Cary Riall" " Cary Riall is a technical writer whose works primarily involve various tomes of a dry and technical nature, concerned with moving large chunks of meat-filled metal through the skies above your head. (Keep 'em up there, Cary.) |
Marella Sandshttp://www.sff.net/people/Marella
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Mark Siegel
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Mark Siegel is was an early SF scholar, publishing articles on SF film, tv, and lit in academic journals, including |
Janni Simner
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Janni Lee Simner has published more than two dozen science fiction and fantasy short stories for both children and adults, including appearances in anthologies published by Harcourt Brace, Roc, Tor, Daw, and Scholastic, as well as in magazines such as |
Terry Slaker" " |
Ken St. Andrehttp://www.geocities.com/kenstandre " " Ken St. Andre is a writer of games and game-related short stories. He has also partaken of articles, essays, book reviews, etc., but only socially. A writer and publisher of gaming material since 1973, Ken is a member of SFFWA and the Academy of Gaming Critics. |
Gene Steinberg" " Gene Steinberg discovered the magic of writing while still a teenager. He edited his own science fiction and New Age fanzine, and with his son Grayson, has written a science fiction novel. Since then, Gene has worked as a radio broadcaster and a technology journalist. He has written 21 books on computers and the Internet, plus hundreds of articles for such industry publications as MacAddict, MacHome, MacUser and Macworld. He also writes a weekly column, Mac Reality Check for The Arizona Republic's azcentral.com Web site, and is regular contributor to CNET.com. |
Grayson Steinberg" " Grayson, though just 15 years of age, is a gifted writer, actor and musician. He's also stock market wizard in his spare time, and recently completed a stint as a financial columnist for Green Magazine, a popular investor-oriented resource. |
Jim Strait" " Veteran con-goer and con-staffer, Jim is currently a member of the Central Arizona Speculative Fictions Society and the United Federation of Phoenix. He is notorious for such Fan-Films as "Startrek: The Home Movie", "From CopperCon It Came", and "2001: A Space Oddity." |
David Summershttp://astro.nmsu.edu/~summers " " |
Kit Townsend" " Kit Townsend is a 1987 graduate of Clarion West Writer's Workshop. She was co-founder of a writer's group for semi-professional writers and a founding member of eWorld's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Forum. Formerly a regular RPG player, she still spends a lot of time creating new characters, worlds, and adventures, although these creations go into fiction now days. She is extremely active in the online writing society, particulary in the area of "furry fiction." Costuming is another creative outlet for her, with costumes ranging from no-sew designs to historical to equestrian costumes for mounted parade groups. In the real world, she worked for thirteen years as the SF/F/H buyer for Books, Etc., an independently owned general bookstore in Tempe. She now is the chief "computer fixer-upper" and library assistant at McClintock High School in Tempe. She also professionally breeds Appaloosa sporthorses, and trains everything from sucklings to adult horses in a variety of disciplines, but mostly concentrates on hunter and dressage. She has three dogs (but fosters one out), two cats and is responsible for almost two dozen horses (most of which are for sale) on a ranch near Gila Bend, AZ. |
Larry Vela" " Larry is an artist and an all-around amazing guy. A fountain of brilliance and a cornucopia of personal energy, Larry is a custom painter whose genius manifests on motorcycles, planes, trucks, people, and anything that doesn't run away. The driving force behind Velavision, his notable works include Illusion, Casseiopia, Roadwarrior, and Athena. |
Scott Virtes
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Catherine Wellshttp://www.sff.net/people/catherine-wells
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John Wheelerhttp://members.aol.com/eocenepainting/me.htm
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Lee Whiteside
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Randall Whitlockwww.southwestcostumersguild.org
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David Williams" " Dr. Dave Williams is a member of the research faculty in the Department of Geology at Arizona State University. He has a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Alabama. His research specialty is volcanology and planetary geology. He works on NASA's Galileo mission processing and analyzing images of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa. He is also a member of the UFP (United Federation of Phoenix.) He is a big SF fan enjoying Star Wars and X-files, and he has a wide-ranging knowledge of all the Star Trek shows. |
Mike Willmoth" " Mike is an integral part of the programming team for this convention. He enjoys helping organize and run conventions. His hobbies include amateur astronomy and ham radio operation. Punster extraordinaire, he can cripple at 20 paces. |
Gail Wolfenden-Steib" " Gail Wolfenden-Steib is ranked as a master costumer, achieved by moving up the ranks of SF Convention costuming prior to becoming a professional. She has construsted costumes in the SF/Fantasy, media and horror genres and her awards include: Best of Show Costume Con Historical Masquerade for Masque du Rio (Louis XIV as the Sun King), Most Beautiful at Confransisco for Nightwing: Tribute to the Knight, and most recently one at the Nasfic in Anaheim for a joint creation with Larry Vela. |
Veronica Zabalahttp://sites.netscape.net/geobum72usa http://frontpage.inficad.com/~azmars
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