Jane Brierley is a member of the Societe des traducteurs du Quebec and the Literary Translators' Association, for which she edits the newsletter, Transmission. She has recently completed a translation of Philippe Aubert du Gaspe's Memoires (1866), which is scheduled for publication in 1986 by Vehicule Press, Montreal.
Lesley Choyce lives in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, where he owns and operates the Pottersfield Press, which is dedicated to Atlantic Canadian poetry and fiction. He has also published several books of fiction and poetry himself; most recent are Downwind (Creative Publishers), Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance (blewointmentpress) and Visions from the Edge (Pottersfield Press), a collection of Atlantic Canadian SF edited with John Bell.
John Robert Colombo is the author, compiler or translator of more than sixty books. In 1979 he compiled Other Canadas, the country's first anthology of science fiction and fantasy (see the Afterword). His other book-length contributions to the genre include Friendly Aliens, Blackwood's Books, Windigo and Years of Light (the biography of the late Leslie A. Croutch of Parry Sound, Ontario, who for thirty years produced the fanzine called Light).
Michael G. Coney is the most international of the authors in this anthology. Born in England, he also lived in Antigua, West Indies, before settling in Sidney, British Columbia (which provides the setting for "The Byrds"). He has published fifteen novels and numerous short stories, several of which have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other languages.
A. K. Dewdney teaches Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario in London. His major interests are Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, fields in which he has published numerous articles. He lives in London, Ontario.
Christopher Dewdney is a major Canadian poet whose most recent book is a collection of selected poems, entitled Predators of the Adoration (McClelland & Stewart, 1983). His hobbies include recombinant genetics, rock camping and carnivorous marsupials.
Candas Jane Dorsey is a freelance journalist living in Edmonton. She is currently writing for and editing the Edmonton Bullet, an arts and culture tabloid. She has published three books of poems and several short stories, SF and mainstream.
Gary Eikenberry is an adult educator specializing in microcomputer applications in Ottawa. He has published several poems and short stories in SF and literary magazines throughout North America since 1975.
Marian Engel (1933-1985) is one of Canada's most respected literary figures. She was awarded the 1976 Governor General's Award for literature for her novel, Bear. Her most recent book is The Tatooed Woman (Penguin, 1985), a collection of short stories.
Benjamin Freedman conducts research in bioethics at the Westminster Institute for Ethics & Human Values and teaches in the faculties of Philosophy, Medicine and Nursing at the University of Western Ontario. He has published numerous articles in professional journals on topics relating to bioethics. "On the Planet Grafool" is his first fiction publication.
Dorothy Corbett Gentleman has published three books of poetry, most recently Candles for the Dawn (Pierian Press). She has recently completed another collection entitled Above the Tilted Earth from which "Instinct" was taken. She lives in North Vancouver.
William Gibson is familiar to readers of Omni, where he has been publishing short stories on a regular basis since 1980. His first novel, Neuromancer (Ace) has received the genre's highest honours from authors, fans and critics: the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award (1984), the Nebula Award (1984), the Australian SF Award (1985) and the Hugo Award (1985). His hobbies include cycling, travel and mowing the lawn.
Phyllis Gotlieb's first novel, Sunburst, was published in 1964 along with her first book of poetry, Within the Zodiac. Since then she has published five more novels, three more collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. Her most recent book is The Kingdom of the Cats (Ace, 1985). She has established herself as a major figure in science fiction and fantasy as well as an important Canadian poet.
Terence M. Green is an English teacher in Toronto. He has published several short stories in SF magazines, as well as many articles on SF and other literature. He has recently completed a novel, Barking Dogs, based on his 1984 short story of the same name.
Eileen Kernaghan lives in Burnaby, B.C., where she is a founding member of the Burnaby Writers' Society. Along with many published poems and short stories, she has written two fantasy novels, Journey to Aprilioth (Ace, 1980) and Songs from the Drowned Lands (Ace, 1983), which won the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award for 1983– 84.
David Kirkpatrick is a student and sports enthusiast living in London, Ontario. He has a Masters degree from the University of Toronto. He is currently working on a holographic approach to a novel, which will include "Terminal Cancer". This is his first publication.
Margaret McBride lives in Victoria where she is raising two children and a garden. She claims to have raised tse-tse flies and sold waterbeds for a living, although not at the same time. "Totem" is her first publication.
Judith Merril has established her reputation as a leading authority on SF (science/speculative fiction) by editing nineteen anthologies and writing several novels and short stories in the genre. She is also a broadcaster, consultant and peace activist. Tesseracts is her twentieth anthology.
Frances Morgan is a professional translator in Ottawa. She has translated two books by the Quebec children's author, Bernadette Renaud: Cat in the Cathedral and The Computer Revolts (Press Porcepic, 1983 and 1984). She is currently working on a joint writing-translating effort with another Quebec author to produce a bilingual novel for young adults.
D. M. Price is a poet and artist living in Vancouver, where he owns and operates a book store. He claims to be successfully raising quantum black holes in his basement.
Robert Priest is a poet and singer living in Toronto. His most recent book is a collection entitled The Man Who Broke Out of the Letter X (The Coach House Press, 1984), his most recent recording is entitled Summerlong (G-Tel Records, 1984).
Spider Robinson is well known and respected among science fiction readers and writers alike. He is the author of several novels and collections of short stories, the most recent of which are Melancholy Elephants (collection: Penguin Canada, 1984; TOR, 1985) and Night of Power (novel: Baen Books, 1985). He lives in Halifax.
Rhea Rose lives in Burnaby, B.C., where she is involved in local theatre and freelance writing. She has attended the Clarion West Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop in Seattle; "Chronos' Christmas" was workshopped there. This is her first fiction publication.
Daniel Sernine is the author of numerous short stories and novels for adults and children, and has established himself as a major force in French Canadian literature. He was awarded the 1984 Canada Council Children's Literature prize for his juvenile novel, Le cercle violet (Editions Pierre Tisseyre, Montreal). He lives in Montreal.
Marc Sevigny is a Montreal-based freelance journalist. He has published articles and reports in a variety of French-language periodicals. He has also published several short stories in periodicals such as Solaris and Imagine. His most recent book publications on La crise du carbure, a fairy tale on ecology (Editions Pantoute, 1982).
Susan Swan is a freelance writer living in Toronto. She writes for a variety of media, including theatre, poetry and fiction. She has published several plays, one collection of short fiction and one novel, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World (Lester & Orpen Denys, 1983). She is currently working on a second novel, entitled The Last of the Golden Girls.
Robert Sward is a poet, editor, publisher, freelance broadcaster and teacher who now lives in California. He is the author of fourteen books, the most recent of which are Poems: New and Selected (1957 –1983) (Aya Press, 1983) and The Toronto Islands (Dreadnaught Co-operative, 1983).
Gerry Truscott is a graduate of the University of Victoria's Creative Writing Department and is now the managing editor at Press Porcepic. He also writes and edits data for educational courseware at Softwords, Press Porcepic's software division. "Cee" is his first fiction publication.
Elisabeth Vonarburg was born in Paris, France, and now lives with five cats in Chicoutimi, Quebec, where she publishes and edits Solaris, one of French Canada's most important SF' magazines. She has published many short stories, mostly science fiction and fantasy (several have been translated into English), and one novel, Le silence de la Cite (Editions Denoel, 1981), which is being made into a movie. She is currently working on the script for the movie.
Robert Zend (1929-1985) came to Canada from Budapest, Hungary in 1956. He soon established himself as a major Canadian poet. He also produced over 100 radio programmes for the acclaimed CBC series, Ideas. His two-volume multi media novel entitled OAB (Exile Editions) represents his magnum opus, thirteen years in creation. Volume 2 of OAB was published shortly after his death in 1985.