Ellen Datlow, a Guest of Honor at Readercon 11, was editor of SCIFICTION, the fiction area of SCIFI.COM, the Sci-Fi Channel’s website for almost six years, editor of Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror for one and a half years, and fiction editor of Omni Magazine and Omni Online for seventeen years. Over her career she has worked with Susanna Clarke, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, Octavia E. Butler, Garth Nix, Gregory Maguire, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bruce Sterling, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Dan Simmons, George R. R. Martin, William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Carroll, William Burroughs, and others.

In addition to her magazine work, Datlow has also edited numerous anthologies: Omni Book of Science Fiction, volumes one through seven, Zebra Blood Is Not Enough, (William Morrow, 1989), Alien Sex, (Dutton, 1990), A Whisper of Blood, (William Morrow, 1991), Omni Best Science Fiction One, (Omni Books, 1991), Omni Best Science Fiction Two, (Omni Books, 1992), Omni Best Science Fiction Three, (Omni Books, 1993), Snow White, Blood Red, (with Terri Windling, Morrow/Avon, 1993), OmniVisions One, (Omni Books, 1993), OmniVisions Two, (Omni Books, 1994), Black Thorn, White Rose, (with Terri Windling, Morrow/Avon, 1994), Little Deaths, (Millennium (UK), Dell (US), 1994), Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, (with Terri Windling, AvoNova/Morrow, 1995), Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex, (St. Martin’s Press, 1996), Twists of the Tale: Stories of Cat Horror, (Dell, 1996), Lethal Kisses—Revenge and Vengeance, (Orion (UK), 1996), Black Swan, White Raven, (with Terri Windling, Avon Books, 1997), Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, (with Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998), Silver Birch, Blood Moon, (with Terri Windling, Avon Books, 1999), Black Heart, Ivory Bones, (with Terri Windling, Avon Books, 2000), Vanishing Acts, (Tor Books, 2000), A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales, (with Terri Windling, Simon & Schuster, 2000), The Green Man (with Terri Windling, Viking, 2002), Swan Sister (with Terri Windling) for middle grades (Simon &Schuster), The Dark: New Ghost Stories(Tor), The Faery Reel (with Terri Windling) (Viking), Salon Fantastique (with Terri Windling (Thunder’s Mouth), The Coyote Road (with Terri Windling) (Viking), and (so far) eighteen annual volumes of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, (the first sixteen with Terri Windling, St. Martin’s Press, 1988–2002; the most recent three with Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, 2003–2005). Forthcoming works include, Inferno (Tor), The Beastly Bride (with Terri Windling) (Viking), and The Cinderella Game and Other Villainous Tales (with Terri Windling) (Viking). Tied (with Terri Windling) for winning the most World Fantasy Awards in the organization’s history (seven). She has also won multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for Best Editor, an International Horror Guild Award for The Dark, and two Bram Stoker Awards (one with Terri Windling, the other with Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link).

Datlow lives in New York City with two wonderful cats.