Dave Smeds, photographed at Westercon 64 in the Fairmont San Jose Hotel on Saturday, 2 July 2011 (Wikimedia Commons)

The Nebula
Award-nominated writer Dave Smeds has authored six novels including
the two volume War of The Dragon series (The
Sorcery Within and The Schemes of Dragons),
the original X-Men novel The Law of the
Jungle, and Piper in the Night.

His numerous short
stories have been collected in Earthly Pleasures (as Reed
Manning), EMBRACING THE STARLIGHT, and Raiding the
Hoard of Enchantment: Seven Tales of High
Fantasy.

All of us at Tachyon wish the fantastic Dave, a happy birthday.

For more information about EMBRACING THE STARLIGHT, visit the Tachyon page.