Dennis Danvers is the author of novels Wilderness (Poseidon, 1991; HarperCollins, forthcoming February 2010; Bram Stoker and Locus finalist); Time and Time Again (Simon & Schuster, 1994), Circuit of Heaven (1998, Eos; New York Times Notable), End of Days (Eos, 1999; New York Times Notable), The Fourth World (Eos, 2000), The Watch (Eos, 2002; New York Times Notable; Booklist 10 Best SF novels, School Library Journal Best Books of 2002), The Bright Spot (under the pseudonym Robert Sydney, Bantam, 2005), The Donut Man and Cloverleaf (YA) in progress. His short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Intergalactic Medicine Show, New Delta Review, Review La Booche, Sou'wester, and Realms of Fantasy. "The Broken Dream Factory" is forthcoming in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet; "Small Motel" is forthcoming in Space and Time; "Texas Beach" is forthcoming in Richmond Noir (Akashic, 2010); "Healing Benjamin" is forthcoming in Realms of Fantasy. He holds a Ph.D. in literature and an MFA in fiction writing and has taught writing and literature at all levels. He currently teach science fiction and fantasy at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and writes full time. He lives with wife, Sarah Weisiger, and dog, Ethel, in Richmond.