MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning alternate history novel, THE CALCULATING STARS, the first book in the Lady Astronaut series. She is also the author of The Glamourist Histories series and GHOST TALKERS and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo Awards, the Nebula, and Locus Awards. Her stories appear in ASIMOV’S, UNCANNY, and several Year’s Best anthologies. Mary Robinette has also worked as a professional puppeteer, is a member of the Award-winning podcast Writing Excuses, and performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and Neal Stephenson. She lives in Tennessee with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters.

LEV AC ROSEN writes books for people of all ages, including CAMP, which was a best book of the year from FORBES, ELLE, and THE TODAY SHOW, among others, and is a Lambda finalist and ALA Rainbow List Top Ten. He lives in NYC with his husband and a very small cat. You can find him online at his website and on social media.

Mary Robinette Kowal, discussing THE SPARE MAN with Lev AC Rosen