Bill Fawcett has been a professor, teacher, corporate executive, and college dean. His entire life has been spent in the creative fields and managing other creative individuals. He is one of the founders of Mayfair Games, a board and role-play gaming company. As an author, Fawcett has written or coauthored over a dozen books and dozens of articles and short stories. As a book packager, a person who prepares series of books from concept to production for major publishers, his company, Bill Fawcett & Associates, has packaged more than 250 titles for virtually every major publisher. He founded, and later sold, what is now the largest hobby shop in Northern Illinois.
J.E. Mooney is the co-editor of Shadows of the New Sun.
GENE WOLFE is the Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, as well as the Nebula Award (2), the World Fantasy Award (3), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Prix Apollo. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007.