Hugo Award–winner Ann VanderMeer and World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff VanderMeer have recently coedited such anthologies as
Best American Fantasy #1 & 2, Steampunk, Steampunk Reloaded, The New Weird, Last Drink Bird Head, and
Fast Ships, Black Sails. They are the coauthors of
The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals. Future projects include
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Fictions, for Atlantic. Jeff's latest books are the novel
Finch, a World Fantasy Award and Nebula Award finalist; the story collection
The Third Bear; the nonfiction collection
Monstrous Creatures; the coffee-table book
The Steampunk Bible (with S. J. Chambers); and the writing strategy guide
Booklife. Ann is the editor in chief of
Weird Tales magazine and has a regular art column on the popular SF/fantasy Web site io9. Together, they have been profiled by National Public Radio and the
New York Times' Papercuts blog. They are active teachers, and have taught at Clarion San Diego, Odyssey, and the teen writing camp Shared Worlds, for which Jeff serves as the assistant director. They live in Tallahassee, Florida, with too many books and four cats.
JEFF VANDERMEER is an award-winning novelist and editor, most recently the author of the critically acclaimed Borne and the New York Times–bestselling Southern Reach trilogy. VanderMeer is also the co-editor, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, of The Big Book of Science Fiction. He grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
Web: JeffVanderMeer.com
Twitter: @JeffVanderMeer