John Scalzi is the New York Times bestselling author of many
novels, including Redshirts, Old Man's War, and When the Moon
Hits Your Eye. His works have won numerous awards, including
the Hugo, Locus, and Audie Awards, and have been translated into
more than thirty languages.

R. F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times
bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane
History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus,
Crawford, and British Book Awards. She is currently pursuing a
PhD in East Asian languages and literatures at Yale.

Peng Shepherd is the nationally bestselling, award-winning author
of All This and More, The Cartographers, and The Book of M. Her
work has been translated into more than ten languages and optioned
for TV and film.

Kaliane Bradley is the author of The Ministry of Time, an instant
New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. It was shortlisted for
the Arthur C. Clarke Award and is a finalist for the Hugo Award for
Best Novel, among other accolades. She lives in London with her
husband.

Olivie Blake is the New York Times bestselling author of the Atlas
Six trilogy, Alone with You in the Ether, Masters of Death, the short
story collection Januaries, and her most recent novel, Girl Dinner.
She also publishes young adult fiction as Alexene Farol Follmuth.

P. Djèlí Clark is the award-winning author of The Dead Cat Tail
Assassins, Ring Shout, The Black God's Drums, and A Master of
Djinn. His short stories have appeared in online publications such
as Reactor and in print anthologies, including Black Boy Joy.