Note: This session will take place on June 18 at 4pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Seat 1 (out of 4) in a one-hour virtual author kaffeeklatsch via Zoom with Deborah J. Ross, an award-nominated writer and editor of fantasy and science fiction, with over a dozen novels, six dozen short stories, and a dozen anthologies in print.

Recent releases include Collaborators (Lambda Literary Finalist/James Tiptree Jr. Award recommended list), The Seven-Petaled Shield fantasy trilogy, and The Children of Kings. 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), Bright Morning (in honor of Vonda N. McIntyre), 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. She has served as Secretary to the Science Fiction Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) and chaired the jury for the Philip K. Dick Award. When she's not writing, she knits for charity, plays classical piano, and studies yoga.