Pat Bertram is a native of Colorado temporarily stranded in the Mojave Desert. She's written four novels and one non-fiction book Grief: The Great Yearning. Joylene Nowell Butler, Metis Canadian, lives in Cluculz Lake in central BC with her husband and six stray cats. In her spare time, she teaches T'chi. Dale Cozort, a computer programmer, lives in a college town near Chicago with his wife, daughter, three cats and a lot of books. He is a long-time science fiction fan and writer. Suzanne Francis has written two series of novels set in a fantasy universe of her own creation. British born, she