borrow moon rock samples. Currently, she’s teaching tai chi and belly dance when not writing. She also performs with the dance troupe Ravenar.
Find Linda’s stories and novellas in anthologies published by Yard Dog Press, Fantasist Enterprises, From the Asylum Books, Elder Signs Press, Permuted Press, Ricasso Press, and soon from Benbella Books and Carnifex Press. Upcoming releases include half a double dog, Jaguar Moon, from Yard Dog, and a story co-authored with Mike Resnick in Future Americas from DAW. Linda has also published a non-fiction article in the 2007 Rabbits USA Annual.
She is married to Chris Donahue. They live in Texas and have rabbits, sugar gliders, and a cat for pets.
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