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too."
"Also, we are to take our child to make her
bow to Zhena Trelu, when she is old enough to travel safely."
"Be glad of the vacation," she said. "You
don't mind my saying so, you could use some sleep. No need to rush
back so fast."
"I did not wish to miss the birth of our
daughter," he said, drowsy under her fingers.
"Not a worry. Priscilla says day after
tomorrow."
"So soon?"
She laughed, and pushed him off her lap. He
made a show of sprawling on the rug, and she laughed again, pushing
against the arms of the chair.
Val Con leapt to his feet and helped her
rise.
"I believe I will have a nap," he said.
"Will you join me?"
"Wouldn't miss it for anything."
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are the
celebrated co-authors of the best-selling Liaden Universe® series
and have been writing together since the first "Kinzel" stories hit
Fantasy Book in the early 1980s. They started the first Liaden
story in 1984 and have published a dozen novels and several dozen
short works in that series alone. Along the way they've become fan
favorites at SF conventions from California, USA to Fredericton,
Canada, with Guest of Honor and Special Guest appearances at
PenguiCon, COSine, AlbaCon, Trinoc*con, ConDuit, MarsCon, ShevaCon,
BaltiCon, PortConMaine,SiliCon, Second Life Library, and
elsewhere.
They count Meisha Merlin,
Ace Books, Phobos, and Buzzy Multimedia among their English
language publishers and have several foreign language publishers as
well. Their short fiction, written both jointly and singly, has
appeared in Absolute Magnitude,
Catfantastic, Dreams of Decadence, Fantasy Book, Such a Pretty
Face, 3SF , and Amazing
Their work has enjoyed a
number of award nominations, with Scout's
Progress being selected for the Prism Award
for Best Futuristic Romance of 2001 and Local Custom finishing second for the
same award. Local Custom was published by Buzzy Multimedia as an audio book
read by Michael Shanks - StarGate's Daniel. Balance of Trade , appeared in
hardcover in February 2004 and hit Amazon.com genre bestseller
lists before going on to win the Hal Clement Award as Best YA
Science fiction for the year. Their most recent Liaden novels
are Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon -- and as usual they have a book due out in the
spring.
More: Steve was Vice Chair of the Baltimore
in 80 WorldCon bid as well as Founding Curator of Science Fiction
for the University of Maryland's SF Research Collection, while
Sharon has been Executive Director, Vice President, and President
of the Science Fiction Writers of America; together they were BPLAN
Virtuals, an ebook publisher in the late 1980s. These backgrounds
give them a unique perspective on the science fiction field.
"Also, we are to take our child to make her
bow to Zhena Trelu, when she is old enough to travel safely."
"Be glad of the vacation," she said. "You
don't mind my saying so, you could use some sleep. No need to rush
back so fast."
"I did not wish to miss the birth of our
daughter," he said, drowsy under her fingers.
"Not a worry. Priscilla says day after
tomorrow."
"So soon?"
She laughed, and pushed him off her lap. He
made a show of sprawling on the rug, and she laughed again, pushing
against the arms of the chair.
Val Con leapt to his feet and helped her
rise.
"I believe I will have a nap," he said.
"Will you join me?"
"Wouldn't miss it for anything."
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are the
celebrated co-authors of the best-selling Liaden Universe® series
and have been writing together since the first "Kinzel" stories hit
Fantasy Book in the early 1980s. They started the first Liaden
story in 1984 and have published a dozen novels and several dozen
short works in that series alone. Along the way they've become fan
favorites at SF conventions from California, USA to Fredericton,
Canada, with Guest of Honor and Special Guest appearances at
PenguiCon, COSine, AlbaCon, Trinoc*con, ConDuit, MarsCon, ShevaCon,
BaltiCon, PortConMaine,SiliCon, Second Life Library, and
elsewhere.
They count Meisha Merlin,
Ace Books, Phobos, and Buzzy Multimedia among their English
language publishers and have several foreign language publishers as
well. Their short fiction, written both jointly and singly, has
appeared in Absolute Magnitude,
Catfantastic, Dreams of Decadence, Fantasy Book, Such a Pretty
Face, 3SF , and Amazing
Their work has enjoyed a
number of award nominations, with Scout's
Progress being selected for the Prism Award
for Best Futuristic Romance of 2001 and Local Custom finishing second for the
same award. Local Custom was published by Buzzy Multimedia as an audio book
read by Michael Shanks - StarGate's Daniel. Balance of Trade , appeared in
hardcover in February 2004 and hit Amazon.com genre bestseller
lists before going on to win the Hal Clement Award as Best YA
Science fiction for the year. Their most recent Liaden novels
are Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon -- and as usual they have a book due out in the
spring.
More: Steve was Vice Chair of the Baltimore
in 80 WorldCon bid as well as Founding Curator of Science Fiction
for the University of Maryland's SF Research Collection, while
Sharon has been Executive Director, Vice President, and President
of the Science Fiction Writers of America; together they were BPLAN
Virtuals, an ebook publisher in the late 1980s. These backgrounds
give them a unique perspective on the science fiction field.
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