• Elizabeth Bear je 2005. dobila nagradu John W. Campbell za najboljeg novog autora, a 2006. osvojila je nagradu Locus za prvijenac “Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired”.

“Love Among the Talus”

You cannot really keep a princess in a tower. Not if she has no brothers and must learn statecraft and dancing and riding and poisons and potions and the passage of arms, so that she may eventually rule.
But you can do the next best thing.

• Stephanie Burgis kaže da je “Croatian-Irish-Jewish American” i da piše povijesni fantasy. Studentica je povijesti glazbe i trenutno živi u Engleskoj.

“Locked Doors”

“My dad can’t come to parent-teacher conferences on Monday,” Tyler says. He keeps his voice calm and steady as he meets his English teacher’s eyes. “He has to work.”
Tyler is a pro at this. He can tell exactly when doubt flickers in Mrs. Jankovic’s eyes and when his open, friendly expression settles it for her. There are too many eighth-graders in her class for her to chase up worries about every one of them. Too many kids in this middle school, period.
That’s why Tyler’s dad chose it for him.

• Ursula Pflug je Kanađanka koja se rodila u Tunisu. Između ostalog, živjela je na Havajima, a bavi se i pisanjem drama.

“Isolde, Shea, and the Donkey Brea”

The rivers were no longer polluted with blood. Once again it was possible to grow more than oats and spelt. The invading army had left, leaving behind only the so-called peace keepers. There had been little resistance. We were an easily subjugated population, too afraid for our daughters to be anything else.