Lizzy Shannon admits a fascination with stories with themes where people have been thrust completely out of their element, such as the astronauts on the Planet of the
Apes futuristic Earth, the lone half-Vulcan Spock in Star Trek, and the English Captain Blackthorne in Shogun, a pilot adrift in ancient feudal Japan.
Thrown out of her own element when she emigrated from Northern Ireland to the United States, Time Twist grew from a facetious 'what if' into a full-blown science fiction/time travel tale.
Steve is a nationally best-selling author of short-fiction and many novels. He's dabbled in such fictional universes as Robert E. Howard's Conan, Star Trek, MechWarrior, Transformers, and Marvel's X-Men, and has also written for computer games, but these days he's focusing more on his original fiction and related projects. He also has original short stories appearing in several current mass-market anthologies.
Christine was born psychic. She was drawing portraits of passed on relatives at the age of three. She is a gifted and experienced artist and psychic, (she is well known for her Soulmate Portraits, Guardian Angel and Past Life Drawings and her Passion Play Tarot deck. A noted radio and TV personality, Christine has fascinated the audience with her accuracy. Christine actually walks her talk. In 1995 she had been working at a great job for 12 years, when spirit told her to quit, she quit the next day.
DAMEON WILLICH is an original Dharmic Engineer and co-founder of Northern Lights, who created hundreds of paintings and illustrations while working for DC Comics, WotC, Crypt, and many others. Along with being an artist and historian, he is director/combat choreographer for the Seattle Knights, a steel-fighting and jousting troupe, and does film/TV work as a stunt rider and actor; credits include The Postman, Life or Something Like it, Battle Gear, Professional Courtesy, and the upcoming comic fantasy, JourneyQuest.
Lori Ann White is a Bay Area writer who has appeared in Asimov`s, Analog, Aeon, and most recently in Flytrap. The economy is currently messing up her plans to become a science writer, but she will persevere.
Jen West is freelance writer in constant search for the next interesting character or story. Her interviews have appeared in such venues as Shimmer, Internet Review of Science Fiction, The Nebula Awards web site and Fairwood Press’s interview collection, Human Visions. She has degrees in Journalism and French from the University of Oregon. She currently resides with her writer husband, Ken Scholes, twin baby daughters, two pudgy cats and a box garden in St. Helens, OR.
A retired college teacher, Sarah Webb has taught workshops in fantasy writing, poetry, and writing for healing, and courses in the Fantastic in Literature. Her poetry, essays, and travelogues can be found in a variety of small magazines. She edits a magazine of Zen and the arts (Just This, through the Austin Zen Center) and is Editor for Fiction and Poetry for Crosstimbers, an interdisciplinary journal from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.
Stephen Wallenfels is a freelance writer living in Richland, Washington. He has published over 50 feature articles and columns in fitness trade journals nationally and internationally. He also has published short stories for adults in Aboriginal Science Fiction, Aphelion Science Fiction; and short stories for children in Highlights for Kids and Guideposts for Kids. In January, 2010, namelos debuted their new fiction imprint by publishing POD, Stephen’s first Sci-Fi novel, targeted for YA and adult markets. Stephen is currently writing POD 2.
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Jeff Sturgeon is a well known name to west coast conventions. Especially Radcon where he has been honored as Artist Guest of Honor twice. He is a member of the IAAA, The International Astronomical Artists Association and as you look at Jeffs work you will notice the abundance of space art whether it's on metal or traditional canvas and board, he has been acclaimed one of the masters of space art by his peers and his art is highly sought after by collectors.. He paints with acrylics and oils on traditional canvas, masonite, board and not so traditional metal.
Elizabeth Stoops is a self-taught seamstress that decided some years back that not only do modern clothes fit badly, they flatter nearly no one. Armed with two sewing machines, a heap of old notions and one not-terribly-helpful cat assistant, she's set out to change the world-- wardrobe. She's dirt cheap and stingier than scrooge-- no one can undercut her rock-bottom solutions for typically more expensive sewing endeavors.