NALO HOPKINSON, born in Jamaica, is a Jamaican-Canadian whose tap roots extend to Trinidad and Guyana. She has published numerous books and short stories and occasionally edits anthologies. Her writing has received the John W. Campbell Award, the Locus Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Sunburst Award (twice), and the Norton Award. She is a professor of Creative Writing at the University of California Riverside. Her short story collection "FallinginLove With Hominids" will appear from Tachyon Books in 2015.