The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures (69 page)

Keith Brooke
spent a long time as a promising young SF writer, with three novels published in the early 1990s
(Keepers of the Peace, Expatria
and
Expatria Incorporated)
and over fifty short stories published around the world since 1989. Now he’s a promising mature writer and online publisher, launching the web-based SF, fantasy and horror showcase
Infinity Plus
(
www.infinityplus.co.uk
) in 1997, featuring the work of around 100 top genre authors. He is co-editor with Nick Gevers of
infinity plus one
and
infinity plus two,
anthologies based on the website. His latest books are the novel,
Lord of Stone
(1997; revised edition 2001); a collection of short stories,
Head Shots
(2001); and
Parallax View
(2000), a collection of stories written with Eric Brown. His new novel,
Genetopia,
is due in the US in autumn 2005. Hiding his identity behind the pen-name Nick Gifford, he likes to scare children, with several novels published by Puffin. Keith lives with his young family in the English town of Brightlingsea. You can find out more about Keith and his work at
www.keithbrooke.co.uk

Apart from co-editing this anthology, and when not growing prize marrows or reviewing curry-houses,
Eric Brown
(b. 1960) has written over twenty books and eighty short stories. He has twice won the BSFA short story award, in 2000 and 2002. His first collection was
The Time-Lapsed Man
(1990), and he has recently sold his sixth,
Threshold Shift,
due out from Golden Gryphon in the US. His first novel was
Meridian Days
(1992). The third book of the Virex trilogy,
New York Dreams,
appeared in 2004, as did his novel
Bengal Station.
Recent works include
The Fall of Tartarus
(2005) and
The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne
(2005). His website can be found at:
http://ericbrownsf.port5.com/

Molly Brown
has been at times an armed guard and a stand-up comic. She writes in a number of genres. Her publications include
Virus
(1994), a science-fiction thriller for teenagers,
Cracker: To Say I Love You
(1994) a novelisation based on the television series, a humorous historical whodunit
Invitation to a Funeral
(1995), and a short story collection,
Bad Timing
(2001). Several of her stories have been optioned for film and/or television. Her website is at:
www.mollybrown.co.uk
.

Peter Crowther
(b. 1949) is the indefatigable editor and publisher at the helm of PS Publishing, a small — but rapidly growing — specialist press devoted to novellas, novels and collections in the SF, fantasy and horror genres. Somehow he finds time to write long, complex, and moving stories, as well as edit the magazine
Postscripts.
He recently moved from Harrogate, and now lives in a sprawling house close to the sea, surrounded by many thousands of books, magazines and CDs. His first SF collection,
Songs of Leaving,
appeared in 2003 and
Dark Times,
a third collection of his dark fantasy stories, appeared in 2004.

Paul Di Filippo
(b. 1954) is the author of countless bizarre and wonderful short stories and novellas. His industry, like his imagination, knows no bounds. He has published seventeen books since his first,
The Steampunk Trilogy,
appeared in 1995. If you count from his first professional appearance in 1985, this does not quite average one book per year but he hopes by 2010 (the 25th anniversary of that debut) to have twenty-five books to his credit. Meanwhile, he continues to live in Providence, Rhode Island, with his mate, Deborah Newton, two cats named Penny Century and Mab, and a cocker spaniel named Ginger. Among his recent books
are A Year in the Linear City
(2002) and
Fuzzy Dice
(2003). His website is at:
www.pauldifilippo.com

Laurent Genefort
was born in 1968, in Montreuil s/bois. He studied literature at the Sorbonne in Paris and the title of his doctorate (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, 1997) was “Architecture du livre-univers dans. la science-fiction, a travers cinq oeuvres.” He has been writing SF since 1988, with around thirty novels and ten short stories to his credit, including the “Omale” cycle,
La Mecanique du Talion.
“Arago” won the Prix de l’imaginaire in 1995. “The True Story of Barbicane’s Voyage” is his first story to be published in English.

Johan Henot
was born in 1970 at Besancon, France, and now lives in Remiremont, near the Vosges mountains. His many books include
La Lune n’est Pas Pour Nous
(2004) in which Albert Londres strikes against the Nazis’ attempt to destroy the moon,
Faerie Hackers
(2003),
Obsidio
(2003) two short horror novels and a novella,
Pandemonium
(2002) about vampires from outer space which terrorise Paris in 1832,
Reconquerants
(2001), and
La Lune Seule le Sait
(2000) in which Jules Verne flies to the moon in an extraterrestrial ship.

Sarah A. Hoyt
(b. 1962) has published three Shakespearean fantasy novels with Ace. The first one,
Ill Met By Moonlight
(2001) was short-listed for the Mythopoeic Award. Her short stories have been published in
Asimov’s, Analog
and
Weird Tales
and as a collection —
Crawling Between Heaven and Earth
(2002).

Tim Lebbon
(b. 1969) wins awards like they are going out of fashion. They include two British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, plus the Tombstone Award for the collection
Exorcising Angels
(with Simon Clark). His latest books include
White and Other Tales of Ruin
(2002),
Changing of Faces
(2003) and
Fears Unnamed
(2004). Forthcoming books include
Desolation,
the dark fantasy novel
Dusk;
and
Into the Wild Green Yonder
(with Peter Crowther). His work has been optioned for the screen on both sides of the Atlantic. His website is at
www.timlebbon.net

James Lovegrove
was born in 1965 and is not averse to giant leaps of the imagination. His novel
The Hope
(1990) is set on board a vast ocean liner which has been cruising the seas for decades and contains all manner of horrors. Likewise
Days
(1997) takes place in a massive department store which welcomes you in but may not let you go. Verne would have loved them. He has also written
Escardy Gap (with
Peter Crowther),
The Foreigners, Untied Kingdom
and
Worldstorm.
He has published a short-story collection,
Imagined Slights,
a novella,
How The Other Half Lives,
and a double-novella,
Gig.
His works for younger readers include
Wings
and
The House of Lazarus.
A new novel
is Provender Gleed,
and a third children’s book,
Ant God.
He has recently moved to a small village in Devon with his wife Lou and son Monty. It is very quiet there, and he thinks he likes that.

Richard A. Lupoff
(b. 1935) was introduced to the works of Jules Verne when he was eight by a sympathetic elementary school librarian. His interest in matters Vernian has never faltered, although it has broadened to include a wide range of literature and other media. He holds the distinction of having his stories selected for
Best of the Year
anthologies in three allied fields: science fiction, horror, and mysteries. He is also the winner of a Hugo Award, and has been nominated for both the Nebula and the Oscar. His recently-issued and in-production books include
Claremont Tales I
and
II, One Murder at a Time,
and
Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix,
as well as a new edition of his classic study
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure
from the University of Nebraska.

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
(b.1948), Froggy to his friends, is a Scottish-born, Australian-raised, American-resident author. His stories have appeared in
Analog, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Absolute Magnitude, Albedo
and numerous anthologies, including Terry Carr’s
Best Science Fiction of the Year #10.
His non-fiction has been published in the
New York Daily News, Literary Review, Games Magazine
and many British and U.S. publications. In 2003, he was short-listed for the Montblanc/Spectator Award for his arts journalism. He is the author or co-author of several books, including the science-fiction novels
The DNA Disaster
(1991),
The Woman Between the Worlds
(1994), and his collection
Maclntyre’s Improbable Bestiary
(2001).

Michael Mallory
is the author of some eighty short stories, many featuring Amelia Watson (some of which are collected as
The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson,
2000) and whose exploits are also chronicled in the novel
Murder in the Bath
(2004). He also created and co-edited the anthology
Murder on Sunset Boulevard
(2002). Outside of fiction, Mike has written two books on pop-culture,
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
(1998) and
Marvel: The Characters and Their Universe
(2002), and his articles — more than 350 to date — have appeared everywhere from the
Los Angeles Times
to
Fox Kids Magazine.
He lives in Southern California.

Sharan Newman
(b. 1949) is a medievalist specializing in France. She is the author of the Guinevere fantasy trilogy,
Guinevere
(1981),
The Chessboard Queen
(1983) and
Guinevere Evermore
(1985) and the Catherine Levendeur mystery series, set in twelfth century France, which began with
Death Comes as Epiphany
(1993). The tenth of that series is
The Witch in the Well
(2004). She is also the author of the non-fiction work,
The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code
(2005).

Michel Pagel
was born in 1961. His first novel was published in 1984, since when he has published about twenty-five novels or collections in the SF, horror and fantasy genres. He considers his most important work to be a series of modern supernatural novels/short stories entitled
La Comédie Inhumaine (The Inhuman Comedy).
His SF novel
L’Equilibre des Paradoxes (The Balance of Paradoxes)
and his historical fantasy about King Philippe Auguste
Le Roi d’Août (The King of August)
were critically well-received, both winning awards in France. He is working on a new series of historical fantasy novels entitled
Les Compagnons d’Ishtar (The Brotherhood of Ishtar).
He has translated the works of Peter Straub, Joe Haldeman and Neil Gaiman. His SF novel
Cinéterre (Filmworld),
set mostly in London in an alternative world based on the Hammer horror films, is looking for a British publisher.

Adam Roberts
is thirty-nine and is Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. His first novel,
Salt,
was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2000. He had published several academic works on nineteenth century poetry and science fiction. His novels
On
(2001),
Stone
(2002), and
Polystom
(2003), have been praised both for their striking ideative content and originality. His latest novel is
The Snow
(2004). His website can be found at
www.adamroberts.com

Justina Robson
was born and brought up in Leeds. She studied Philosophy and Linguistics at university and began writing in 1992. Her first novel
Silver Screen,
appeared in 1999 and her second novel,
Mappa Mundi,
was published to acclaim in 2001. Both of them were short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke award and won the
amazon.co.uk
Writers’ Bursary for 2000. Her latest books
are Natural History
(2004) and
Living Next Door To The God Of Love
(2005). She also reviews science fiction for the
Guardian.

Brian Stableford
(b. 1948) is a renowned and prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy. He has been selling professionally for forty years but his work has always explored the cutting edge of technology, from the days of his Star-Pilot Grainger series, which began with
The Halcyon Drift
(1972) and are now all available in the omnibus
Swan Songs
(2003) to such collections as
Sexual Chemistry
(1991), dealing with genetic engineering and
Designer Genes
(2004), exploring biotechnology. He has published more than fifty novels and two hundred short stories, as well as several non-fiction books, thousands of articles for periodicals and reference books, several volumes of translations from the French and a number of anthologies. He is a part-time Lecturer in Creative Writing at University College, Winchester. His recent publications include two story collections,
Complications and Other Stories
(2003) and
Salome and Other Decadent Fantasies
(2004), and a
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature
(2004).

A former lecturer in Future Studies,
Ian Watson
(b. 1943) is the award-winning author of nearly fifty novels and short-story collections from
The Embedding
(1973) to the recent
Mockymen
(2003), and including the Vernian
Japan Tomorrow
(1977) for young adults. He wrote the Screen Story for
A.I. Artificial Intelligence,
the Steven Spielberg movie based on the “robot Pinocchio” project of Stanley Kubrick with whom Ian worked for a year. PS Publishing are issuing his tenth story collection,
Butterflies of Memory,
at the end of 2005. In 2001 DNA Publications produced his first poetry collection,
The Lexicographer’s Love Song.
He lives in a little village in South Northamptonshire. His website is at
www.ianwatson.info