Interfictions (42 page)

Léa Silhol
was born in Africa and grew up in Europe, but considers herself a “citizen of the world.” She is considered one of the leading writers in Fantasy in the French language, with four short stories collections and a novel,
La Sève et le Givre
, which won the Fantasy Merlin Award in 2003.

Jon Singer
grew up in Brooklyn, NY, wanting to be a scientist. That didn't work out, but he is now semi-officially a Mad Scientist, which may even be better. You can find some of his work at www.jossresearch.org.

Vandana Singh
is an Indian speculative fiction writer born and raised in New Delhi. She lives in the Boston area, where she also teaches college physics and has published a children's book:
Younguncle Comes to Town
(Viking 2006).

Anna Tambour
currently lives in the Australian bush with a large family of other species, including one man. Her collection,
Monterra's Deliciosa & Other Tales &
, and her novel,
Spotted Lily
, are
Locus
Recommended Reading List selections. Her website, Anna Tambour and Others, is at www.annatambour.net, and she blogs at medlarcomfits.blogspot.com.

Mikal Trimm
has sold works of speculative fiction and poetry to a number of venues in the past few years. Recent or upcoming stories may be found in
Weird Tales, Black Gate, Postscripts, Polyphony 6
, and
Shadowed Realms
. He maintains a web presence (for no apparent reason) at mtrimm1.livejournal.com.

Catherynne M. Valente
is the author of the
Orphan's Tales
series, as well as
The Labyrinth, Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams, The Grass-Cutting Sword
, and four books of poetry,
Music of a Proto-Suicide, Apocrypha, The Descent of Inanna
, and
Oracles
. She has been nominated for the Rhysling and Spectrum Awards as well as the Pushcart Prize. She was born in the Pacific Northwest and currently lives in Ohio with her two dogs. (www.catherynnemvalente.com)

Leslie What
is a Nebula Award-winning author who writes short stories, essays, and novels. Visit Whatworld at: www.sff.net/people/leslie.what

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