About Greg Bear
Greg Bear is an American
author of more than forty books spanning the science fiction, fantasy, and
horror genres. His science fiction works have covered themes of galactic
conflict, artificial universes, consciousness and cultural practice, and
accelerated evolution. His fiction has garnered five Nebula Awards, two Hugo
Awards, the Monty Award, and the Heinlein Award. He has also been an
illustrator of science fiction works in both hardcover and paperback. He has written articles on film for the Los Angeles Times and book reviews for
the San Diego Union. He is a founding
member of the Association of Science Fiction Artists and of the San Diego
Comic-Con. and has served as president and vice president of the Science Fiction
Writers of America. He has also served as a consultant for NASA, the US Army,
the State Department, and other organizations on such matters as crime and
criminal justice, virology and evolution, and bio security.
About Jeff Woodman
Jeff Woodman is an actor and narrator. He is a winner of the prestigious Audie Award and a six-time finalist. He has received twenty Earphones Awards and was named the 2008 Best Voice in Fiction & Classics, as well as one of the Fifty Greatest Voices of the Century by AudioFile magazine. As an actor, he originated the title role in Tennessee Williams’ The Notebook of Trigorin and won the S. F. Critics’ Circle Award for his performance in An Ideal Husband. In addition to numerous theater credits on and off Broadway, his television work includes Sex and the City, Law & Order, and Cosby.