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The Authors Quill Guests Hugh Howey Second Hour Alex Shvartsman
Bestselling Author, Writers of the Future Judge – Biography
Born in 1975, I fell in love with reading and with sailing at a young age. I had two dreams in life: to write a novel and to sail around the world. In 2009, I finally completed my first novel. My seventh published work, WOOL, became an international bestseller and has been translated into nearly 40 languages.
ALEX SHVARTSMAN
Writer, Anthologist, Translator, and Game Designer – Biography
Alex Shvartsman is a writer, anthologist, translator, and game designer from Brooklyn, NY. His adventures so far have included traveling to over 30 countries, playing a card game for a living, and building a successful business.
Alex is occasionally available for freelance translation and writing projects. Reprint rights are available for most of his short stories.
Mr. Shvartsman is the author of Kakistocracy (2023), The Middling Affliction (2022), and Eridani’s Crown (2019) fantasy novels. Over 120 of his stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, etc. He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a three-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.
His translations from Russian have appeared in F&SF, Clarkesworld, Tor.com, Analog, Asimov’s, etc. Alex has edited over a dozen anthologies, including the long-running Unidentified Funny Objects series.
Alex’s story “Whom He May Devour” is currently in development as a live action TV series.
His website is www.AlexShvartsman.com.
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My career as a writer has taken me all around the world; I’ve met amazing readers everywhere I go, and I’ve seen some extraordinary places. Now I’m embarking on a journey to complete my second dream, that of sailing around the world. This website is a history of both of those dreams.
His website is HughHowey.com.
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