Karen Haber is the author of nine novels, including Star Trek Voyager: Bless the Beasts, and co-author of Science of the X-Men. She is a Hugo Award nominee, nominated for Meditations on Middle Earth, an essay collection celebrating J.R.R. Tolkien. Her newest book, The Sweet Taste of Regret, a collection of short fiction, was published by ReAnimus Press. Her publications include The Mutant Season series (PhoenixPick/Arc Manor), the Woman Without A Shadow series (ReAnimus), and Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art, (Rockport). Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine , The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and many anthologies. She reviews art books for Locus Magazine and lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, Robert Silverberg and three cats.