Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was a winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, as well as the Nebula Award (2), the World Fantasy Award (3-most recently for Soldier of Sidon), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Prix Apollo. In 2007, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In 2013, he received the SFWA Grand Master Award.

DAVID WEBER is the most popular living author of military science fiction.

Aside from the Safehold series beginning with Off Armageddon Reef, he is also known for the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series, the most recent of which was Uncompromising Honor.

He lives in South Carolina.