Artist: Paul Davey – See above
The Demon in the Wall Stafford L. Battle, Author – Stafford Levon Battle is the Coauthor of The African American Resource Guide to the Internet and Online Resources published by McGraw-Hill (1996). He is a sci-fi Blogger and webmaster as well as Digital Designer at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. He has been writing Afro-spec fiction for most of his life; recently his stories have appeared in the online magazine, Expanded Horizons.
Thomas Richard Davis, III, Artist – Thomas Davis is a freelance artist residing in the Metro Atlanta Area. He is a graduate of Alabama State University. His most recent work can be seen on the covers of the Sword and Soul novels, Meji Book One and Meji Book Two.
The Belly of the Crocodile Minister Faust, Author – Minister Faust is a long-time community activist, writer, journalist, broadcaster, public speaker and martial artist in several disciplines. A maverick novelist increasingly described as one of the finest voices of his generation, Minister Faust is the author of the critically acclaimed The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad, and the Kindred Award-winning Shrinking the Heroes. His latest is The Alchemists of Kush, which writers and readers alike have already hailed as superb; novelist Sparkle Hayter calls the book “brilliant.”
Artist: John Jennings – John Jennings is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research and teaching focus on the analysis, explication, and disruption of African American stereotypes in popular visual media. His research is concerned with the topics of representation and authenticity, visual culture, visual literacy, social justice, and design pedagogy. He is an accomplished designer, curator, illustrator, cartoonist, and award-winning graphic novelist.
Changeling Carole McDonnell, Author – Carole McDonnell holds a BA degree in Literature from SUNY Purchase and is a writer of Christian, speculative fiction, and multicultural stories. Her writings appear in various anthologies including So Long Been Dreaming: Post-colonialism in Science Fiction, edited by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Arsenal Pulp Press; Jigsaw Nation published by Spyre publications, and other publications. Her reviews appear in print and at various online sites. She is a columnist for several Christian and African-American magazines. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Her first novel, Wind Follower, was published by Juno Books in September 2007.
Luke McDonnell, Artist – Born in NYC, grew up in NY and Pennsylvania, been working in the freelance art trade for 25 years! Been married to the beautiful Carole for 26 years, have two wonderful kids, Logan and Gabriel.
The General’s Daughter Anthony Kwamu, Author – Born in Nigeria but raised in Cameroon, Anthony Nana Kwamu moved to the U.S. in 1997. Anthony is the author of Timbuktu Chronicles: Aida and the Chosen Soldier. He currently lives in Georgia where he continues to read and write Fantasy.
Dave Lewis, Artist – Dave Lewis is a freelance artist currently residing in Portland, Oregon.
Sekadi’s Koan Geoffrey Thorne, Author and Artist – Geoffrey Thorne in the prize-winning author of multiple short stories. His novel, Star Trek: Titan: Sword of Damocles debuted in late 2007 and was a Locus bestseller. He lives in Los Angeles with his preternaturally patient wife.
The Queen, the Demon and the Mercenary Ronald T. Jones, Author – Ronald T. Jones is a lifelong resident of the great city of Chicago. He is the author of the novel Chronicle of the Liberator, and a number of short stories. Besides being a fan of science fiction, Ronald has a deep interest in history. His latest novel is Warriors of the Four Worlds.
Kurtis Hamilton, Artist – “I’m an expressionist from the South drawing and painting since a child. My work is about life and touches on issues that affect the vulnerable in our society. The goal now is to take my work to the next level and create movies and animations about these same people. Zulla Animation is the next step.”
Icewitch Rebecca McFarland Kyle, Author – Rebecca Kyle received her MSIS from UT-Austin. Her research career spanned fields as diverse as history to highway safety. She currently resides at the foot of the Smoky Mountains with her husband of 28 years and 4 cats. She has publications in non-fiction, academic, and short fiction. She is currently at work on a mystery series of her own based in Tennessee. In addition to serving as the Senior Nonfiction Editor of Conclave: A Journal of Character, Ms. Kyle is the admissions committee coordinator for the online critique group, Deadly Prose. Aside from writing and reading, her interests are music, travel and animal rescue.
Darryl Elliot, Artist –Darryl Elliott is a professional illustrator in the science fiction, fantasy and horror field for over 30 years. He has illustrated numerous role-playing games, computer games and collectible card games. His work has appeared in Asimov’s, Analog and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazines and he has been the Artist Guest of Honor at many conventions throughout his career.
The Leopard Walks Alone Melvin Carter, Author – Melvin M. Carter, since the far-off times of buying Andre Norton’s Starman’s Son in the sixth grade, has been an enthusiast for the action-oriented Science Fiction and Sword & Sorcery stories. Thinks highly of Lieber, and the invention of the differing yet similar universes of Tolkein and
