Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with over three million books in print. He's the author/creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius alternate Roman history series, and with David Weber collaborated on 1633 and 1634 The Baltic War. Flint was a labor union activist for many years. He lives in Chicago, IL. Mike Resnick is the all-time leading finalist of science fiction's Hugo awards. He's won five times, and received a record 37 nominations. He is also the winner of the Nebula award, and other major awards in the U.S.A., France, Japan, Spain, Catalonia, Croatia, and Poland. Resnick is the author of 75 novels, over 275 stories, and 3 screenplays, and the editor of 42 anthologies. His work has been translated into 27 languages. He is currently the editor of Stellar Guild books and Galaxy's Edge magazine.