Jack McDevitt’s seventeenth novel, Time Travelers Never Die, will be released by Ace Books in November. He’s the creator of Alex Benedict, an antiquities dealer living in the 12th millennium, who is occasionally called on to solve historical mysteries. Alex’s most recent outings can be found in The Devil’s Eye and in the 2005 Nebula-winning novel, Seeker.

McDevitt has been an English teacher, a naval officer, a customs officer, and a Philadelphia taxi driver.  He lives in South Georgia with his wife Maureen.

His website can be found at: www.jackmcdevitt.com

David A. Cherry took a long time deciding what he wanted to do in life before he finally settled on art. Through the mid 70′s he was happy being a lawyer. Then in 1976 his sister C.J. Cherryh asked him to come along to Kansas City’s WorldCon and he stumbled on the acres of art show panels. He had always liked art as a hobby but had never considered it as a career before.
Over the next years Cherry taught himself to draw and paint. He accepted his first professional assignment in 1980 and finally quit his law practice in 1984 to be a full-time artist. He won two of ASFA’s Chesley Awards and has been nominated nine times for the Hugo for Best Artist over the years. Cherry has done covers and illustrations for the works of such authors as Stephen R. Donaldson, Poul Anderson, John Brunner, David Brin, Piers Anthony, William Shatner, L. Sprague de Camp, Lois McMaster Bujold, and, of course, his sister. Some of his independent work from 1988-89 while he was President of ASFA found its way into several major exhibitions including the Park Avenue Atrium in New York and the Delaware Art Museum. His last book project was in 2001 on a guide for Terry Brook’s Shannara series written by Teresa Patterson.
During the mid 90′s Cherry switched from cover art to gaming art at the request of his friend Bill Fawcett for a new game called SHATTERED LIGHT. Cherry was happy with the decision because the pay was better and the industry is still young and enthusiastic enough to care about its art, unlike the current book publishers. He spent the next decade working at Ensemble Studios as a modeler and marketing artist making such games as Halo Wars.  Currently he is a Professor of Art at the SMU Guildhall.
David A. Cherry’s website can be found at http://www.davidcherryart.com.

David Lee Anderson is a science fiction and fantasy illustrator. He’s shown paintings at more than 440 convention art shows since 1980. He’s been the Artist Guest of Honor for twenty-two conventions, Toastmaster four times and Fan Guest of Honor once. He’s worked for TOR Books, BAEN Books, Tomorrow SF Magazine, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine, Mayfair Games, Bethesda Softworks, Yard Dog Books and independent publishers and record labels. David Lee is best known for his science fiction and space paintings. Two of his paintings were used in the opening credits for “Gentlemen Broncos” from Fox Searchlight Pictures, released October 30, 2009, directed by Jared Hess, the creator of “Napoleon Dynamite”.

David Lee Anderson’s website can be found at http://www.davidleeanderson.com.

Glenn Sixbury is an author, father, and co-owner of a software development firm.  He lives in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a madding crowd comprised of wife, children, a large herd of cats, and a couple dogs.  For the past several years he’s been striving for a sense of normalcy in his life but has given up on this idea and has chosen instead to accept his fate, interesting though nerve-wracking it may be.  His first published novel, Earth Final Conflict: Legacy, is one of the few media tie-in novels that can be enjoyed by anyone
and has officially become a collector’s item.  His latest published story appears in the Best of the Bubbas of the Apocalypse.  His latest unpublished story appears in Juli Mandala’s star-studded yet ethereal Anthology from Hell, which is, without a doubt, the funniest and most interesting collection of short stories not yet published.

John Steakley is that kind of larger-than-life personality that can only come from Texas. He has been a stock-car racer, a semi-pro football player, a private detective, an actor, a car salesman, and, of course, a writer. He has published four short stories in FRIENDS OF THE HORSECLANS and AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION along with two novels–ARMOR and VAMPIRE$–and is in the middle of writing the third, ARMOR 2. Steakley also has three films to his credit: DON’T OPEN THE DOOR (1980), SCARY TEXAS MOVIE (1997), and PLAYING DEAD (1999).

John Steakley’s website can be found at http://www.johnsteakley.com/.

Joy Marie Ledet is both a talented Sculptor/Jewelry Designer and Illustrator.  Her current work consists of Fine Silver Jewelry, hand sculpted from Precious Metal Clay, and Sterling Silver wire wrapped Pendants. “Contemporary Ethnic, with a touch of Fantasy” describes her beautiful, unique jewelry. As an illustrator she has produced graphite, color pencil and acrylic work inspired by dragons, cats, mythology and folklore. Her illustrations have appeared in genre magazines, comics, book interiors and several book covers. Through the years Joy has won over 50 awards for her art, among them a Chesley for Best Monochrome Work. Come to the Art Show and check it out!

Amy Sisson is a writer, book reviewer, academic librarian, and graduate of the Clarion West writers workshop. Most recently, her fiction has appeared in “The Sky’s the Limit”, a 20th anniversary celebration of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (Pocket Books, Oct. 2007).  Stories in her “Unlikely Patron Saints” series appeared and are archived on Strange Horizons (April 2007 and September 2007).

Amy Sisson’s website can be found at http://www.amysisson.com.

Mary Gearhart-Gray is a free-lance, technical editor.  She loves science fiction in all forms.  Along with her husband, David Gray, she proudly presents David’s radio-style plays at cons across the country.  Her hobbies include: research, reading, finding new sound effects for the plays, and feeding cats.

      A native of the Dallas area (Denton), Aaron Allston fled long ago to Austin. There, from a secret lair with a 30-year mortgage, he plans someday to decide what to do with the rest of his life.
      In the meantime, he writes SF&F novels, including entries in the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series (Betrayal, Exile, Fury) and the Doc Sidhe series (Doc Sidhe, Sidhe-Devil). He has also worked in the role-playing game field, designing supplements for Champions, GURPS, Dungeons & Dragons, and many more systems.

      Visit his web site at www.AaronAllston.com.