Piers Anthony has written dozens of bestselling science fiction and fantasy novels. Perhaps best known for his long-running Xanth series, many of which are New York Times bestsellers, he has also had great success with the Incarnations of Immortality series and the Cluster series, as well as Bio of a Space Tyrant and others. Much more information about Piers Anthony can be found at www.HiPiers.com.
Robert E. Margroff (1930–2015) was born on a farm in Fayette County, Iowa. After training as a typesetter, he worked for various newspapers, eventually returning to the farm in the wake of his father’s death. Margroff published his first science fiction short story, “Monster Tracks,” in If magazine in 1964 and saw a rise in popularity when he published his first novel of many with Piers Anthony, The Ring, in 1968.