Victor LaValle is the author of seven works of fiction: four novels, two novellas, and a collection of short stories. His novels have been included in best-of-the-year lists by
The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, and
Publishers Weekly, among others. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Book Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Key to Southeast Queens. He lives in New York City with his wife and kids and teaches at Columbia University.
John Joseph Adams is the editor of John Joseph Adams Books, a science fiction and fantasy imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is also the series editor of
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, as well as the bestselling editor of more than thirty anthologies, including
Wastelands, The Living Dead, and
The Apocalypse Triptych. Adams is also the editor and publisher of the magazines
Nightmare and the Hugo Award-winning
Lightspeed, and is a producer for
Wired's
The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast.