1635: The Dreeson Incident (The Ring of Fire)
Eric Flintis the author of theNew York Timesbest seller1634: The Galileo Affair(with Andrew Dennis)—a novel in his top-selling “Ring of Fire” alternate history series. His first novel for Baen,Mother of Demons, was picked byScience Fiction Chronicleas a best novel of the year. His1632, which launched the ring of Fire series, won widespread critical praise, as fromPublishers Weekly, which called him “an SF author of particular note, one who can entertain and edify in equal, and major, measure.” A longtime labor union activist with a Master’s Degree in history, he currently resides in northwest Indiana with his wife Lucille.Virginia DeMarce, after jobs as peculiar as counting raisins for the Calif. Dept. of Agriculture, received her Ph.D. in Early Modern European History from Stanford University. She has published a book on German military settlers in Canada after the American Revolution and has served as president of the National Genealogical Society. She taught at Northwest Missouri State University and at George Mason University. She has had stories in theRing of Fireanthology andGrantville Gazette(#1), and more stories in the onlineGrantville Gazettes. She has three grown children and five grandchildren, and lives in Arlington, VA, with her husband.