Judith Berman's latest story, "Pelago," a far-future sf novella, is forthcoming in Asimov's in 2009. Her short fiction has also appeared in Interzone, Realms of Fantasy, Black Gate, Best Short Novels 2005, and her chapbook Lord Stink and Other Stories (Small Beer Press, 2002). Her first novel, Bear Daughter (Ace, 2005), was praised as "utterly absorbing, unforgettable . . . truly original and unique" (Booklist, Starred Review), "brilliant" (VOYA), and "a richly imaginative tour de force" (Locus). Her fiction has been short-listed for the Nebula, the Sturgeon, and the Crawford Awards, and her often-cited essay on current trends in the field, "Science Fiction Without the Future," received the Science Fiction Research Association's Pioneer Award in 2001. Her website is at http://www.judithberman.net/, and she lives and works in Philadelphia.