Ian Randal Strock (ianrandalstrock.livejournal.com) is the Editor and Publisher of SFScope.com, the online trade journal of the speculative fiction fields. Previously, he was the News Editor of Science Fiction Chronicle, the Editor and Founder of Artemis Magazine, the Associate Editor of Analog and Asimov's SF magazines, and the Deputy Editorial Page Editor of Boston's Daily Free Press. Books he has worked on as a freelance editor have been published by Alyson, Doubleday, Padwolf, and St. Martin's. When he worked at Analog and Asimov's, he co-edited Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (St. Martin's, 1991, 1997) with the magazines' editors. His first book, The Presidential Book of Lists: From Most to Least, Elected to Rejected, Worst to Cursed — Fascinating Facts About Our Chief Executives, was published by Random House's Villard imprint in October 2008. His agent is currently pitching the sequel, Ranking the Powers Behind the Oval Office: Vice Presidents, First Ladies, and Presidential Appointees. Ian's writing thus far has been confined to short stories, nonfiction, puzzles, and opinion pieces. He won the Anlab (Readers') Award from Analog for Best Short Story of 1996 ("Living It Is the Best Revenge") and for Best Fact Article of 1996 ("The Coming of the Money Card: Boon or Bane?"). His most recent story, "All the Things That Can't Be," appeared in Analog in November 2007, and "Get Me to the Job on Time" (which appeared in Analog in May 2003) was podcast by EscapePod.org in May 2009.

His other writing has appeared in Analog, Absolute Magnitude, Games, The Sterling Web, and, most recently, op-ed pieces related to his Presidential book have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Daily News. He is also working on his first (and second) novel, and several non-fiction books.