Vera Nazarian immigrated to the USA from the former USSR as a kid. She sold
her first short story at the age of 17 and since then has published
numerous works of speculative short fiction in anthologies and magazines
such as the Sword and Sorceress and Darkover series edited by the late
Marion Zimmer Bradley, MZBFM, Talebones, OUTSIDE THE BOX, On-Spec, THE AGE
OF REASON, Fictionwise.com, BEYOND THE LAST STAR and has seen her work on
Preliminary Nebula Award Ballots, honorably mentioned in Gardner Dozois'
YEAR'S BEST SF volumes, and translated into French, German, Spanish,
Italian, Dutch, Czech, and Hungarian. She is an active SFWA member, and
made her novelist debut last year with the critically acclaimed mythic fantasy
DREAMS OF THE COMPASS ROSE (Wildside Press, May 2002). Her second novel,
epic fantasy LORDS OF RAINBOW (Betancourt & Company, March 2003) about a
world without color is available now. Look for her upcoming novelette in
the anthology STRANGE PLEASURES #2.
Visit her official website at
www.veranazarian.com.
