Timothy Zahn

Timothy Zahn was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in the western suburb of Lombard.
He attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, earning a B.S. degree in physics in 1973,
and moved on to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, for graduate work.
He earned a M.S. degree there, also in physics, in 1975, and continued work toward a doctorate.
Also in 1975, he began a new hobby: writing science fiction.
At first a strictly spare-time avocation, over the next three years he gradually gave more time to it
until he sold his first story in December 1978 (“Ernie,” Analog, September 1979). In 1980 he left grad school and began writing full time.
Since then he has published over eighty short stories and novelettes, thirty-three novels, and four short fiction collections.
Along the way he has won a Hugo Award (for the novella “Cascade Point,” in 1984) and has been nominated twice more.
He is best known for his eight Star Wars books:
Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor’s Quest, Outbound Flight, and Allegiance.
Other books include the Quadrail series, the Cobra series, and the young-adult Dragonback series.
His most recent books are Dragon and Judge, the fifth Dragonback book, and The Third Lynx, the second of the Quadrail series.
The Zahn family lives on the Oregon coast, where only a tsunami can ruin a perfect day.

Jennie Breeden

Jennie Breeden is the creator of the Devil's Panties, a daily autobiographical webcomic about
conventions, clubbing, and pirates.
She lives with her boyfriend and his cat in Atlanta Georgia.
Jennie has found that there is nothing more bizarre than reality.
Her webcomic can be seen here:
http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/

K.A. Bedford

K.A. Bedford (aka Adrian) lives in the suburbs of Perth, Australia.
He currently has three published books,
Orbital Burn, Hydrogen Steel, and Eclipse,
with a fourth one coming out in August - Time Machines Repaired While U Wait
Adrian's site can be found here:
http://www.kabedford.com/