Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.
This biography should not be taken as a complete description.
courtneymilan.com
The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social Cartoonist and creator of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens https://linktr.ee/theoatmeal
Marnee Chua @marneechua.bsky.social Reads speculative fiction, goes on long walks, and likes spreadsheets.
#clarionwestadmin #nexteconomymba #coworking 
Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org Seattle wants to invite the Worldcon community to our city (Aug 13-17, 2025) to experience Pacific Northwest fan culture and to continue to build upon and engage with our fandom community of learners, readers, doers, makers, and creators.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Dickgirl Van Dyke @trashwytch.bsky.social afab | 30 or 40 years old
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can potentially be found in any part of seattle on any given evening. could be outside your window right now.
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currently reading all my dad's books and blogging about them at https://huntingthegreatbear.wordpress.com/
Jack Dann @jackdann.bsky.social Writer, editor, anthologist
Marilyn Holt (M.J. Holt) @marilynholt.bsky.social News addict. Politics watcher. Historian of no repute. Writer of woman-oriented thriller and SF fiction. Protector of the oldest continuous working farm in Kitsap. Retired early-stage funding consultant. "Mom" of 3 cats and 3 dogs, with one husband.
Andrew Trembley 🏳️🌈 (he/him) @bovil.bsky.social Geek, freak, reader, essayist, costumer, critic, media-junkie, biker, pervert, party-queen, troublemaker, FAN.
fedi: bovil@wandering.shop
Elizabeth Philotera Bourne @philotera.bsky.social Painter, photographer, lover of the high Arctic and all places north.
Eleanor Lang @bklynel.bsky.social Very left of center. Have husband and cats. Had kids, but they got out. Knew I should have had them chipped. Left that other place when NepoBaby bought it. Writes and takes photographs. Deals with stress by cooking and baking bread. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social Author. henrylien.com
Christine Valada @mcvalada.bsky.social Photographer, 4x Jeopardy champion, fabulous cook, widow of writer Len Wein.- J jeanvicwriter @jeanvicwriter.bsky.social I am retired from a long career recruiting senior researchers and scientists for job openings with my clients. I am a Progressive Democrat and write some. I also am an avid gardener. I live a bit south of Tucson AZ.
Eric Ladner @eladner.bsky.social Retired photographer and typographer
Liberal Democrat and democrat, supporter of liberal causes and candidates
Reed College graduate, History Major
Reader and music lover
Nullifidian
Yellow Dog Democrat
NEVER TRUMP
Susan Palwick @spalwick.bsky.social Writes SF/F. Weaves. ND. Retired social worker, former healthcare chaplain and English professor. Proud member of the Christian Left. Married with cats.
Currently in treatment for aggressive B cell lymphoma. She/her.
Pacific Northwest Birding @joyce1960.bsky.social Love birds, pollinators, gardening, reading, and traveling! #birds #pnw #gardening
Pat Murphy @pat-murphy.bsky.social Writer, scientist, and troublemaker. Winner of Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon Awards. My latest novel, The Adventures of Mary Darling, is coming out from Tachyon Publications in May 2025. 
@nicolegalland.bsky.social @nicolegalland.bsky.social 
Sheila Williams @sheilawilliams.bsky.social Hugo award-winning editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine.
Tod McCoy @todmccoy.bsky.social Need extraordinaire.
ajanus @ajanus.bsky.social Used to work in a museum. 
Jason V Brock ♓️ @jasonvbrock.bsky.social Husband •🦎 Herp Parent 🐢• Director • #Writer • #Artist • Musician • Scholar • Stoic • Twitter Hater
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Selected Works...
#Films: ACKERMONSTER CHRONICLES!; CHARLES BEAUMONT (Doc)
#Books: DARKE PHANTASTIQUE; FUTURE WEIRD (editor), etc.
www.JaSunni.com
Kij Johnson @kijjohnson.bsky.social Some books, some awards, one cat. Licensed to sell weasels and jade earrings.
Novel-writing workshops: https://kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kijjohnson
Latest feat: RiverBank RPG! https://riverbankrpg.com
Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social Writer, illustrator.
Australia.
Rep: Shena Wolf.
linktr.ee/tanaudel
@girlfleeshouse.bsky.social & @improbablemaps.bsky.social
#artthoughts #storynotes
patreon.com/tanaudel
Prints: tanaudel.redbubble.com
Fabric: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/tanaudel
David Brin @davidbrin.bsky.social Hugo-winning, best-selling sci-fiction author, NASA consultant, physicist, inventor - whose prediction scores offer a deluded sense of competence! When my real job is to speculate entertainingly... not necessarily to be right!
http://www.davidbrin.com
Jeffle @jeffle.bsky.social NO DMs! Dad, granddad, husband, investor, reader, occasional writer - a blue foodie in a beautiful blue state. Cooking, eating, reading - genre fiction f/sf horror, playing with our grands, music, house concerts. NO DMs!!
₷µ₦₦ɪ ₭ ฿ʀ℃ĸ @sunnikbrock.bsky.social Free-thinking liberal. General nerd. ex-Microsoft. OG Cyberpunk.
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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social Hugo & Nebula winning SFFH writer, singer/songwriter, dog person, horse person, queer, Baltimorean by choice, mediocre but enthusiastic gardener and artist. She/her. Repped by Kate McKean, HMLA.
Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social Readers' advisory librarian. Former Clarion West Writers Workshop board member. 2022 World Fantasy Award judge. Karaoke enthusiast.
Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com Writer, historian, cosplayer, Vermonter. Author of Cosplay: A History.
Newsletter: https://www.andrewliptak.com
Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat
she/her
demi/ace
Jewish
NYC, HCHS, SMC
(cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
Liz Argall @lizargall.bsky.social Co-founder of Ngombor. A community owned and operated organization in NW Uganda, in an Ebola high risk zone. ngombor.org, https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ngombors-sustainable-future
I’m also a cartoonist and author.
Kate Schaefer @kateschaefer.bsky.social She/her. Everything is more complicated than that. I volunteer with Carl Brandon Society, Clarion West, Otherwise. I walked Hadrian's Wall a few years ago. I read a lot. I sew a lot. I garden a little. My grandchildren are old enough to vote. I digress.
Pat Cadigan @patcadigan.bsky.social SF/fantasy/horror/whatever writer living in London, defying the odds & kicking the sh!t out of terminal cancer. ‘Heaven doesn’t want me & Hell’s afraid I’ll take over.’ 
John Berlyne @jberlyne.bsky.social Literary agent @ Zeno Agency Ltd. Views expressed here might or might not be official. Maybe. 
Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social 🌻💙💛🚶♀️🚀💻🏳️🌈📚🎭🥂🎼🧬💀
Resister, feminist, geek, SF & movie fan. Mundus Sine Caesaribus
How to follow on social media: tinyurl.com/mryxa8ef
Block all messages from weird guys.
knitterotica @knitterotica.bsky.social Human, Spouse, Mother, Event Producer, Taphophile, Photographer, Knitter, Spinner, Cook
What’s your favorite cocktail? On Tongva land. You are safe with me
Juanele @juaneletamal.bsky.social Physicist, cartoonist and “maestro of research” (that’s how a spam email called me)
https://moco-comics.com/
TVining @tamiam.bsky.social 
Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
emily c. skaftun (she/her) @eskaftun.bsky.social Writer, editor, graphic designer. Irony enthusiast, amateur taxidermist, roller girl. Short story collection LIVING FOREVER & OTHER TERRIBLE IDEAS. Get postcard stories @ www.patreon.com/skaftun.
Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social Klein Librarian for Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UC Riverside. Yale Ph.D. SFWA. HWA. Work in F&SF, Lightspeed, & more! 🏳️🌈🇨🇾
www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com
Kathryn Cramer 📚🎨 @kathryncramer.bsky.social Dragon Press Bookstore, 10 Champlain Avenue, Westport, NY. Open noon to 5PM Wednesday - Sunday. Also, UVM Computational Story Lab; Science Fiction Writer & Editor; Artist; Farmer.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
@elleneades.bsky.social @elleneades.bsky.social 
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Frank Catalano @frankcatalano.bsky.social Author. Journalist. Former edtech industry CMO & advisor. Onetime broadcaster and science-fiction writer. Based in Northwest Washington state. Posts here mostly about writing and journalism. Newest words: https://franksplaining.com- F CV Henderson @follyblaine.bsky.social AKA Folly Blaine. Photographer, narrator, writer, gardener, fan of rain barrels, and learning new things.
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and SF. Gardener. Chicken tender. Dog Person but cat friendly. Washington state USA. Old and getting older. Stay off my lawn! No AI ever. All posts from me.
PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social Author. Speaker. Consultant. Love Letters to the Future podcast and Substack https://tinyurl.com/4nm38z7y. US & AoNZ. New Mythos and futurist gal about town. Phoenix Horizon trilogy--(R)EVOLUTION, (ID)ENTITY, and (CON)SCIENCE--predicted far too much.
curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social ▪️Folklore▪️Myth▪️Magic▪️Art▪️
Sharing Japanese and supernatural folklore, mythology, yokai, culture and art. Also love books, cats, crows and trees.
http://linktr.ee/curiousordinary
Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social
Locus Award & Perkoff Prize Winner
Nebula, Ignyte, BFA & ALCS Tom Gallon Finalist.
In: Clarkesworld| BCS| Podcastle| Strange Horizons| Escape Pod| Pseudopod|
MFA, @UofMaryland| TinHouse| Clarion
Filmmaker| Rep: @crsripley.bsky.social
somtoihezue.com
Adam Rakunas @rakdaddy.bsky.social I'm not happy to be here, but I'm happy you're here. Unbelievably cranky lawyer. I wrote some books. Opinions are my own. Subtext is for cowards. http://www.giro.org
jon singer @jonsinger.bsky.social ADHD; food, cooking, calligraphy (fountain pens & ink), ceramics (porcelain & glazes), making and fixing things, etc.
John D. Berry @johndberry.bsky.social Editor & typographer
Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.com Retired SF and fantasy editor, winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award. Amateur musician, bibliophile, genealogist, layabout. American by birth, Canadian by recent ancestry.
He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
Signal: pnh.09
Janna @jesilverstein.bsky.social Editor/writer/artist/general creative, reader, traveler, film/theater lover, board gamer, Jew, she/her. Preferred cookie: chocolate chip. 💙s SPN, Who, All Trek, Outlander
https://www.jsilversteineditorial.com- M Mindy @mindymeacham.bsky.social Social worker (retired) Former medieval and renaissance participant. Lover of Joni. Trouble coping with physical self. Confused about many things.
Francesca Myman @mizfrancesca.bsky.social Senior Editor at Locus Magazine. Artist, editor, writer. Many squid! http://francesca.net/portfolio/ and http://patreon.com/mizfrancesca (She/her) #blm
Kelley Eskridge @kelleyeskridge.bsky.social 
Tappan @tappan.bsky.social Semi-retired writer, editor, and marketer. Interested in language, technology, graphics, sf, fantasy, comics, popular culture, progressive politics, otters, horses, history, and militant absurdity.
Starshadow @starshadow667.bsky.social Artist, cat person, writer, genderfluid witch, mom, grandma and great grandma.Widow of Eileen. they/ them
Please no inboxing unless you know me- or are Michael Sheen or David Tennant.
Not looking for love.
Writer of Good Omens fanfic.
Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
Renee Hetter @rhetter.bsky.social Still a Michigander even though I live in the foothills of WNC. Ms. A from TT.
Mary Anne Mohanraj @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social Writer, professor, arts administrator, school board member, cook. Founder of Strange Horizons, Director of Speculative Literature Foundation. She/her. Books here: https://serendibshop.com. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_Mohanraj- A @andeaninfonet.bsky.social @andeaninfonet.bsky.social
Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social Writer. Pie lover. Herald of Galactus but no worries. he/him https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/khumalo-tales
Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social Writer editor singer songer. Self-appointed ALT text Jello Sherriff.
Stina Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they🏳️⚧️ Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
C. L. Polk @clpolk.com I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 (Farah/they)
Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner. Micheal L Printz Award winner. National Book Award finalist.
Wrote NAVOLA, THE WINDUP GIRL, THE WATER KNIFE, and SHIP BREAKER, among others.
windupstories.com
Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming 2026
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of science fiction, fantasy & horror, as well as the host of the Hugo Award-nominated Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social Writer, editor, artist, folklorist. Winner of ten World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award (for The Wood Wife), the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFWA Solstice Award. Wanderer of the deep, dark forest of story in language and paint.
Dartmoor, Devon, UK
Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social Author & woman around town. Married to Delia Sherman. Wrote Swordspoint. Host/writer of public radio’s Sound & Spirit. A new gig every 17 years. Back to writing novels. Seeking for further amusement.
I would probably like you.
Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com Rare Book #Librarian, #editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/pan/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-Uncanny Mag. #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. #DoctorWho New book: https://alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
Linda Stone @lindastone.bsky.social Ex-Apple, ex-Microsoft
Coined: continuous partial attention, screen apnea, email apnea.
Interested in attention, neuroscience, vagal tone, humming
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Roger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social Physics educator at UC Santa Barbara, textbook author, and San Diego Comic-Con OG. he/him/his
Claire Eddy @ceddy31.bsky.social Editorial Director at Tor Publishing Group. Opinions here are my own. Nerd of many flavors😁
Colleen Lindsay @colleenlindsay.bsky.social Professional nerd. Queer woman. Cat herder. Sartorial tragedy. Trump hater. I wrangle books & comics for Humble Bundle.
Nancy Pearl @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social Reader, writer, and librarian. Author of George & Lizzie: A Novel; the Book Lust series, and The Writer's Library (with Jeff Schwager)
Caren GS @spitkitten.bsky.social Writer: geek: manic pixie Baba Yaga (+/- book reviewer for Locus, DV/IPV advocate, PitA). She/her.
Jew, Romany, actually autistic
http://spitkitten.com
http://linktr.ee/spitkitten
Keffy @keffy.bsky.social he/him/they/them
500 tiny scientists in a trenchcoat / apocalyptic trans man.
I write SF/F and have had stories published in Uncanny, Lightspeed, Apex, and others. I also edit(ed) GlitterShip which is on hiatus atm.
M.Phil Genetics
https://ko-fi.com/keffyk
Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
@vandemark.bsky.social @vandemark.bsky.social 
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social Author, Good Things Are Coming Your Way (spring 2027) about a magical social worker and a time-traveling vampire who team up to save history from an evil cult... and fall in love!
Writer, Star Trek: Zero Point comic book
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social Author, illustrator, photographer, designer, knitter. American in Paris. Textiles fanatic. Host of patreon.com/franklinhabit. Student of Latin, Roman history nut. Devoted fan of The Archers.
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚
MUTING THOSE WHO DON’T ALT-TEXT
nicolagriffith.com
Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
Gary K Wolfe @garykwolfe.bsky.social Critic, obsolete academic