Gideon Marcus is the founder of Journey Press, an independent publisher focused on unusual and diverse speculative fiction. He is also a four-time Hugo Finalist for the time machine project, Galactic Journey. An acclaimed science fiction author, he has just released Hyvilma, third book in The Kitra Saga, a YA space adventure series featuring themes of isolation, teamwork, and hope, and starring a queer protagonist of color. His short fiction can be found in Dark Matter, Utopia, Simultaneous Times, and elsewhere. He is also the editor of the Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women anthology series, featuring some of the best works of science fiction's Silver Age. Gideon lives in San Diego County with his writer/editor wife and their polymath artist daughter?along with a cat, a snake, and an immense library.