StellarCon 33

Lee Martindale looks like your average middle-aged Rubenesque paraplegic housewife, but don’t be fooled; they don’t call her “Hell on Wheels” for nothing. She’s brought grown men to tears (To Stand as Witness from Yard Dog Press), incited belly laughs (”Combat Shopping” in Esther Friesner’s Turn the Other Chick, written high-brow (stories in three Sword and Sorceress anthologies, and low (in three volumes of Selina Rosen’s Bubbas of the Apocalypse anthology series). She’s edited a groundbreaking anthology (Such a Pretty Face), released a CD of original filk music (The Ladies of Trade Town), and an audiochapbook CD (To Stand as Witness: Three Arthurian Tales from HarpHaven Publishing.)

When not slinging fiction, Lee is a Named Bard, Lifetime Active Member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a fencing member of the SFWA Musketeers, and a member of the SCA. She and her husband George live in Plano, TX, where she shares news with friends and fans at her website, HarpHaven.net.

Mike Pederson is the publisher/editor/graphic designer responsible for the wildly successful semiprozine, Nth Degree. Mike began life as a semi-pro in 1988 when his SF short story, ‘Dust Storm,’ won first place in a local writing contest. In the 1990s he wrote and published the Raven comic book series (with artist R. Craig Enslin) and edited and published Scene, a Virginia-based entertainment magazine.
All of this self-publishing has led Mike into a career in graphic design. Nobody is more surpised by this than Mike himself who expected to be a washed-up actor or struggling writer at this point in his life. I mean, really, he flunked the only art class that he ever took. And I mean epically flunked; his art teacher retired the semester after she had Mike in her class.
In 2001, Mike was part of the ‘Best in Class - Master Division’ winning presentation (Pre-Emptive Strike) at the Millennium Philcon Masquerade which helped re-invigorated his interest in fandom. Since then Mike has attended over 80 conventions with Nth Degree.
In addition to Nth Degree, Mike also edits its e-zine cousin - Nth Zine. He’s also the con chair for RavenCon in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to all of this he is also very proud to be hosting ‘Inside the Stellarcon Studio’ for its fourth year. Yes, Mike is an insanely busy person; if you see him around the con please feed him lots of caffeine and/or beer.