Nancy Kress is the author of thirty-five novels, four story collections, and three books on writing fiction. She has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her most recent novel, Observer, co-written with Dr. Robert Lanza, concerns the nature of consciousness, reality, and love. Nancy’s work has been translated into two dozen languages, none of which she can read. She has taught writing at various venues in the United States and abroad, including Clarion, the University of Leipzig, in Beijing, and at the annual SF-writing workshop Taos Toolbox with Walter Jon Williams. Nancy lives in Seattle with her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead, and Pippin, the world’s most stubborn Chihuahua.