Brave New Love (44 page)

Jesse Karp
is the author of the young-adult novel
Those That Wake
and its forthcoming sequel, as well as the non-fiction book
Graphic Novels in Your School
Library
. He is a school librarian in New York City, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. His website is beyondwhereyoustand.com.

Diana Peterfreund
is the author of eight novels for adults and teens, as well as several short stories and critical essays on popular children’s fiction. Her work
has been translated into twelve languages, and her short stories have been placed on the 2010 Locus Recommended Reading list and anthologized in
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year,
Volume 5
. She graduated from Yale University in 2001 and now lives in Washington, DC, with her family. Read more about Diana and her writing at dianapeterfreund.com

Carrie Ryan
is the
New York Times
best-selling author of several critically acclaimed novels including
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
,
The Dead Tossed
Waves
, and
The Dark and Hollow Places
as well as several short stories. Her first novel was chosen as a Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, placed on the
2010 New York Public Library Stuff for the Teen Age List, and selected as a Best of the Best Books by the Chicago Public Library. A former litigator, Carrie now writes full-time and lives with her
husband, two fat cats, and one large dog in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can find her online at carrieryan.com.

Nisi Shawl
’s
Filter House
won the 2008 James Tiptree, Jr. Award and was nominated for the 2009 World Fantasy Award. For five years she has taught writing as
part of Centrum’s Young Artists Project at Fort Worden State Park in Western Washington. She has three novels forthcoming, including
Verde
, “a touching mother-daughter story
about racial identity, body image, and soul maggots.” Shawl is a co-founder of the Carl Brandon Society and is co-author, with Cynthia Ward, of
Writing the Other: A Practical Approach
.
She attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop and serves on its Board of Directors.

John Shirley
is the award-winning author of many novels and numerous short stories. The setting for “Rooftown” first appeared in his novel
Black Glass
and he writes of a near-future disaster that is the start of a dystopia in his most recent novel,
Everything Is Broken
. As a screenwriter, he is best known for co-writing
The Crow
,
but he’s also written for animated series including
Batman Beyond
and
BraveStarr
. The father of three sons, he lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife. His website is
john-shirley.com.

William Sleator
has written over thirty books. They are mostly science fiction but are now veering toward fantasy. He divides his time between homes in rural Thailand
near the Cambodian border and Boston, Massachusetts. His best friend is a fisherman in Thailand, named Supan, who you will find in his story, albeit it in a different guise.

Maria V. Snyder
is the
New York Times
best-selling author of the fantasy Study Series (
Poison Study
,
Magic Study
, and
Fire Study
) about a
young woman who becomes a poison taster. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maria dreamed of chasing tornados and earned a degree in meteorology from Penn State University. Unfortunately, she
lacked the necessary forecasting skills. Writing, however, lets Maria control the weather, which she gleefully does in her Glass Series (
Storm Glass
,
Sea Glass
, and
Spy Glass
).
Her science-fiction novels include
Inside Out
and its sequel
Outside In
, both set in the dystopian world of Inside. Maria’s website is mariavsnyder.com.

Carrie Vaughn
is the author of a series of best-selling novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk-radio advice show. Her young-adult novels include
Steel
and
Voices of Dragons
, and she has also written the novels
Discord’s Apple
and
After the Golden Age
, along with many short stories. She is a contributor to
George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series. When she isn’t writing, she collects hobbies and lives in Colorado, where she enjoys the great outdoors. Visit her at carrievaughn.com.

About the editor

Paula Guran
is the senior editor of Prime Books and edits the annual Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror anthology series. Her previous anthologies include
Embraces; Best New Paranormal Romance; Zombies: The Recent Dead; Vampires: The Recent Undead; New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
, and
Halloween
. She edited the Juno Books fantasy imprint
for six years from its incarnation in small press and then for Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books. Guran has been honored with two Bram Stoker Awards and two World Fantasy Award nominations.
She has a daughter and three sons.

“Introduction” © 2012 by Paula Guran. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Hidden Ribbon” © 2012 by John Shirley. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Salt Sea and the Sky” © 2012 by Elizabeth Bear. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“In the Clearing” © 2012 by Kiera Cass. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Otherwise” © 2012 by Nisi Shawl. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Now Purple with Love’s Wound” © 2012 by Carrie Vaughn LLC. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Berserker Eyes” © 2012 by Maria V. Snyder. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Arose from Poetry” © 2012 by Steve Berman. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Red” © 2012 by Amanda Downum. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Foundlings” © 2012 by Diana Peterfreund. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Seekers in the City” © 2012 by Jeanne DuPrau. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Up” © 2012 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Dream Eater” © 2012 by Carrie Ryan. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“357” © 2012 by Jesse Karp. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“Eric and Pan” © 2012 by William Sleator. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Empty Pocket” © 2012 by Seth Cadin. First publication, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.