Death by Silver (49 page)

Thanks to the usual suspects, particularly the First Readers on LJ for their helpful insights, Steve Berman for editorial expertise, Alex Jeffers for the design, and Ben Baldwin for the cover.

Melissa Scott is from Little Rock, Arkansas, and studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University, where she earned her PhD in the Comparative History program with a dissertation titled “Victory of the Ancients: Tactics, Technology, and the Use of Classical Precedent.” She is the author of thirty science fiction and fantasy novels, most with queer themes and characters, and has won Lambda Literary Awards for
Trouble and Her Friends
,
Shadow Man
, and
Point of Dreams
, the last written with her late partner, Lisa A. Barnett. She has also won a Spectrum Award for
Shadow Man
and again in 2010 for the short story “The Rocky Side of the Sky” (
Periphery
, Lethe Press), as well as the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She can be found online at mescott.livejournal.com.

Amy Griswold is the author of
Stargate SG-1: Heart’s Desire
and the co-author of
Stargate Atlantis: The Lost
,
Stargate Atlantis: Allegiance
, and
Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors
, as well as “Caden’s Death,” in
Sword and Sorceress 25
. She lives in Chapel Hill with her partner Jo, daughter Beth, and two opinionated cats. She can be found online at amygriswold.livejournal.com.

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