Of Two Bloods

Nisi Shawl (they/them) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, an editor, and a teacher. They are the co-author (with Cynthia Ward) of Writing the Other: Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful Fiction. Their short stories have appeared in Asimov's, Strange Horizons, and numerous other magazines and anthologies. (Photo by Misha Stone)

Cynthia Ward has sold stories to Analog, Asimov's, Nightmare, Weird Tales, Worlds of IF, and elsewhere. She's the editor of Lost Trails: Forgotten Tales of the Weird West Volumes 1-2 (WolfSinger Publications) and a coeditor of Weird Trails (Sam Teddy Publishing). With Nisi Shawl, Cynthia co-created the Locus Award-winning Writing the Other. Her most recent novel is The Adventure of the Golden Woman (Aqueduct Press). She lives in Los Angeles, where she is not working on a screenplay.