Worlds Long Lost

Christopher Ruocchio is the author of The Sun Eater, a space opera fantasy series. He is a former assistant editor at Baen Books, where he edited several anthologies, and a graduate of North Carolina State University. Ruocchio began writing at age eight and sold his first novel, Empire of Silence, at twenty-two. His books have been published in five languages. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Jenna.

Sean CW Korsgaard is a US Army veteran, award-winning photojournalist, freelance reporter, and an assistant editor and media relations manager at Baen Books. He has over 1,500 bylines in publications such as The New York Times, VFW Magazine, and Analog. Korsgaard graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in mass communications and history. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, Suzy.

Gray Rinehart writes science fiction and fantasy stories, songs, and other works. He is the only person to have commanded an Air Force satellite tracking station, written speeches for presidential appointees, devised a poetic form, and had music featured on The Dr. Demento Show. He is currently a contributing editor for Baen Books. Rinehart is the author of the lunar colonization novel Walking on the Sea of Clouds and his short fiction has appeared in numerous publications. As a singer/songwriter, he has released two albums. During his Air Force career, he performed a variety of demanding and unique tasks. His alter ego is the Gray Man, one of South Carolina’s famed ghosts.

Patrick Chiles is a graduate of The Citadel, a Marine Corps veteran, and a private pilot. He has written novels and articles for magazines such as Smithsonian’s Air & Space.

Sean Patrick Hazlett is an Army veteran, speculative fiction writer and editor, and finance executive. He holds degrees from Stanford University and a master’s from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. As a cavalry officer, he trained units for war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hazlett is a winner of the Writers of the Future Contest, and his short stories have appeared in numerous publications. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and Codex Writers’ Group. His award-winning short story “Adramelech” was featured in the Wall Street Journal best-selling anthology Writers of the Future: Volume 33.

Les Johnson is a futurist, author, and retired NASA Chief Technologist at Marshall Space Flight Center. Publishers Weekly praised his novel Mission to Methone, noting the spirit of Arthur C. Clarke. His recent novel, Crisis at Proxima, was published in 2024. He and coauthor Travis S. Taylor also wrote Back to the Moon and On to the Asteroid. At NASA, Johnson worked on next-generation space technologies, including solar sails. He has appeared on Fox News and The Ingraham Angle as a commentator on space exploration.

Brian Trent is the award-winning author of the sci-fi thrillers Redspace Rising and Ten Thousand Thunders, and has published over one hundred short stories in top fiction markets, including the New York Times bestselling Black Tide Rising series, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and many others. He is also a Writers of the Future winner. Trent has frequently published with Baen Books, with stories featured in various anthologies. Short stories featuring characters from Perdition’s Storm have appeared in the Black Tide Rising anthologies. Trent lives in Connecticut and hosts the podcast Space Station Squid, where he discusses classic science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

D.J. (“Dave”) Butler grew up in diverse landscapes. After practicing law, he pursued his passion for storytelling, writing adventure stories for all ages. He also plays guitar and enjoys spending time with his family. Butler is the author of several novels from Wordfire Press and Baen, including the Witchy series, the Cunning Man series (with Aaron Michael Ritchey), and the Time Trials series (with M.A. Rothman).

M.A. Rothman, a USA TODAY best-selling author, is primarily an engineer with a background in the sciences. His writing, which spans science fiction, techno-thriller, and mainstream thriller genres, often focuses on technology and international intrigue. When not writing, he enjoys cooking, learning about new technology, traveling, and spending time with his family.

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