Beth Meacham has been a science fiction and fantasy editor for more than 30 years. She has worked for Ace Books, Berkeley, and Tor, where she was editor in chief from 1985 through 1989. She now works as an Executive Editor for Tor, from her home in Arizona. Among the authors Beth has worked with are, Piers Anthony, Orson Scott Card, Cecelia Holland, Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Will Shetterly, John M. Ford, Michael Cassutt, Pat Murphy, Greg Bear, Kim Stanley Robinson, Tim Powers, Mike Brotherton, William Gibson, David Brin, Pat Cadigan, Storm Constantine, Lisa Goldstein, Steven Gould, Nancy Kress, Melanie Rawn, Charles Sheffield, Judith Tarr, Jack Vance, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Jane Yolen.