Phoenix Café (41 page)

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Gwyneth Jones, writer and critic of science fiction and fantasy, is the author of many novels for teenagers, mostly using the name Ann Halam, and several genre novels for adults, often addressing feminist, popular culture and gender issues. Her critical essays and reviews are collected in
Deconstructing the Starships
, 1999, and
Imagination/Space,
2009. Recent honors include the P. K. Dick award for Life, published by Aqueduct Press, and the Pilgrim award for science fiction criticism. She’s done some extreme tourism in her time, and enjoys mountain walking, playing with her websites, and watching old movies. Her latest novel is
Spirit, or The Princess of Bois Dormant
(Gollancz UK). She lives in Brighton UK.

Table of Contents

I Blood and Fire

1 A Prisoner of Conscience

2 Political Meeting

3 The Phoenix Café

4 Les Parapluies

5 The Stardate Diaries

6 Blocks and Docks

II Name of the Father

7 L’Airial

8 Paper Flowers

9 The Secret Author

III Yo Soy la Desintegración

10 Intermundia

11 The Earlier Crossing

12 In the Field Hospital

Envoi: Un Bel Di Vedremo

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS