2010 Clarion Instructors

Delia Sherman
Delia Sherman’s most recent short stories have appeared in the Viking young adult anthologies The Green Man, Fairy Reel, and Coyote Road. Her adult novels are Through a Brazen Mirror and The Porcelain Dove (which won the Mythopoeic Award), and, with fellow-fantasist and partner Ellen Kushner, The Fall of the Kings. She has co-edited anthologies with Ellen Kushner and Terri Windling. Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing, edited with Theodora Goss, came out in 2007 and Interfictions 2, edited with Christopher Barzak, in 2009. Her recent novels of New York Between, Changeling and The Mirror of the Mermaid Queen, are for younger readers. She is a past member of the James Tiptree Jr. Awards Council, an active member of the Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts, and a founding member of the Interstitial Arts Foundation board. Delia has taught writing at Clarion, the Odyssey Workshop in New Hampshire, the Cape Cod Writers' Workshop, and the American Book Center in Amsterdam. She lives in New York City with her wife Ellen Kushner, and writes wherever she happens to find herself. View website.

George R.R. Martin
George R.R. Martin was born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey.
He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: "The Hero," sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.
In the 70's, Martin received a B.S. and M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. 
As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.
Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.
Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.
Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West. View website.

Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey has published three novels, The Fallen, a nominee for the International Horror Guild Award, House of Bones (both from Signet), and a collaborative crime novel, Sleeping Policemen (Golden Gryphon), written in collaboration with Jack Slay, Jr. A second crime novel, The Clearing, also written with Jack, is forthcoming. Dale is also the author of a study of contemporary horror fiction, American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction, published by Bowling Green State University Popular Press, and a regular column on death and grieving for The Dodge Magazine, published by the world’s leading manufacturer of embalming equipment and chemicals.
A frequent contributor to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Dale has published short fiction in SciFiction, Amazing Stories, Alchemy, Pulphouse, and the Charlotte Observer. His stories have been reprinted in Rosebud, The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, Year’s Best Fantasy 5, Nebula Awards 31, Nebula Awards Showcase 2007, the two most recent collections of The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Best New Horror 15 and 16. They have been collected in The Resurrection Man's Legacy and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press). In addition to the Nebula-nominated title story and nine other stories, the collection includes "Death and Suffrage," winner of the International Horror Guild Award, and basis of the “Homecoming” episode of Masters of Horror on the Showtime television network. His short story “The End of the World as We Know It” was nominated for a Nebula in 2006.
A graduate of Bethany College, Dale holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Hickory, North Carolina, with his wife Jean and daughter Carson. View website.

Samuel R. Delany
 Samuel R. Delany is a novelist and critic who lives in New York City and teaches English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is the winner of four Nebula Awards, two Hugo Awards, and the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a Lifetime’s Contribution to Lesbian and Gay writing. His novels include "Nova", "Dhalgren", "Trouble on Triton", "Hogg", "The Mad Man", "Phallos", and most recently "Dark Reflections", winner of the Stonewall Book Award. His short fiction has been collected in books such as Aye and Gomorrah and Other Stories and Atlantis: Three Tales. His nonfiction has been collected in volumes such as The Jewel-Hinged Jaw and About Writing, and many of his interviews are available in the University of Mississippi Press series volume, Conversations with Samuel R. Delany, edited by Carl Freedman. For many years he has taught at the Clarion SF Writers Workshops, east and west, and for the last nine summers taught at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Summer Writing Program, in Bolder, Colorado. More information on Wikipedia.

Jeff VanderMeer
World Fantasy Award-winner Jeff VanderMeer has had novels published in fifteen languages and made the year's best lists of Publishers Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, the LA Weekly, and many others. His award-winning short fiction has been featured on Wired.com’s GeekDad and Tor.com, as well as in many anthologies and magazines, including Conjunctions, Black Clock, and in American Fantastic Tales (Library of America). His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and the Barnes & Noble Review, and he is a regular columnist for Amazon's book blog, Omnivoracious. In addition, he has edited or co-edited more than a dozen fiction anthologies for, among others, Bantam Books and Pan Macmillan. VanderMeer’s work has been turned into short films for PlayStation Europe and videos featuring music by The Church. His latest books are the forthcoming novel Finch, and his writing book Booklife: Strategies & Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer. He previously taught at Clarion in 2007, as well as Clarion South in 2009, and serves as assistant director for the Shared Worlds teen writing camp at Wofford College. View website.

Ann VanderMeer
Ann VanderMeer is the founder of the award-winning Buzzcity Press and currently serves as the fiction editor for Weird Tales, for which she has received a Hugo award. Ann has partnered with her husband, author Jeff VanderMeer, on such editing projects as the World Fantasy Award winning Leviathan series, The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, The New Weird, Steampunk and Fast Ships, Black Sails. She is also known for teaching writing workshops, including Clarion and Odyssey as well conducting creativity seminars for such varied audiences as the librarians of the state of Arizona and Blizzard Entertainment. She has been profiled/interviewed for WIRED.Com, National NPR and The Weather Channel. Ann lives with her husband Jeff in Tallahassee, Florida. View website.

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