Ian Whates is a director of both the Science-Fiction Writers Association and the British Science-Fiction Association. He is also the proprietor and editor of NewCon Press. He has written two novels and edited three anthologies for Solaris.
Adam Roberts was born in London two thirds of the way through the last century. He currently lives a little way west of London and teaches English and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of sixteen SF novels, including New Model Army (Gollancz, 2010), Jack Glass (2012)-winner of the BSFA and Campbell awards-and Bete (2014). His most recent novel is The Thing Itself (2015). He is also the author of various works of literary criticism and review, including the recently expanded and updated History of Science Fiction (Palgrave, 2016)
Gareth L. Powell has written nine novels, including the Embers of War trilogy and the Ack-Ack Macaque series, as well as somehow finding the time to produce two short story collections, the nonfiction guide About Writing, and the novellas Ragged Alice, Downdraught, and Light Chaser (co-written with Peter F. Hamilton). He has twice won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and been finalist for both the Locus and Seiun Awards.
Sarah Lotz is a novelist and screenwriter with a fondness for the macabre and fake names. Her collaborative and solo novels have been translated into over twenty-five languages. She currently lives in a forest with her family and other animals.
Paul Cornell is perhaps better-known as a Doctor Who writer than as a comics scribe, having created a host of novels based on the popular British sci-fi character, as well as screenwriting the highly-regarded Who episode ‘Father’s Day’. His debut in the Megazine came with the Pan-African Judges series, shortly followed up by Deathwatch. Following a lengthy Who-related hiatus, Cornell returned with the dinosaur apocalypse saga XTNCT. He is now working for Marvel on their Wisdom series, has contributed episodes to BBC’s Robin Hood and has published two novels British Summertime and Something More.
