Canadian author/ former biologist Julie E. Czerneda shares her curiosity about living things and optimism about life through her science fiction, published by DAW Books, NY, since 1997. As for fantasy, the first installments of her Night’s Edge series (DAW) A Turn of Light and A Play of Shadow, won consecutive Aurora Awards (Canada’s Hugo). Her standalone epic fantasy, The Gossamer Mage came out in 2019. Her Clan Chronicles series completed in To Guard Against the Dark, Julie opened her universe to fans of the series in Tales from Plexis. The misadventures of her beloved character, Esen, continue in the Web Shifter’s Library series, featuring all the weird biology one could ask, with Mirage out Aug 2020 and Spectrum, spring 2021. Julie’s edited/co-edited numerous award-winning anthologies of SF/F, including SFWA’s 2017 Nebula Award Showcase. When not canoeing in the wild or wilding her yard.