The Further Adventures of The Joker (64 page)

MIKE RESNICK
has published over 200 novels under various pseudonyms and is one of the most popular fantasy and science fiction writers of recent years. His work includes the Galactic Midway, Ganymede, and Velvet Comet series, and “Kirinyaga,” which won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

ROBERT SHECKLEY
is the author of over ten science fiction novels and more than a dozen short story collections. His short story “Seventh Victim” was the basis for the 1965 film
The Tenth Victim,
starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress.

HENRY SLESAR
has been writing for print and television for decades, thirty of his stories having been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for the original
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
television series. An executive in the advertising field for many years, he has written hundreds of short stories and received the Edgar Award twice, in 1960 and 1972.

S. TEPPER
usually writes fantasy and science fiction.

MARK L. VAN NAME
is a full-time freelance writer from North Carolina.
JACK McDEVTTT
, also a long-time freelance science fiction writer, is the author of two novels, and won the 1987 Philip K. Dick Special Award for his first novel,
The Hercules Text.
His latest novel is
A Talent for War
and his short story “Whistle” appeared in
Full Spectrum 2.

EDWARD WELLEN
’s writing career began in 1952 and in the years since has published one novel and more than 250 short stories, mainly in the fields of fantasy and science fiction. He has taught writing through the mail for Writer’s Digest and continues to write freelance. He lives in New York.

F. PAUL WILSON
, born in 1946, is the author of such horror novels as
The Tomb, The Keep
(made into a film by the same name by
Miami Vice
creator Michael Mann), and
Dydeetown World.
Winner of the 1979 Prometheus Award, he is also a full-time physician in New Jersey.

About the Editor

MARTIN H. GREENBERG
is the editor or author of over 300 books, the majority of them anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and western fields. In addition to editing
The Further Adventures of Batman,
he has collaborated editorially with such authors as Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Gregory Benford, and Frederik Pohl. A professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, he lives with his wife and baby daughter in Green Bay.