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2007 Guest of Honor: Eric Flint

Eric Flint is perhaps best known for his books 1632, 1633 (with David Weber), and 1634, the first three novels in a planned longer series.  His "official" writing career began with the publication in 1993 of his short story "Entropy, and the Strangler," which had won first place in the Winter 1992 Writers of the Future contest.   His first published novel was Mother of Demons in 1993.  Other novels include Rats, Bats & Vats (with Dave Freer), The Course of Empire (with K. D. Wentworth), Mother of Demons, and the comic fantasies Forward the Mage and The Philosophical Strangler (part of his “Joe’s World” series). 

He is involved in ongoing collaborations with David Drake on a series of alternate history/military Science Fiction novels based on the Byzantine general Flavius Belisarius, and with Dave Freer and Mercedes Lackey on the alternate history "Heirs of Alexandria" series.  He has also written shorter pieces designed for various anthologies, including a short novel entitled From the Highlands (part of the third anthology of David Weber's Honor Harrington series, Changer of Worlds) and a novella set in David Drake's “Ranks of Bronze” universe in the anthology Foreign Legions.  As an editor, he is involved in “bringing back into print what I consider the best works of some of the great writers in science fiction's past.”  In collaboration with Guy Gordon, he has edited a set of the writings of James H. Schmitz and a reissue of the writings of Keith Laumer, including the "Retief" stories.

In addition, he is involved in a project called Read Assist, which consists of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans.  “Some of our fellow fans have physical problems that make reading or communicating difficult.  This group exists to aid our brother and sister fans with those difficulties.”

Born in Southern California in 1947, he received his bachelor's degree from UCLA, graduating in 1968 summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.  He spent three years at UCLA working toward a Ph.D. in history, specializing in the history of southern Africa in the 18th and early 19th centuries.  He used episodes from the history of the southern Bantu in the early 19th century as the model for parts of Mother of Demons.  He lives with his wife Lucille “in the industrial center called ‘Northwest Indiana,’ just across the state line from Chicago” and is a grandfather, thanks to his daughter Elizabeth.

About writing, he says “when I grumble to my friend Dave Drake about it, he laughs and reminds me of the most fundamental piece of wisdom for an author: ‘There are only two states of existence for a freelance fiction writer -- too much work, or too little.  Which would you prefer?’”

* Adapted from the biography section of www.ericflint.net.

2007 ARTIST Guest of Honor: Tim Kirk

We are excited to announce that Tim Kirk has agreed to be our Artist Guest of Honor for ConDor XIV.

Tim is the design director for Kirk Designs where he applies his vast experience to the areas of creative content, concepts and art direction. He served as a design director for Walt Disney Imagineering for 22 years, where he conceived ideas that were later realized as attractions and theme parks world wide.

Before becoming an Imagineer, Tim was a freelance illustrator for children's books and science fiction books and magazines, winning five prestigious Hugo awards as a fan artist. He has also won Lensman and Balrog awards. In addition to his illustration work, he designed concepts for toys and themed restaurants. From 1973 to 1980, he worked for Hallmark Cards, Inc and Current Inc., designing greeting cards, jigsaw puzzles and wrapping paper, stationery and books.

Tim’s thesis project, was a series of illustrations for "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, published by Ballantine Books as the 1975 Tolkien Calendar.

Other publications containing his illustrations include: Phantoms and Fancies, L. Sprague de Camp, 1972; The Purple Dragon and Other Fantasies, L. Frank Baum, selected & Annotated by David L. Greene, 1976; Kirk's Works, edited. by George Beahm, an index to the published art of Tim Kirk; Heroes and Hobgoblins, L. Sprague de Camp, 1981; Muggles and Magic: J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter Phenomenon, George Beahm; Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter's World: An Unofficial Guide, George Beahm, 2005.

For more information on Tim Kirk and his illustrations go to http://www.flightsofimagination.com/ or http://www.kirkdesigninc.com/

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