Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell was born in 1946 in Liverpool, UK. His first exposure to horror fiction came at the age of five when he saw a copy of Weird Tales and began collecting them at ten. When Campbell was just 16, August Derleth published one of his stories in an anthology along with Robert Bloch, William Hope Hodgson and H. P. Lovecraft. Ramsey Campbell's first collection, The Inhabitant of the Lake, was published in 1965, followed by another, Demons by Daylight, in 1973. His first novel, The Doll Who Ate His Mother appeared in 1976. He has also edited several collections including (along with Stephen Jones) the annual Best New Horror anthology.

Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is the author of Ender's Game, Lost Boys, Treasure Box, Children of the Mind, and many others. Hatrack River, his official website, contains news, review reprints, the OSC Library, a message centre and writers group, and a list of the author's upcoming appearances. A number of fans have also created excellent resource pages on Card, including Chuck Adkins, Michael Cardoso and others.

Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey was born in 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois. After receiving B.A. degrees in psychology and English literature, she spent half a year living in London and working in a bookstore, travelling once the work permit expired. Upon returning to the U.S., she embarked on a writing career, travelling when possible, thus far ranging from Finland to Egypt. She currently lives in western Michigan, where she is a founding member of the oldest Mardi Gras krewe in the state.

Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Carroll was born in 1949 in New York. His father was a screenwriter; his mother an actress and lyricist. He attended Rutgers University then the University of Virginia. He became an English teacher, eventually moving to the American International School in Vienna, Austria, in 1974. Carroll still lives in Vienna with his family.

Jeffrey Carver
Jeffrey Carver is the author of The Chaos Chronicles: Neptune Crossing, Strange Attractors and The Infinite Sea (all from Tor), among other books.

Suzy McKee Charnas
Read THE BEAST'S EMBRACE, a complete short tale by the author of Dorthea Dreams, The Vampire Tapestry, and other classic horror novels.

C.J. Cherryh
C.J. Cherryh attended the U of Oklahoma and received a B.A. in Latin in 1964 before moving on to Johns Hopkins for a MA in Classics. Her awards include the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and Hugo Awards for her short story "Cassandra" and her novels Downbelow Station and Cyteen. She was Guest of Honor at Bucconeer, the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention, in Baltimore.

Brenda W. Clough
Having published six novels in the last dozen or so years, Brenda W. Clough also write short stories and, sometimes, non-fiction. Periodically, she teaches writing at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD. She and her husband, Larry, have two children. Her latest book, How Like A God, (Tor 1997) is a contemporary suburban fantasy.

John Clute
John Clute was born in Toronto in 1940. He was raised there, and in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal. He first left Canada in 1956, and returned to Toronto in 1964, where he wrote for the Varsity, did the New Fiction weekly column for the Toronto Star (1966-1967), and wrote reviews for the Globe and Mail and other papers before 1968, when he moved to London, England.

John Clute's work as an author and editor include his first novel, The Disinheriting Party (Allison and Busby, 1977), the 5 volume Interzone: the Anthology series and his key role in putting together The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. His awards include 3 Hugos and a World Fantasy Award.

David B. Coe
David B. Coe grew up just outside of New York City. He went to Brown then Stanford studying US history receiving his Ph.D. in 1993. Coe works as a freelance writer. The sequel to Children of Amarid, titled The Outlanders, is due before the end of 1998. He lives with his wife Nancy, a biology professor, and daughter Alex in Tennessee.

Allan Cole
Allan Cole's science fiction and fantasy works encompass the Sten Chronicles, the Antero series, and - most recently - The Timura Trilogy. His historical novels include A Reckoning For Kings: A Novel of Tet and A Daughter of Liberty.

Nancy A. Collins
She is the author of Walking Wolf, Wild Blood and Tempter plus her novels Sunglasses After Dark, In The Blood and Paint it Black, featuring her punk vampire heroine Sonja Blue, which was collected in the omnibus Midnight Blue from White Wolf. Her short fiction has appeared in such anthologies as The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, Best New Horror and The Definitive Best of the Horror Show. Collins was the writer for DC Comics' Swamp Thing series from 1991 to 1993 and the co-editor of the erotic horror anthologies Forbidden Acts (Avon) and Dark Love (Roc).

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Glen Cook
Glen Cook's works include the Black Company fantasy series and the Garrett hard-boiled-detective/fantasy series. He is also the author of the Dread Empire series. Eric Herrmann maintains this site on Cook, and Gregg Parmentier maintains The Official Glen Cook Bibliography.

Tom Cool
Tom Cool was born in 1955 in western Pennsylvania. He graduated from Penn State's creative writing program with honors. In 1979, he joined the United States Navy serving all over the world. He is the Deputy Director of Intelligence for Plans and Programs, United States Southern Command. Tom lives with his wife and two children in Miami, FL. His second novel, Secret Realms, is from Tor.

Greg Costikyan
Costikyan is the author of three fantasy novels and a number of well-respected games, from such publishers as SPI, Steve Jackson Games, and West End Games, including Toon, Star Trek: The Adventure Game, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, and the classic Paranoia. His site includes some nice artwork and novel excerpts.

John Cramer
John Cramer lives in Seattle, WA where he is a professor of physics at the University of Washington. He is the author of the acclaimed hard-SF novel, Twistor and writes a bimonthly column, Alternate View, for Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact magazine. He travels regularly to Switzerland to work at the CERN particle accelerator.

Julie E. Czerneda
Julie Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction writer who lives at the edge of a forest in Orillia, Ontario with her husband and two children. A former researcher in animal communication, she has also written non-fiction, from biology texts to the use of science fiction to develop literacy.