About the Author

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of more than twenty books including novels and fiction anthologies and two time winner of the World Fantasy Award. In 2010, he published The Steampunk Bible with Abrams. His books have made the year's best lists of Publisher's Weekly, LA Weekly, Washington Post, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many more. He is the co-founder and assistant director of Shared Worlds, a unique F/SF writing camp for teenagers, and has taught at the world's premiere F/SF workshop for adults, Clarion (University of California, San Diego). He is also a regular contributor to the Amazon book blog.