Ann VanderMeer at the 2014 Yale Writers’ Conference (Photo: CHION WOLF / WNPR)

The editor (or
co-editor alongside her husband Jeff) of over a dozen anthologies,
Ann VanderMeer served as Weird Tales editor-in-chief for five
years and is currently an acquiring editor for Tor.com. Her acclaimed
anthologies include the Steampunk trilogy (STEAMPUNK, STEAMPUNK II: STEAMPUNK RELOADED , STEAMPUNK III: STEAMPUNK REVOLUTION), THE NEW WEIRD, The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of
Curiosities, The Weird: A Compendium of Strange
and Dark Stories, Sisters of the
Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, The
Bestiary, and The Big Book of Science Fiction.
Her efforts have received numerous awards including the Hugo, World
Fantasy, British Fantasy, and LOCUS.

VanderMeer co-wrote
(with Jeff) THE KOSHER GUIDE TO IMAGINARY ANIMALS. She crafted the
short story “Best Kosher Imaginary Animals Recipes” and many of
the essays.

She founded the
groundbreaking Buzzcity Press, publishers of the magazine The
Silver Web, Jeff VanderMeer’s first novel Dradin, In Love,
and International Horror Guild Award-winning The Divinity Student
by Michael Cisco. With Jeff, VanderMeer started the press Cheeky
Frawg which specializes in “quality, self-aware e-books.” Beyond
the titles crafted by the duo, they have done the laudable work of
publishing fiction from international writers that deserve more
attention among English-language readers.

All of us at Tachyon wish the amazing Ann, a fantastically weird birthday. 

For more info about STEAMPUNK III: STEAMPUNK REVOLUTION, visit the Tachyon pageTachyon page.

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Design by Elizabeth Story

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