USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.
Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Kris Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award.
She writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson, romantic suspense as Kristine Dexter, and futuristic sf as Kris DeLake.
She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing. She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith, and edits at least two anthologies in the series per year on her own.
To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com and sign up for her newsletter. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, krisdelake.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com). She lives and occasionally sleeps in Oregon.
Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith published far more than a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. At the moment he produces novels in several major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the Old West, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, a superhero series starring Poker Boy, and a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang. His monthly magazine, Smith’s Monthly, which consists of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and offers readers more than 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month. During his career, Dean also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, he wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies. He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of almost a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown. Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing, where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as series editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series. For more information about Dean’s books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com and sign up for his newsletter.
Née dans l’Ohio, Andre Norton écrit son premier roman en 1932. Bibliothécaire, puis libraire, elle se consacre totalement à l’écriture à partir des années 1950. Elle a publié près d’une centaine de livres. Sa série la plus connue, Witch World, est composée de trente romans. En 1983, elle reçoit pour l’ensemble de son œuvre le Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award de la Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Un prix littéraire porte désormais son nom.
Arthur Conan Doyle est né à Édimbourg en 1859. Il est le petit-fils du célèbre caricaturiste John Doyle, neveu de Richard Doyle, co-fondateur de la revue Punch, filleul du journaliste littéraire Michael Conan. Issue d’une famille nombreuse de neuf enfants, son père est un obscure fonctionnaire. Élève de la Public School, une école catholique jésuite de Stonyhurst, il fit des études en médecine dans sa ville natale puis après avoir obtenu en 1881 son diplôme de docteur il exerça la profession médicale de 1882 à 1891 dans la ville portuaire de Portsmouth.
En 1887, à l’âge de 28 ans, il y écrit dans une nouvelle intitulée A study in scarlet, le personnage de Sherlock Holmes s’inspirant de l'un de ses professeurs de l'Université d'Édimbourg, le professeur Bell. Le livre relate une tragédie amoureuse chez les Mormons et met en valeur les capacités déductives du détective, par ailleurs vieux garçon et maniéré, flegmatique et ingénieux. Celui-ci, flanqué de son ami et auxiliaire, le docteur Watson, va désormais résoudre de complexes énigmes dans une suite d’ouvrages qui donnent une dignité nouvelle au genre policier. Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes composent un palpitant portrait de l'époque victorienne. Contemporaines des crimes bien réels de Jack L'Éventreur (1888), elles satisfont le goût du public pour le mystère. Craignant que Sherlock Holmes n'éclipse ses autres créations par son incroyable popularité, Conan Doyle raconte sa mort en 1891. Il fait mourir le héros dans les montagnes suisses, dans un combat au corps à corps avec son ennemi de toujours, le professeur Moriarty. Peine perdue. Sous la pression des lecteurs, dont un certain nombre croient à la réalité charnelle de Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle est contraint de rendre vie au détective. Sa plus célèbre aventure paraît en 1901 sous le titre Le chien des Baskerville. Sherlock Holmes et son ami vont continuer d'évoluer dans l'Angleterre victorienne jusqu'en 1927.
Conan Doyle connut dans sa carrière littéraire un succès si rapide, qu'en 1892 il abandonna totalement la médecine pour se consacrer à l'écriture. Comme écrivain, il s'inscrit dans la lignée de l'Américain Edgar Allan Poe, de l'Écossais Robert Louis Stevenson et du Français Émile Gaboriau, créateur de l'inventeur Lecoq. Il a également composé deux romans : Rodney Stone et Sir Nigel ainsi que de magnifiques récits de Science-Fiction dont le plus célèbre est Le Monde perdu de 1912 où apparaît le professeur Challenger et adapté par deux fois à l'écran. Le compromis entre l’histoire et la fiction s’accomplit dans une série de récits qui font de Conan Doyle l’un des pionniers de la SF, ou, pour mieux dire, le Jules Verne britannique.
En 1902, il se rend comme correspondant de guerre en Afrique du Sud, où les Anglais combattent les Boers. Anobli sous le nom de Sir Arthur après sa participation à cette guerre, il s’engagea lors de la Première Guerre mondiale et tira de son expérience plusieurs ouvrages marqués par le spiritisme, auquel il s’était intéressé après la mort de son fils sur le front français. Il s'éteint le 7 juillet 1930, à 71 ans, à Crowborough, dans le Sussex.
A frequent contributor to both Fiction River and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Annie’s longer work includes the near-future science fiction short novel In Dreams, the gritty urban fantasy novel Iris & Ivy, and the superhero novel Faster. Annie’s short fiction appears regularly on Tangent Online’s recommended reading lists, and “The Color of Guilt,” originally published in Fiction River: Hidden in Crime, was selected as one of The Best Crime and Mystery Stories 2016. A founding member and contributor to the innovative Uncollected Anthology, Annie can be found on the web at www.annie-reed.com.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.
LISA SILVERTHORNE has published five novels, two short story collections, and over 100 short stories in the fantasy, science fiction, romance, and mystery genres. With many more to follow. Her stories have appeared in publications from: DAW Books, Roc Books, Pulphouse Magazine, Fiction River, and Prime Books. For more information on Lisa’s novels and short fiction, please visit Lisa’s website at: LisaSilverthorne.com.
Ed Gorman's western fiction has won the Spur Award and his crime fiction has won the Shamus and Anthony Awards and has been shortlisted for the Edgar® Award. In addition, his writing has appeared in Redbook, the New York Times, Ellery Queen Magazine, Poetry Today, and other publications.
Bonnie Elizabeth could never decide what to do, so she wrote stories about amazing things and sometimes she even finished them.
While rejection stung her so badly in person, she spent most of her young life talking to cats and dogs rather than people, she was unusually resilient when it came to rejections on her writing, racking up a good number of them.
Floating through a variety of jobs, including veterinary receptionist, cemetery administrator, and finally acupuncturist, she continued to write stories.
When the internet came along (yes, she’s old), she started blogging as her cat, because we all know cats don’t notice rejection. Then she started publishing.
Bonnie writes in a variety of genres. Her popular Whisper series is contemporary fantasy and her Teenage Fairy Godmother series is written for teens. She has published in a number of anthologies and is working on expanding her writing repertoire.
She lives with her husband (who talks less than she does) and her three cats, who always talk back.
You can find out more about her books at her publisher, My Big Fat Orange Cat Publishing.
Brigid Collins is a fantasy and science fiction writer living in Michigan. Her short stories have appeared in Fiction River, The Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, and Chronicle Worlds: Feyland. Books 1 through 3 of her fantasy series, Songbird River Chronicles, are available in print and electronic versions on Amazon and Kobo. You can sign up for her newsletter at tinyletter.com/HarmonicStories or follow her on twitter @purellian.
Kari Kilgore started her first published novel Until Death in Transylvania, Romania, and finished it in Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, where Stephen King got the idea for The Shining. That’s just one example of how real world inspiration drives her fiction.
Kari’s first published novel Until Death was included on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Achievement in a First Novel in 2016. It was also a finalist for the Golden Stake Award at the Vampire Arts Festival in 2018.
Recent professional short story sales include three to Fiction River anthology magazine, with the first due out in the September issue. Kari also has two stories in a holiday-themed anthology project with Kristine Kathryn Rusch due out over the holidays in 2019.
Kari writes fantasy, science fiction, horror, and contemporary fiction, and she’s happiest when she surprises herself. She lives at the end of a long dirt road in the middle of the woods with her husband Jason Adams, various house critters, and wildlife they’re better off not knowing more about.
Kari’s novels, novellas, and short stories are available at www.spiralpublishing.net, which also publishes books by Frank Kilgore and Jason Adams. For more information about Kari, upcoming publications, her travels and adventures, and random cool things that catch her attention, visit www.karikilgore.com.
Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way.
Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more.
You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.
Joan Aiken, daughter of the American writer Conrad Aiken, was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and has written more than sixty books for children, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
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The Year of the Cat
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Cats distract us. Cats make us think of things outside of ourselves. And cats love to involve themselves in human affairs.
In this omnibus volume of WMG Publishing's notable series, The Year of the Cat, felines of all stripes pounce and play and stalk through 100 cat stories in genres ranging from light romance to dark crime and everything in between.
Entertaining cats, loving cats, even super-talented and time-traveling cats grace the pages of these twelve volumes edited by bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.
Enjoy this treasure trove of fantastic cat stories. Perfect for cat-lovers everywhere.
Título : The Year of the Cat: The Complete Collection
EAN : 9798201259402
Editorial : WMG Publishing
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