Daryl Gregory was the 2009 winner of IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award for his first novel "Pandemonium". His second novel, "The Devil's Alphabet", was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and was named one of the best books of 2009 by "Publishers Weekly". His short fiction has appeared in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov s Science Fiction Magazine, " and" The Year s Best SF. "He has also written comics for BOOM! Studios and IDW.