Barry Bard

" " Normally ebullient and enthusiastic, Barry Bard is silent about his accomplishments and contribution to fandom in Arizona and around the world. He brings us an overflowing freebee table and movie previews and much more. If (who are we kidding when) you stop by his dealer’s table he always seems to have just what you are looking for. We hope he knows just how much he is appreciated by AZ fandom!

Billy Bishop

Bill Bishop, an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Arizona, and currently a member of the Velavision team, is also known in Phoenix area fandom for his involvement in playing, running and writing role-playing games as well as convention programming.

Mike Cassidy

Mike has been attending conventions since the first one he attended at the Del Webb tower in the middle of Phoenix in 1976. He is a former Marine ( OORAH !!!) who rebuilds carburetors blindfolded, builds computers with out using instruction manuals and makes scale models with such excruciating detail that most people cry out “You MUST be CRAZY!” Mike currently spends most of his days maintaining and repairing equipment that tests little pieces of silicon impregnated with various kinds of metal oxides for a major multinational company. He has been seen recently at the Velavision corporate office at “The Big Building Plaza” in Dyptheria, AZ in high-level talks with the Velavision board of directors.

Sarah Clemens

" " Sarah is a professional artist who paints SF related works for her own pleasure. Her Alien Lawsuits series was featured at WorldCon in Los Angeles, and MagicCon in Orlando has honored her with a Best Artist Award.

Maryeileen Flanagan

" " Maryeileen Flanagan began costuming at the tender age of eight when she attempted to make a paper mache' horse for her jockey "character" to ride on Halloween. Since then she has advanced to costuming live horses and their riders as part of the "Once Upon a Time" and "Life of the Party "parade groups. After this fourth generation native Tempean graduated from Texas A&M with a BA/BS in English (and a minor in genetics) she entered the work force as a professional costume designer for the ASU Department of Dance. Her accomplishments and experience are diverse: author of several articles, poems and photographs published in various places (mostly horse magazines); she has been an English teacher at Tempe High School and sponsor of its Creative Writing Club since the inception of that group; has volunteered as programming chair for several local cons as well as a World Fantasy Con and has been publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Forum on Apple's eWorld. Currently, Maryeileen applies that genetics minor in the breeding of Appaloosa and Walkaloosa horses on her ranch near Gila Bend.

Mark Greenawalt

http://www.futureclassx.com

Mark Greenawalt is an award-winning artist who has evolved to painting on living canvases. From liquid latex swimsuits to airbrushed murals, Greenawalt blurs the boundaries between art and photography as an accomplished body painter. His final images are more than documentation snapshots of what he painted --r professionally composed photographs of beautiful models whose surroundings compliment their painted skin. The photograph, after all, is the final product once the bodypainting has long since washed away. Mark's work has been featured in numerous magazines, on television, and at live demonstrations for various art groups. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he now makes his home in Phoenix, Arizona.

Bennie Grezlik

" " Currently seeking a publisher for his completed Search For Earth SF trilogy, author Bennie Grezlik's prior credits include The Anthropic Cosmologist (2002 short story-GateWay S-F Magazine, 2002) The Wigglers (short story-'More Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl' anthology, Yard Dog Press, 2003) and 22 years as a technical writer and a trainer in the electric power industry. He has been secretary of the Houston Writers League. as well as taught classes on the operation, maintenance and repair of power control electronics all over North America and as far afield as China. When not writing or teaching, Bennie tinkers with electronic projects such as treasure detectors. "Give me a pen, paper, oscilloscope, and a star to steer her by," he advises, "and I'm happy."

Alan Gutierrez

http://alansstudio.dragonsanime.com

Artist Alan Gutierrez, well known for his contributions to SF publications, collectible card gaming, Popular Mechanics, Steve Jackson Games, Tor books, and more, has more recently devoted his efforts to Anime fantasy realism. He resides in Arizona with his wife and two daughters.

Angel Hungerford

http://www.shdwanna.blogspot.com

" " Angel is known to local fandom for writing fanfiction. She also participates in con-running fandom, and is the Faithful Lackey (President) of T.H.E.M. for academic year 02-03.

Anne Lambert

" " Fantasy and SF author Anne Lambert’s credits include a historical romance, Thief by Moonlight; and the fantasy novel Magic's Logic. Watch for her upcoming works from Domhan Books: Realms of the Shadows, Right to Life. Anne enjoys gaming occasionally, reading extensively, and watching almost any movies or television relating to the science fiction/fantasy field.

Meg Lambert

" " Self-proclaimed fanfic author and computer graphic artist, Meg Lambert specializes in fantasy book covers. She is also the author of Shadowrun game modules and is currently developing modules for the D20 system.

Don Markstein

http://www.uncadonald.com

http://www.toonopedia.com/

Don makes his living as a writer and editor. In 1981, Don and his wife, GiGi Dane, founded Apatoons, a cooperative publication which has, in the years since, featured the work of some of animation's top commentators. He edited Comics Revue, a monthly anthology of newspaper comics, from 1984-87, and 1992-96. In 1992, he edited A Prince Valiant Companion, which, among other things, summarized the princely adventurer's entire career in Sunday comics from 1937-80. In 1994, he edited Hot Tips from Top Comics Creators, a compendium of wisdom about how to make comics, distilled from hundreds of interviews in Comics Interview magazine. In 1999, he started writing Don Markstein's Toonopedia™, a project he expects to work on for the rest of his life. Part of the reason is to share some of the information he's gathered. But it also works as an excuse to play with toons.

Alice Massoglia

" " A 17 year veteran on the SF&F book selling front, Alice has also worked at Staff or Committee level for approximately a dozen regional or larger SF Conventions, and about the same number of local SF Conventions. She is a part of the group putting on Regency Dance events both locally and at other conventions and is a member of one of the Baker Street Irregulars. Although living in Los Angeles, Alice considers herself to be part of Arizona fandom.

Benjamin Massoglia

" " Part of the Massoglia book-selling clan, Ben has been part of Phoenix fandom from an early age. His current interests include collectible card games, computer games, RPG's, LARP's, as well as science fiction and fantasy literature.

Marty Massoglia

http://home.pacbell.net/ambooks/

" " A fan and purveyor of fine science fiction and fantasy books for the last 17 years, Marty can usually be found at the dealer's table but is also well known for teaching regency, country and ballroom dancing at local conventions.

Kitty McDonald-Neal

http://www.azgamers.info

Founder of the Con Program Team, Kitty is known to fandom mostly for her involvement in convention programming, and also for her decade-long VtM chronicle. Her other interests include genealogy, cooking, camping, hiking, and some costuming. She lives in Tempe with husband Rusty and has 2 grown kids, and two little grandchildren.

Henry Melton

http://HenryMelton.com/

Henry Melton is a returning dropout of a writer. With several stories published in Analog and other magazines in the 70's and 80's, he is now on the road trying to get back onto the pages and back at the Cons. Look for an RV with a huge satellite dish on top and ask about the novels in progress. Some previously published work is available on the web at HenryMelton.com.

Wayne Myers

http://www.geocities.com/azrazzie/

Wayne has been involved with Phoenix area fandom for several years, as program staff, gaming director and volunteer at various conventions, but is best known for his infamous Live Action Pokemon game. By day he does computer tech support for Arizona Dept of Transportation.

Rusty Neal

Rusty, a software test engineer by day, has written a couple of games in the SF genre, and has play tested many more. Included among his game design credits are the Highway 2000 board game, parts of the Dr. Who RPG and solo rules for Superhero 44. Rusty is known to local fandom for running numerous LARPs at valley conventions and for his assistance with programming; also as a long-time performer at the Arizona Renaissance Festival where he portrays Lord Russell the Exchequer. Rusty reads a lot of science fiction, plays a number of SF&F RPGs and computer games. He is best known among his friends for watching (and recording) all the SF&F series and movies on TV.

Adam Niswander

Adam Niswander is a science fiction (SF), fantasy, horror, young adult, and mystery & thriller writer from Phoenix Arizona. He is the author of: the Shaman Cycle novels - The Charm, The Serpent Slayers, and The Hound Hunters - (Published by Integra Press ; Frank Wagner, Publisher,) as well as The Sand Dwellers, (Published by Fedogan and Bremer, Philip Rahman, Publisher) and The Repository, (Published by Meisha Merlin Publishing, Stephen Pagel, Publisher.) Other hats he has worn include those of book dealer (Adam’s Bookstore on ABE.com), former president (14 terms) of The Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS), CASFS Board, frequent guest at science fiction conventions and member of both SFWA and HWA.

Dale O'Dell

http://dalephoto.com

" " Dale is a photo-digital illustrator specializing in book cover art, and a self-proclaimed avid reader.

Cary Riall

" " Cary is an embedded avionics and control software system designer, but is known to local fandom as the ever-faithful MC of many a Masquerade and of course, Meet the Pros: our reception and autographing event. His other interests include costuming, near-future technology, medieval technology, and gaming.

Susan Sackett

http://www.insidetrek.com

Susan spent 17 years as Production Associate to Gene Roddenberry on "Star Trek" films and "The Next Generation". Her writing credits include Revised Second Edition; Inside Trek: My Secret Life with Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry, also teleplays (with Fred Bronson): 'Ménage a Troi' episode of 'Star Trek, The Next Generation'; 'The Game' episodes of 'Star Trek, The Next Generation.' When not writing, Susan’s other interests include appearances at numerous sci-fi conventions; scuba diving; Humanist activism; wildlife conservation and animal rights; traveling; hiking; activities with her dogs, and photography.

Mark Siegel

" " Mark Siegel is a writer. He claims to have a PhD in English, but swears he no longer practices this hideous and painful form of mind control. A veteran of the publishing world, former owner/founder of Blue Sky Press, Mark is also one of the local writers published by Mike McCollum’s 3M Press. Mark has written 12 nonfiction books and multitudes of articles. Among his recent work you may find a true murder book and a large handful of SF stories.

Ken St. Andre

http://www.geocities.com/kenstandre

Ken St. Andre is a writer of games and game-related short stories. He has also partaken of articles, essays, book reviews, etc., but only socially. A writer and publisher of gaming material since 1973, Ken is a member of SFWA and the Academy of Gaming Critics.

David Summers

http://astro.nmsu.edu/~summers

By day, David Lee Summers is editor of the magazine Hadrosaur Tales. By night, Dave is an astronomer, consulting for New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. His novels, The Pirates of Sufiro and Children of the Old Stars, are currently available in trade paperback editions from Hadrosaur Productions. In 2001, Dave Summers was voted "Best Writer in the Mesilla Valley" by readers of the Las Cruces Bulletin. His competition for the prize included a Tony Award winning playwright and an American Book Award winning novelist. This fall, Dave will teach workshops in folklore, family history and science fiction of the 19th century at River's Academy, a private school in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His short fiction has appeared in such markets as Realms of Fantasy, The Vampire's Crypt, and Parchment Symbols. Dave has fiction forthcoming in Night to Dawn and Outer Darkness. He is currently working on the sequel of Children of the Old Stars, entitled Heirs of the New Earth.

Paul Tanton

http://crusadercitadel.tk

Paul Donald Peter Tanton keeps active in local fan circles by assisting in various capacities for local conventions, participating in local gaming, and attending local movie premieres. He is a member of the Pokemon Live Action Development Team, Phoenix Fan Force, and the CopperCon XXII Program Team. Paul has won several local awards including James Reade’s Artist Model Competition and Velavision’ S MacGyver Challenge. He also was the Runner-Up for LepreCon 28's Short Story Contest.

Kit Townsend

" " Kit Townsend - is a 1987 graduate of Clarion West Writer's Workshop. She was co-founder of a writer's group for semi-professional writers and a founding member of eWorld's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Forum. Formerly a regular RPG player, she still spends a lot of time creating new characters, worlds, and adventures, although these creations go into fiction now days. Costuming is another creative outlet for her, with costumes ranging from no-sew designs to historical to equestrian costumes for mounted parade groups. In the real world, she worked for thirteen years as the SF/F/H buyer for Books, Etc., an independently owned general bookstore in Tempe. She now is the chief "computer fixer-upper" and library assistant at McClintock High School in Tempe. She also professionally breeds Appaloosa sport horses, and trains everything from sucklings to adult horses in a variety of disciplines, but mostly concentrates on hunter and dressage. She has three dogs (but fosters one out), two cats and is responsible for almost two dozen horses (most of which are for sale) on a ranch near Gila Bend, AZ.

Larry Vela

http://velavision.com

Larry Vela is a custom painter first known for his work on motorcycles, planes, trucks, then people, and anything that doesn’t run away. His keen interest in movie production and all of the arts that are connected with it - such as creation of costumes and props, filming, directing, editing and animation, have led Larry and his associates to form The Velavision Video Group, who produce LepreCon's at-con video newsreels. Larry's notable flat art works include Illusion, Casseiopia, Roadwarrior, and Athena.

Catherine Wells

http://sff.net/people/catherine-wells

Catherine, author of 5 novels and several short stories, enjoys filking and is also a playwright with numerous production credits. She has also done extensive research on the real King Macbeth, who she says got a bum rap from English historians.

John Wheeler

http://members.aol.com/eocenepainting/me.htm

John Wheeler, local "Video Room Programming Guy" since the early 1990's, has branched out into professional facepainting. His credits including Tempe Snow Day 2001, The Phoenix Children's Hospital Grand Opening Celebration (April 2002), Creation Con, Gallifrey One, the Harris Elementary School Carnival and more. Says John: " I love to Facepaint" and he will have a "Studio" in his room near the Con Suite all weekend!

Mel. White

" " Author of several short stories, Mel has also sold artwork to Flying Buffalo and to Steve Jackson Games, done E-book covers, a number of comic book pieces, and three graphic novels. In real life, she is a webmaster for a city government, and was among the first women doing PC support

Lee Whiteside

http://www.sftv.org/

Lee Whiteside is our local SFTV guru with the long running SF Tube Talk column in ConNotations, The Magrathea/SFTV Web Page (www.sftv.org) and associated mailing lists. Chair of LepreCon 28 and CopperCon 23, Lee is a software Engineer/LAN Administrator in his spare time.

Randall Whitlock

http://www.moirandalls.com

Randall Whitlock is a registered geologist, and has worked mainly in meteoritics, education, and environmental assessment. He is also a semi-professional costumer and pattern designer. As an author, Randall has written articles on science, costume, and humor.

David Williams

Dr. David A. Williams, Ph.D., is currently serving as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geological Sciences at Arizona State University, Tempe. He has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at ASU, teaching Geology 101 and a graduate seminar in Planetary Volcanology during the 2001-2002 academic year. David is currently performing research in volcanology and planetary geology, with a focus on remote sensing and computer modeling studies. His research has included computer modeling of seismic wave propagation through planetary interiors, visible and near-infrared spectroscopy of lunar mare soils, and computer modeling of the thermal, fluid dynamic and geochemical evolution of low-viscosity lava flows in a variety of planetary environments. He is currently an affiliate member of the Solid-State Imaging Team of NASA's Galileo Mission to Jupiter, and has been involved in mission planning, image processing, and data analysis of the Jovian satellites Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. He is also involved in education/public outreach activities including giving talks to school and civic groups and developing Galileo-related educational exercises and slide sets. David received his Bachelor of Science in Astronomy & Astrophysics (with minors in Mathematics and Geology) from Indiana University in 1989, and his Master of Science in Geology from Arizona State University in 1992. He received his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Alabama in August 1998. He was a three-time Graduate Council Research Fellow and received the award for Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student from the University of Alabama Graduate School in 1998. His dissertation research focused on computer modeling of the emplacement of high-temperature, low-viscosity komatiite lava flows in the Earth's Precambrian, and included field study of komatiite lava channels and flows in Canada, Western Australia, and South Africa. He has published many papers in scientific journals on subjects related to volcanology and planetary geology. David is the current president of the United Federation of Phoenix, the second longest continuously running Star Trek and general science fiction fan club in the country. He is an avid fan of Star Trek and Star Wars, and several other sci-fi TV shows and movies.

Mike Willmoth

" " Mike is an integral part of the convention programming team, and is heavily involved in convention related activities not only local, but also regional and world-wide. He has a degree in applied mathematics and his hobbies include amateur astronomy and ham radio operation. Well known as our punster extraordinaire, Mike's puns have been known to cripple at 20 paces.

Gail Wolfenden-Steib

Gail has been costuming professionally since 1994 when she received her MFA in Scenography with a Focus in Costume from Arizona State University. She spends her time as a freelance costume designer and technician. Recent design credits include The Emperor's New Clothes (Phoenix Theatre Cookie Company, 2001), Driving Miss Daisy (Phoenix Theatre 2001), Something’s Afoot (Phoenix Theatre 2002), and Ramona (ASU Galvin Playhouse 2002). Three of these shows received Arizony Award of Excellence nominations for costume design. Gail's additional credits include designing for Mesa Youtheatre on several productions, as well as the world premier of The Quiltmaker's Gift for PT's Cookie Company and Amadeus for Phoenix Theatre. She has spent the past 5 summers working with the Tony award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival as their costume dyer/painter.

Veronica Ann Zabala

http://europa.la.asu.edu

Veronica Ann Zabala, a student at ASU's Planetary Geology Department is a recipient of the NASA Space Grant. She is involved with all aspects of investigation of aeolian dynamics of the planet Mars and how these affect the surface structure. Her research will aid in the choice of futures landing sites on the Red Planet for both robotic and manned missions.