Resa Nelson is the author of The Dragonslayer's Sword (Mundania Press, 2008), a novel based on two short stories published in Science Fiction Age, the first of which ranked 2nd in that magazine's first Readers Top Ten Poll; The Dragonslayer's Sword was a 2009 EPPIE Award Finalist for Best Fantasy Novel and was recommended for the Nebula Award. Her next novel, Our Lady of the Absolute, is slated for publication by Mundania Press in July 2010. She is currently at work on a sequel to The Dragonslayer's Sword, The Iron Maiden. Her short fiction has been published in Fantasy Magazine, Paradox, Brutarian Quarterly, Science Fiction Age, Aboriginal SF, Tomorrow SF, Oceans of the Mind, and many anthologies. Her most recent short story, "Black Magic," was published in Sword & Sorceress 23 (ed. Elisabeth Waters). Nelson is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop (1985). She has also sold over 200 magazine articles. She has been the TV/movie columnist for Realms of Fantasy since 1998, and is a regular contributor to SCI FI magazine. Visit her website at http://www.resanelson.com.