Belated happy birthday to the World Fantasy Award winner Kathryn Cramer
5 burning questions with Kathryn Cramer
Author, editor, artist, and photographer Kathryn Cramer has edited 30 books including the World Fantasy
Award-winning THE ARCHITECTURE OF FEAR (with Peter D. Pautz),
MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY AND WONDER (with David G. Hartwell), THE
ASCENT OF WONDER: THE EVOLUTION OF HARD SF (with Hartwell), 11
volumes of YEAR’S BEST SF (7-17 with Hartwell), 8 volumes of YEAR’S
BEST FANTASY (2-9 with Hartwell) and HIEROGLYPH: STORIES AND VISIONS
FOR A BETTER FUTURE (with Ed Finn). Alongside Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Susan Palwick, and Samuel R. Delany, she started the influential NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION.
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An early proponent for hypertext fiction, Cramer served as editor for Seagate Systems, where she developed new works by others and crafted the hypertext fiction “In Small & Large Pieces.” Her more traditional short fiction has appeared in ASIMOV’S, NATURE, and Rudy Rucker’s legendary anthology MATHENAUTS. TOR.COM published Cramer’s chapbook AM I FREE TO GO?
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Cover by Scott Bakal
All of us at Tachyon wish the multi-talented Kathryn an extraordinary birthday. May it be filled with wonders.
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Cover designs by Ann Monn