Deborah J. Ross

Deborah J. Ross is an award-nominated writer of fantasy and science fiction, with over a dozen novels and five dozen short stories in print. Recent releases include The Laran Gambit and The Children of Kings (with Marion Zimmer Bradley); Collaborators (Lambda Literary Finalist/James Tiptree Jr. Award recommended list), A Heat Wave in the Hellers and Other Tales of Darkover, and The Seven-Petaled Shield epic fantasy trilogy. Her short fiction has appeared in F & SF, Asimov's, Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace, Realms of Fantasy, and Sword & Sorceress. She’s edited the Lace and Blade series, Stars of Darkover (and other Darkover anthologies), and other anthologies and novels. Her work has earned Honorable Mention in Year's Best SF, and nominations for Gaylactic Spectrum Award, the National Fantasy Federation Speculative Fiction Award for Best Author, and inclusion in the Locus Recommended Reading and Kirkus notable new release lists. When she's not writing, she knits for charity, plays classical piano, and dances in the redwoods.