A prolific, award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, Elizabeth Bear won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005, then went on to win the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2006 for Hammered. She followed it up with two sequels to form the Jenny Casey trilogy, just one of her many series, including the Eternal Sky trilogy (which Tor.com called “the most significant epic fantasy published in the last decade”), the Jacob’s Ladder trilogy, the New Amsterdam series, the Promethean Age series, and others. Equally recognized for her short work, Bear won a Hugo Award in 2008 for her short story “Tideline” and another for her novelette “Shoggoths in Bloom” in 2009. Bear’s activity in science fiction and fantasy fan communities has garnered her a loyal online following, as well as two Hugo Awards for Best Fancast for SF Squeecast, for which she is a regular contributor (along with fellow author Seanan McGuire).