Laura Anne Gilman is the author of more than 20 short stories, three nonfiction books for teens, several nonfiction essays, two “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” tie-in novels and a forthcoming original novel, Staying Dead, out in August 2004, with the follow-up, Curse the Dark, scheduled for July 2005. For more information, go to www.sff.net/people/lauraanne.gilman.