Carolyn Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a science fiction and fantasy author. She has written more than 60 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award winning novels Downbelow Station (1981) and Cyteen (1988), both set in her Alliance-Union universe.
Caitlin Moran is a British broadcaster, TV critic and columnist at The Times, where she writes mostly humorous or satirical articles about modern life and celebrity culture.
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan is the author of many science fiction and dark fantasy works, including seven novels, many comic books, more than one hundred published short stories, novellas, and vignettes, and numerous scientific papers.
Since her feature debut opposite Warren Beatty in Shampoo in 1975, Carrie Fisher has been a compelling force in the film industry. She attained international recognition as Princess Leia, a role that made her a cultural icon, in the box office extravaganza Star Wars trilogy. On the Literary front, Carrie became a sensation with her New York Times' best selling, Postcards From The Edge, and won the Los Angeles Pen Award for best first novel. Two more best selling novels, Surrender The Pink and Delusions Of Grandma followed.
Charles de Lint is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. He is, also, the chief book critic for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Charlotte Boyett-Compo, known to her readers as Charlee, is a multi-published speculative fiction author with work ranging from the sub-genres of horror to dark fantasy and science fiction.