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Christopher Priest
"The Stooge"
Christopher Priest (14 July 1943 – 2 February 2024) was a celebrated British novelist and science fiction writer known for his intricate and imaginative storytelling. His acclaimed works include Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972), The Inverted World (1974), The Affirmation (1981), The Glamour (1984), The Prestige (1995), and The Separation (2002). The Prestige, which explores the intense rivalry between two magicians, was adapted into a successful film by Christopher Nolan. Priest's talent extended to screenwriting, including his work on Rogelio Fojo's The Stooge. Influenced by H.G. Wells, Priest was vice-president of the international H.G. Wells Society. He received numerous accolades, including the BSFA award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the World Fantasy Award. He lived in various parts of the UK, most recently on the Isle of Bute, and was married to speculative fiction writer Nina Allan until his passing.
Teika Marija Smits
"The Art of Time Travel"
Teika Marija Smits is a UK-based freelance editor and the author
of the short story collections Umbilical (NewCon Press) and Waterlore (Black Shuck Books), as well as the poetry pamphlet Russian Doll (Indigo Dreams Publishing). A fan of all things fae,
she is delighted by the fact that Teika means fairy tale in Latvian.
David Gerrold
"The Man Who Broke Time"
David Gerrold is the author of over 50 books, hundreds of articles and columns, and over a dozen television episodes. He is a classic sci-fi writer that will go down in history as having created some of the most popular and redefining scripts, books, and short stories in the genre.
TV credits include episodes from Star Trek (“The Trouble With Tribbles” and “The Cloud Minders”), Star Trek Animated(“More Tribbles, More Troubles” and “Bem”), Babylon 5 (“Believers”), Twilight Zone (“A Day In Beaumont” and “A Saucer Of Loneliness”), Land Of The Lost (“Cha-Ka,” “The Sleestak God,” “Hurricane,” “Possession,” and “Circle”), Tales From The Darkside (“Levitation” and “If The Shoes Fit”), Logan’s Run (“Man Out Of Time”), and others.
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Novels include When HARLIE Was One, The Man Who Folded Himself, The War Against The Chtorr septology, The Star Wolf trilogy, The Dingilliad young adult trilogy, the Trackersduology, and many more sci-fi classics.
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Additionally, the autobiographical tale of his son’s adoption, The Martian Child, won the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novelette of the Year and was the basis for the 2007 movie, Martian Child, starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack.
RC Matheson
"City of Dreams"
R.C. Matheson is a #1 bestselling author/screenwriter/producer praised by The New York Times as “a great horror writer.” He has worked with Steven Spielberg, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante, Aaron Spelling, Mel Brooks, Dean Koontz, Roger Corman, Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen King, and written/created/executive produced feature films, pilots, and drama and comedy series including “Amazing Stories”, “Three O’Clock High”, “Sole Survivor”, “Big Driver”, “Paradise”, “Masters of Horror”, “Nightmare Cinema” “Full Eclipse” and Stephen King’s “Battleground” which won two Emmys. Matheson has also adapted novels for film and limited series by Roger Zelazny, H.G. Wells, Stephen King, Whitley Strieber, Dean Koontz and George R. R. Martin. Spielberg has praised Matheson for having the “greatest story and idea mind I’ve worked with in a decade.”
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Acclaimed for his dark psychological short stories, Stephen King calls Matheson’s work “…brilliant” and Clive Barker hails it as “…masterly and devastating.” His short stories have appeared in over 125 major anthologies, including 20 YEAR’S BEST volumes and are gathered in his collections Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks, ZOOPRAXIS/ and the #1 bestseller “DYSTOPIA.”
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His novels include “Created By,” “The Ritual of Illusion” and the upcoming “Paranoia.” He compiled and edited the book “Battleground: A Commemoration of the Emmy-Winning Television Adaptation.” He was also awarded the prestigious SCRIBE AWARD for “Wandering Soul” as Best Graphic Novel. His work has been translated into fifteen languages.
A professional and studio drummer, Matheson has played on many albums and studied privately with CREAM’s Ginger Baker. He has worked as a paranormal investigator on numerous cases at UCLA, including the infamous house on which the film “THE ENTITY” was based.
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His latest projects include writing and producing a Stephen King limited series, producing a re-make film of “The Shrinking Man,” starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin, two new short story collections, a new novel, Introductions and stories in ten upcoming collections and anthologies. He is the president of Matheson Entertainment.
