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World Convention 2009 Progress Report 2

www.worldfantasy2009.org Thursday, Oct. 29 - Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009 San Jose, California Celebrating 200 Years of Poe

Contents

World Fantasy Award Nominees 3 Additional Guest of Honor 6 Banquet Information 7 Registration at Con / Dealers Room 8 Shipping 9

Bookstores 10 Getting to the Convention 11 New members since last report 13 Committee List / Contact Information / Website 20

Please check the spelling, capitalization and punctuation of your name on the label of this progress report. The database that generated the label and the list of names in this PR is what will be used to generate name badges for the convention.

If your name is not spelled properly, or is capitalized in a way you do not prefer, please let us know by e-mailing [email protected] immediately, so we can have a goodlooking and appropriate badge waiting for you at Registration. Thank you! Nominees

The list of nominees for the 2009 World Fantasy Awards is as follows:

Best Novel • The House of the Stag, (Tor) • The Shadow Year, (Morrow) • The Graveyard Book, (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury) • Pandemonium, (Del Rey) • Tender Morsels, (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)

Best

• “Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the ,” Peter S. Beagle (Strange Roads) • “If Fight,” (F&SF 2/08) • “The Overseer,” Albert Cowdrey (F&SF 3/08) • Odd and the Frost , Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury; HarperCollins) • “Good Boy,” (Filter House)

Best Short Odds Story • “Caverns of Mystery,” Kage Baker (Subterranean: Tales of ) • “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss,”, (Asimov’s 7/08) • “Pride and Prometheus,” (F&SF 1/08) • “Our Man in the Sudan,” Sarah Pinborough (The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories) • “A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antarctica,” Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 5/08)

3 Best Anthology

• The Living Dead, , ed. () • The Del Rey Book of and Fantasy, , ed. (Del Rey) • The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, , & Gavin J. Grant, eds. (St. Martin’s) • : An Anthology of , , ed. (Senses Five Press) • , Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. ()

Best Collection

• Strange Roads, Peter S. Beagle (DreamHaven Books) • The Drowned Life, Jeffrey Ford (HarperPerennial) • Pretty , Kelly Link (Viking) • Filter House, Nisi Shawl (Aqueduct Press) • Tales from Outer Suburbia, (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic ‘09)

Best Artist

• Kinuko Y. Craft – www.kycraft.com • Janet Chui – www.janetchui.net • Stephan Martinière – www.martiniere.com • – www.johnpicacio.com • Shaun Tan – www.shauntan.com

4 Special Award, Professional

• Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House) • Farah Mendelsohn (for The Rhetorics of Fantasy) • Stephen H. Segal & Ann VanderMeer (for ) • Jerad Walters (for A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft) • (for Tachyon Publications)

Special Award, Nonprofessional

• Edith L. Crowe (for her work with The ) • John Klima (for Electric Velocipede) • Elise Matthesen (for setting out to inspire and for serving as inspiration for works of poetry, fantasy, and SF over the last decade through her jewelry-making and her “artist’s challenges.”) • , , & (for Clarkesworld) • Michael Walsh (for collections from Old Earth Books)

World Fantasy Award Judges

• Jenny Blackford • Peter Heck • • • Delia Sherman

5 Additional Guest of Honor

Zoran Živković

Zoran Živković was born in Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, in 1948. In 1973 he graduated from the Department of General Literature with the theory of literature, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade; he received his master’s degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1982 from the same school, where he is currently a professor of creative writing.

Živković is the author of the eighteen works of fiction: The Fourth Circle (1993), Time Gifts (1997), The Writer (1998), The Book (1999), Impossible Encounters (2000), Seven Touches of Music (2001), The Library (2002), Steps through the Mist (2003), Hidden Camera (2003), Compartments (2004), Four Stories till the End (2004), Twelve Collections and the Teashop (2005), The Bridge (2006), Miss Tamara, The Reader (2006), Amarcord (2007), The Last Book (2007), Escher’s Loops (2008) and The Ghostwriter (2009).

Živković received numerous literary awards. The most prominent among them is the World Fantasy Award (2003) for his mosaic-novel The Library.

Nearly fifty foreign editions of his books appeared in more than twenty . Several feature films and TV series were based on his works.

He lives in Belgrade, Serbia, with his wife Mia, their twin sons Uroš and Andreja, and their three cats.

6 Banquet & Awards Ceremony The banquet will begin at 1 P.M. on Sunday, November 1.

Banquet Menu Salad Baby field greens with toasted almonds, goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette Entree choice of Petit filet of beef with cabernet shallot sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, forest mushrooms and vegetables or Sundried tomato and spinach stuffed breast of chicken with Marsala sauce, basil polenta cake, and vegetables or Grilled vegetable strudel with ricotta cheese and tomato basil sauce Dessert Fresh berries and honey-lavender ice cream

Banquet tickets are $75 per person, which includes applicable taxes, gratuities and service charges. Coffee and teas are included with the banquet. Other beverages may be purchased at the no-host bar.

Tickets are available before the convention through our website, or contact us at P. O. Box 61363 Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363. You can pick up these tickets in the registration area. A limited number of tickets will be for sale at the convention; however, we cannot guarantee that all entree choices will be available. Tables seating 10 are also available: contact [email protected]. Seating is otherwise on a first-come basis.

Allergies and dietary restrictions: If you have food allergies or any other dietary restrictions contact [email protected] by Friday, Oct. 16. We will work with you and the hotel to accommodate your needs.

The 2009 World Fantasy Awards follow the banquet in the same room. The ceremony is open to all members: doors open at approximately 2 PM.

7 Registration at the Con

Registration is in the Market Street Foyer of Fairmont at these hours: Wednesday 7 PM - 10 PM Thursday Noon - 6 PM Friday 10 AM - 6 PM Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM Dealers Room Hours of operation: Thursday Noon - 6 PM Friday 10 AM - 6 PM Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM Sunday 10 AM - 3:30 PM Note: The Dealers Room will be open after the banquet ends. Many of these dealers have active websites, and would be glad to bring items you might request to the convention. Check on our website under Dealers.

B. Brown & Associates Locus Publications Bad Moon Books Midnight Books Basement Books Night Shade Books Book Universe The Other Change of Hobbit Borderlands Books Phil Davis Books & Treasures Cargo Cult Books & Notions Prime Books Centipede Press Jim & Melody Rondeau Cobblestone Books Shasta/Phoenix Cold Tonnage Books Sign of the DreamHaven Books Springtime Creations EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Tachyon Publications Publishing Underland Press Fairwood Press/Talebones Wheatland Press The Fantasy Connection Willow Jewelry Handee Books Ygor’s Books

8 Shipping

The 2009 is now accepting shipments for donated books for the attendee bookbags, as well as any related ephemera – bookmarks, postcards, flyers, buttons, stickers – being donated for giveaway at WFC.

If you are a publisher wanting to donate in quantity, and have not already been in touch, please contact Rina Weisman at pub- [email protected]. Please do not send books without first emailing her. Shipments will be accepted until Tuesday, October 27th; anything that arrives after that date may be returned to sender.

Please address your shipping label as follows:

Rina Weisman / WFC 2009 c/o Extra Space Storage Attn: Unit 74 2501 Cesar Chavez Street San Francisco, CA 94124

Please write 'BOOKBAG' in large letters, somewhere on the side of the box.

Please keep a record of your shipping information and tracking number; WFC2009 is not responsible for packages that go astray on their way to us. A letter acknowledging your donation will go out to you after the close of the convention.

This address is NOT for dealers wishing to ship their merchandise to the convention. Shipments to the Dealers Room will be accepted beginning in October. Please contact Dave Clark at [email protected] if you have any questions.

The shipping service at the convention, for both dealers and attendees, will be the United States Post Office. The USPS will be setting up a subsidiary station on Saturday and Sunday, and will provide Media Mail, 1st Class, and Priority Mail. Insurance and customs forms will be provided. For those wishing to ship stuff home via FedEx or UPS, the hotel maintains a business center with those services. The WFC will also have a "box farm" with plenty of sturdy cardboard boxes for packing. Hours for the USPS station will be posted at the convention.

9 Local Bookstores Support Your Local Independent Bookstores!

Well, in this case, OUR local independent bookstores! But we are willing to share, courtesy of IndieBound! What is IndieBound? A community-oriented movement bringing together booksellers, readers, indie retailers, and anyone else with a passionate belief that healthy local economies help communities thrive — meaning that dollars, jobs, diversity, choice, and taxes stay local, creating strong, unique communities and happy citizens.

For a fairly comprehensive list of bookstores in the area, should you be planning to happily browse and buy while in town for World Fantasy, please visit this IndieBound link:

http://www.indiebound.org/indie-store-finder

For the best selection, pick "50 miles" and "50 stores" and choose:

San Jose / zipcode 95113

San Francisco / zipcode 94107

Marin/Napa area / zipcode 95404

Berkeley/East Bay / zipcode 94704

You’ll see each bookstore location flagged on the map and the sidebar will take you to the store’s profile and contact info (call before visiting). The Bay Area is blessed with several science fiction and fantasy stores, so make time to visit:

Borderlands Books - www.borderlands-books.com San Francisco SF’s #1 for SF, fantasy and horror books

Dark Carnival, Oakland - www.darkcarnival.com Where the gefilte Darwin fish was born!

The Other Change of Hobbit, Berkeley - www.otherchangeofhobbit.com/ (Don’t miss Comic Relief right next door, too!)

Have fun, and may you find the signed first edition you seek. Remember - bookscouting is not a blood sport!

10 Getting to the Convention There is a detailed description of how to get to the convention on our website at http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/?page_id=77. This is a slightly condensed version of how to get there by or car. If you wish to take bus, train, or other methods, please check the website for details.

The convention is at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, a city approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of San Francisco. The convention site is in downtown San Jose. If you attended the 2002 , you will remember this hotel as ConJose’s headquarters and party hotel.

By Air

The Bay Area has three major airports: San Francisco (SFO), Oakland (OAK), and San Jose (SJC). We recommend flying to San Jose Airport, which is about 3 miles (5 km) from the Fairmont. The other airports are about 40 miles (65 km) away; getting from them to San Jose can be time consuming and inconvenient. However, particularly for people traveling from outside the US, SFO is a better choice for getting a direct flight. Just bear in mind that the time you save in the direct flight to SFO may be eaten up by getting from SFO to downtown San Jose.

Getting from SJC to the Fairmont Hotel

Taxis and Shuttles: There is no hotel shuttle. Your options for getting from the airport to the hotel include a taxi or shared-ride shuttle ($20-$25). We don’t recommend a car rental unless you need it during the convention. See notes on parking expenses at the end of this section.

Public Transit (VTA Rail): For the economy-minded, there is public transit available, in the form of the free #10 bus (catch the bus marked “Light Rail” on the headsign) to the Metro/Airport light rail stop, then catch a light rail train heading downtown (headsigns for “Winchester” or “Santa Teresa”). Light rail fare is $1.75 (buy a ticket from the vending machine at the station) and light rail stops in front of the Fairmont Hotel. Leave a comment on the website expressing interest and we’ll provide more information on the bus/light rail connection.

Getting from SFO to the Fairmont

Taxis and Shuttles: A shared-ride shuttle is $30-$40 one-way, while a taxi is at least $75 (not including tip). If you rent a car, you’ll have to pay $26/day to park that car at the Fairmont (or much less in one of the surface lots or parking garages in the area).

11 Public Transit (BART/Caltrain): The least expensive but most time-consuming way to get from SFO to downtown is to take the train. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system does not go to San Jose, but you can use it ($4 fare) to get from the airport to the Caltrain commuter rail line, then catch a train to San Jose ($6), then take a taxi, light rail, free downtown connection bus, or even walk the 0.8 mi (1.3 km). One of the webmasters here is a transit buff and will post detailed directions for using BART/ Caltrain if there is any interest.

You can also use the 511 transit system to map out a ride on Bay Area public transit: Use “SFO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, San Francisco” and “Paseo De Station, San Jose” as your start and end points, then provide your expected time you will leave SFO as your start-of-trip time to get an idea of the cost and time your travel will take. A typical trip costs about $12 and takes about 2 hours, but times vary considerably depending on when you arrive, and may not be available for very late night arrivals at SFO.

Getting from OAK to the Fairmont

Taxis and Shuttles: Taxis and shared-ride shuttles from Oakland International to downtown San Jose will cost approximately the same as from SFO, and a rental car also presents the same challenges as from SFO. There are two public-transit alternatives from OAK. Both require taking the AirBART shuttle bus ($3) to the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART station. From there, you have two choices, one relatively frequent and one that only works at limited times of the day.

Public Transit (BART/VTA): Take a BART train from Coliseum (trains run at least every fifteen minutes) to the end of the line at Fremont ($3.60), then catch the 180 or 181 bus operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation (VTA) ($3.50). This bus will drop you off within a block of the hotel. Be sure to check the schedules before making your plans, especially if arriving late at night.

Amtrak Capitol Corridor: The Amtrak Capitol Corridor service runs seven trains per day that stop at Coliseum Amtrak (connected to the BART station by pedestrian skywalk) and to to the San Jose Amtrak/Caltrain station. See “By Train” on the website for more information. Fare from Coliseum station is $13 (buy a ticket from the vending machine in the Amtrak station).

By Car/Parking

The San Jose Fairmont is in downtown San Jose at 170 S. Market Street. The only parking at the hotel itself is the hotel’s valet parking garage, which is $26/day. However, there are numerous downtown public parking facilities, including surface lots and garages, detailed at the San Jose Downtown Parking web site. Different lots and garages charge different rates, and some lots have free night and/or weekend parking. Most of the lots and garages near the Fairmont allow overnight parking, but you need to check the individual lot to confirm this. We have found that in some lots and garages near the hotel, even if you parked for several days, if you leave late at night or on a weekend, there is no charge; however, parking conditions change from time to time, so we cannot guarantee that you will be able to get free parking. 12 Members

These people joined since our last Progress Report. We would also like to acknowledge that we misspelled Val and Ron Ontell’s name in the previous listing.

A 653A Kathy Adamovich 666A Orin Bigman 994A Sarah Adamovich 819A Joshua Bilmes 576A Steve Adamovich 665A 610A Ted Adams 1006A Neal Blaikie 648A Tim Akers 875A 763A Daniel Alonso 931A viki blaylock 764A Donna Amos 774A David Bloom 1092A Ken Amos 773A Stella Bloom 1093A James Anderson 820A Stephen Blount 559A Karen Anderson 615A Paul Boccaccio 905A Spencer Anderson 645A Sonja Bock 701A Stefan Andrew 542A Sue Bolich 677A julie andrijeski 761A Margaret Bonham 654A Kat Angeli 816A David Boop 523A Ron Angeli 817A Alan Bostick 658A Christa Ansbergs 711A Claudio Bottaccini 707S Risa Aratyr 694A brian brackney 1011A Liz Argall 725A Chett Breed 937A 752A Chaz Brenchley 1023A Sean Arthur 991A Peter Brett 552A 852A Ada Brown 1090A Melissa Aylstock 912A Frank Brown 1091A B Stephanie Brucker 787A Allison Baker 897A AAron Buchanan 742A Brittany Baker 928A Mark Budz 807A Kage Baker 975A Jeff Burk 1113A Philippa Ballantine 944A Karen Burnham 938A DAVE BARA 1020A Carol Burrell 767A James Barber 1027A C Laird Barron 560A Christopher Caldwell 848A Kathleen Bartholomew 976A Paul Carlson 1081A Deborah Beale 1018A Sarah K. Castle 980A Amelia Beamer 731A Lynn Cesar 603A Astrid Bear 879A BERT CHAMBERLIN 520A Greg Bear 880A Selena Chambers 720A Bradley Beaulieu 593A J. Cheney 543A Thomas Beck 609A Dario Ciriello 668A Eileen Bell 528A Amanda Clark 539A Jerry Benner 768A Barbara Clark 1002A John Berlyne 757A Shelly Clift 537A Mark Bessey 948A Robert Code 1051A Ingrid de Beus 1058A 13 Douglas Cohen 835A Nancy Etchemendy 624A Howard Cohen 872A F Myke Cole 557A Eleanor Farrell 521A Elizabeth Coleman 822A Roxanne Felix 670A Brendan Connell 800A Sara Felix 1084A Lawrence Connolly 487A Michelle Feraud 1072A Tina Connolly 825A Patricia Ferguson 924A Jeanne Cook 555A Mark Ferrari 1039A Thomas Cook 870A Otto Filip 946A Brenda Cooper 829A Eugene Fischer 818A Edith Crowe 688A Jim Fiscus 1109A Jerry Crutcher 1097A Marina Fitch 808A D Leadie Flowers 856A Anastasia Damianakos 824A jeffrey ford 703A Joni Dashoff 1077A Jonathan Ford 977A Todd Dashoff 1078A G Howard Davidson 845A Kimberly Gahrahmat 636A Morgan Davis 886A Tom Galloway 998A Philip Davis 690A Dan Gamber 739A Russell Davis 885A Jackie Gamber 740A Wendy Delmater 926A Gwynne Garfinkle 1016A Alan DeNiro 699A Miki Garrison 854A Steve Diamond 771A Edward Gauvin 747A Nick Dianatkhah 732A ElizaBeth Gilligan 894A Patricia Diggs 793A Laura Anne Gilman 565A Kevin Donihe 906A Erica Ginter 1035A William Dorman 1053A Glen Glenn 584A James Doty 936A Sharon Goetz 987A Leigh Dragoon 940A 708A L. Duchamp 797A Kirsten Gong-Wong 741A MJ Duffy 596A Cody Goodfellow 524A David Dunham 587A Bernie Goodman 685A Linda Dunham 588A Liz Gorinsky 901A Kelly Dunn 734A Deborah Grabien 961A Julia Dvorin 887A Sheryl Gray 974A E Roberta Gregory 899A Shayne Easson 1028A Eric Griffith 884A Scott Edelman 920A Jon Courtenay Grimwood 898A Carla Edwards 508A Jill Grinberg 1075A Gregory Edwards 507A Harold Gross 953A Greg van Eekhout 705A H Spencer Ellsworth 1014A Anita Hades 1118A Melissa Embry 1073A Brian Hades 1117A Esther Epstein 874A Alexander Haig 910A Jeremy Erman 973A Maureen Halderson 869A Jonathan Erman 952A Amanda Halperin 717A Ian Esslemont 799A B. Scott Hamman 1062A Max Etchemendy 967A Jasmine Hammer 933A

14 Larry Hammer 850A Lindsey Johnson 530A Charlie Hancock 995A Christina Jones 1046A Sally Harding 737A Heather Jones 1033A Robert Harman 716A LaMont Jones 1123A Lisa Harrigan 516A Matthew Jones 923A Andrew Hatchell 1041A 574A Patricia Hauldren 680A Crystal Jordan 676A Travis Heermann 723A Vincent Jorgensen 582A Rhiannon Held 735A 556A Cavan Helps 900A Dave Justus 857A Shelly Hemig 812A K Trish Henry 706A Richard Kaminsky 1064A Rusty Hevelin 659A Mary Kare 972A Robert Hicks 895A Guy Kay 597A Deanna Hoak 969A Keffy Kehrli 756A Rick Holderman 544A Yvette Keller 947A Mary Holland 984A Jason Kennedy 1099A Phyllis Holliday 612A Kay Kenyon 526A Tim Holman 861A John Kessel 746A Tim Holt 713A Simran Khalsa 724A Alexander Hong 1003A James Kim 989A 1122A Vicki King 983A Chester Hoster 778A Jeffrey Kirk 566A Katy Hoster 777A Mindy Klasky 896A Chris Howard 883A Sam Kome 1042A Geordie Howe 831A Alex Kossey 569A Leslie Howle 1106A Allen Koszowski 1038S Mary Hu 738A Elspeth Kovar 1096A Kathleen Huffine 892A Mark Kreighbaum 515A Lucy Huntzinger 1005A 841A Chava Hurley 959A Robert Kruger 679A Derrick Hussey 823A Megan Kurashige 922A Blake Hutchins 1052A L I Christopher LaBrunda 715A Shep Iiams 934A Marc Laidlaw 696A Alana Inugai 978A 641A Dr. Janine Islam 1055A John Langan 535A J Josh Langston 698A Marc Jacobs 837A Glennis LeBlanc 858A Alfred Jan 1101A Rick LeBlanc 538A Zak Jarvis 411A Cadir Lee 1057A Nora Jemisin 536A Julianne Lee 1022A Marion Jensen 1054A Susan Lee 1056A Roy Jimenez 695A Yoon Lee 992A Dale Johnson 646A Yune Lee 993A Josh Johnson 721A John Leen 672A Kij Johnson 792A Ruth Leibig 814A Lejon Johnson 594A Alexander Lencicki 866A

15 john levitt 534A Sara Mueller 830A Linda Levy 518A Jesse Mundis 949A Don Lindsay 838A Derryl Murphy 693A Mark Linneman 779A Kevin Murphy 860A Kristin Livdahl 700A 517A Malinda Lo 667A Justine Musk 956A Nathan Long 855A Eugene Myers 871A Karin Lowachee 1004A N Greg Lowney 605A Kenneth Nahigian 758S David Lunde 622A Shweta Narayan 618A Richard Lupoff 640A Kathleen Nelson 843A Elizabeth Lynn 571A Stephen Nelson 635A M Annalee Newitz 965A Eunice Magill 834A Charlie Newton 986A Scott Magner 531A Karen Newton 985A Ricia Mainhardt 1015A Linda Nightingale 753A Allen Malanowicz 908A 637A Nick Mamatas 921A Debbie Notkin 657A Margaret Mannatt 691A Sharyn November 554A Lisa Mannetti 1079A O Louise Marley 625A Rita Oakes 634A Stephen Marra 1110A Rose OKeefe 1111A Kate Marshall 769A Ben Oldham 882A Jean Martin 844A Liza Olmsted 689A W Martin 836A Danel Olson 1034A Joseph McDermott 751A P Heather McDougal 891A Shannon Page 656A Ryan McFadden 794A Paul Park 999A Julie McGalliard 916A Bill Parker 754A Patricia McKillip 621A John Parker 661A Michael McLaughlin 632A Norman Partridge 941A Laurie McLean 744A Jason Patnode 572A Terence McVicker 907A Sharon Patry 660A Beth Meacham 580A Michael Pearce 687A Karen Meisner 1024A James Van Pelt 655A Robert Mellette 585A Katherine Pendille 1019A Carlton Mellick III 1112A Joshua Perkey 736A Dru Miller 1063A Colin Peters 1061A James Minz 1029A Dan Pietrasik 789A Shetler Misty 652A Devi Pillai 863A Annette Mocek 1098A Sarah pinborough 683A Sharon Mock 410A K. Dawn Plaskon 546A Deirdre Saoirse Moen 954A Tracy Poole 578A Rick Moen 955A Devin Poore 917A Lenny Molina 847A Curtis Potterveld 939A Erik Mona 709A Linn Prentis 958A Cheryl Morgan 766A Ann Price 968A Lee Moyer 726A Wilum Pugmire 522A

16 Leonard Pung 914A John Skipp 525A Q Mandy Slater 575A R Nathaniel Smith 617A Adam Rakunas 704A Sherwood Smith 930A Corie Ralston 919A Lisa Snellings 642A Jenny Rappaport 714A Maryanne Snyder 604A Annie Reed 962A DongWon Song 862A Jenn Reese 943A Cat Sparks 616A John Remy 806A Kari Sperring 881A Jo Rhett 784A Jacob Spriggs 1049A Andy Richards 675A Michael Stackpole 682A Christie Ritchotte 971A Renee Stern 743A Roy Robbins 876A Isaac Stewart 996A Shauna Roberts 748A Roger Stewart 1103A Shonna Robertson 519A Ian Stockdale 813A Daniel Robichaud 1032A John Stokes 805A Madeleine Robins 551A Eric James Stone 904A Thomas Roche 1047A 730A mark rogers 673A Matthew Sturges 791A M Romney 674A Heidi Summers 853A Sheila Rowen 873A Amy Sundberg 549A Holliann Russell 988A David Swanger 966A Richard Russo 868A Marianne Swanwick 644A S 643A Rennie Saunders 811A T Jonathan Schiefer 553A Krys Taylor 785A Stuart Schiff 1060A Nicole Taylor 925A Eddie Schneider 759A Christopher Teague 581A Andy Schwarz 878A Brian Thies 927A Liz Scott 877A Amy Tibbetts 697A Mark Sebanc 821A Christine Tokash 842A Jerry Seeger 990A Michael Toman 798A Robert Setchell 611A Eden Tomich 623A Lizzy Shannon 1025A MARK TOZER 590A Nisi Shawl 1040A Patrick Tracy 964A 602A Tia Travis 942A Jay Sheckley 1104A Liza Trombi 729A Barbara Shepard 950A Esther Tsai 997A Espana Sheriff 801A Meg Turville-Heitz 1009A Diana Sherman 786A Morgan Turville-Heitz 1010A Jim Shibley 608A U Sharon Shinn 527A Michael Underwood 776A John Shirley 598A V michelina shirley 599A Christine Valada 540A Felicity Shoulders 1031A JoSelle Vanderhooft 1045A Scott Siebert 951A Ann VanderMeer 639A Janni Lee Simner 849A Jeff VanderMeer 638A Marsha Sisolak 913A Kim Vandervort 888A

17 Colette Vernon 815A Willow Zarlow 760A Ralph Vicinanza 810A Kim Zimring 1100A Eric Vogt 1012A Mia Zivkovic 1048A Chris Volk 935A Zoran Zivkovic 1044A W Derek Zumsteg 547A Steve Walker 620A Jillian Zumsteg 548A Jennifer Wallace 840A Yonatan Zunger 550A Sean Wallace 839A Michael Walsh 1095A Damien Walter 762A Adrienne Reynolds Ward 957A Gerald Warfield 770A C. Jane Washburn 932A Pierce Watters 710A Barbara Webb 775A Brent Weeks 628A Kristi Weeks 629A Len Wein 541A Virginia Welshimer 1065S Henry Wessells 595A Linda Whitaker 669A Lori White 529A Stacy Whitman 630A Tom Whitmore 614A Sandra Wickham 589A DEBORA WILHELM 591A Sean Williams 607A 1017A Neil Williamson 1043A 1107A Cordelia Willis 1108A F. Paul Wilson 1076A Mark Wingenfeld 859A Susan Winston 903A Bill Wolfe 702A Gary Wolfe 613A Jack Womack 867A Donna Wong 577A Sarah Wood 1080A Stephen Woodworth 733A William Wu 851A X Y 795A Jayson Young 890A Jim Young 915A Z SAL ZARAGOZA 592A

18 Committee and Contacts

The best way to reach us is via our website, www.worldfantasy2009.org, or by email. For specific areas, see our contact list below. For areas not listed there, or for general information about the 2009 World Fantasy Convention, write to [email protected].

Our current staff list is as follows. If a partial e-mail address (e.g. “chair@”) follows a name, it means you can contact that person/area by using that address @WorldFantasy2009.org

• Chair: David Gallaher (chair@) • Vice Chair: Rina Weisman (chair@) • Treasurer: Cindy Scott (treasurer@) • Hotel/Facilities (at-con): Elspeth Kovar (hotel@) • Program: Alan Beatts (programming@) • Program Operations: Sarah Goodman (ops@) • Guest Liaison: Dawn Plaskon, Colleen Cahill, Judith Kindell, Peggy Rae Sapienza (goh@) • Banquet: Linda McAllister (banquet@) • Mass Signing: Gigi Gridley (autographing@) • Dealers Room: David W. Clark (dealers@) • Art Show: Carl Zwanzig (artshow@) • Logistics: Aaron Spielman (logistics@) • Membership/Registration: Glenn Glazer (registration@) • Hospitality: Kevin Roche & Andrew Trembley (hospitality@) • Publications (pre-con): Tom Whitmore (pr@) • Program Book: Eleanor Farrell & Patrick Swenson (pb@) • Local Color: Chris Garcia (localcolor@) • Web site: Cheryl Morgan & Kevin Standlee (website@) • Media Relations: Cheryl Morgan & Jean Martin (media@) • Publisher Liaison: Rina Weisman (pub-liaison@)

The 2009 World Fantasy Convention is a production of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the promotion of science fiction and fantastical literature.

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