Christmas and Other Horrors

Multiple-award-winning editor Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for more than thirty years. She was the fiction editor of Omni and Sci Fiction magazines and has edited more than fifty anthologies. She lives in New York City.

Carrie Coello appeared in her first play at age seven, as a cranky, middle-aged fortune teller. Ever since, she's sought out characters that enlighten, entertain, and hold a mirror up to the human condition. After spending a decade working in film, and another decade educating children, she's come full circle as a performer, narrating audiobooks from her Seattle studio. She collaborates with authors and publishers to bring flesh and blood to words on the page, with humor and a deep understanding of what makes people tick. Carrie draws upon her own lived experience to portray lesbian and bisexual protagonists under the pseudonym Lois Ridge. As a practicing Atheopagan, she brings authenticity to books featuring pagans, witches, and earth-based spirituality. There's a special place in her heart for the amateur sleuth, the small-town hero who pulls herself up by her bootstraps, and the teenager struggling to make sense of herself and the world around her. Let's tell her story together.

Andrew J. Andersen was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, however, he calls the ATL home. Upon graduating high school, Andrew went on to receive his BA in theater (performance concentration) from Young Harris College in North Georgia, and then came right back to settle down in Brookhaven, Georgia, with his college sweetheart. He's been working in theater, film, and voice-over professionally ever since. Andrew is a proud dog owner, and loves to play TTRPG's with his best mates.