Eight Million Gods
John W. Campbell Award WinnerWen Spencerresides in paradise in Hilo, Hawaii with two volcanoes overlooking her home.  Spencer says that she often wakes up and exclaims "Oh my god, I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific!"  According to Spencer, she lives with "my Dali Llama-like husband, my autistic teenage son, and two cats (one of which is recovering from mental illness).  All of which makes for very odd home life at times." Spencer's love of Japanese anime and manga flavors her writing. Her novelTinkerwon the 2003 Sapphire Award for Best Science Fiction Romance and was a finalist for theRomantic TimesReviewers' Choice Award for Fantasy Novel. HerWolf Who Ruleswas a Top Pick byRomantic Timesand given their top rating of four and a half stars.  Other Baen books include space opera thrillerEndless BlueandElfhome,third entry in the Tinker series.