Steve Berman's young adult novel, Vintage: A Ghost Story was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award and made the GLBT-Round Table of the American Library Association's Rainbow List of recommended queer-positive books for children and teens. He's worked as editor of the genre anthologies Magic in the Mirrorstone, So Fey, and the Wilde Stories series, which has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. In fall of 2011, he edited his latest book, Speaking Out, a young adult anthology featuring inspirational short fiction aimed at LGBT teens released from Bold Strokes Books. Berman also is the publisher of Icarus: The Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction, a quarterly glossy magazine. His short fiction has been featured in such anthologies as The Beastly Bride and Teeth, all edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. Berman is the founder of Lethe Press, which, for the past decade, has released quality books of queer and weird fiction from such writers as Tanith Lee, Livia Llewellyn, Will Ludwigsen, and a host of other authors whose name does not end in 'L.' He resides in southern New Jersey.