Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie was born on 31 December 1974 in Lancaster, England. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law Trilogy, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings. In early 2008 Joe Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Miéville.[1] Abercrombie lives in Bath, Somerset with his wife and two children.
Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Aldiss er en englænder som regnes blandt en af verdenens bedste science fiction forfattere. Han har skrevet bøger siden slutningen af halvtredserne. Han har vundet både Hugo og Nebula priser og er manden bag nogle af de mest anerkendte bøger inden for science fiction genren, bland andet; "Helliconia Spring", "Helliconia Summer" og "Helliconia Winter", en trilogi som fortæller om en planet hvor årstiderne varer flere århundreder. "The Malacia Tapestry" , hans eneste fantasy roman og en af hans bedste bøger, handler om en mystisk by. Han har desuden skrevet en non-fiction bog om scienc fiction genren; "Trillion Year Spree". Hans seneste bog er SF romanen "Super-State."
