Mercedes Ritchie Lackey is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels include interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.
Lackey at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Lackey signing autographs at CONvergence, 2008
James Henry Schmitz was an American science fiction writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents.
Schmitz with his dog.
Schmitz's "The Second Night of Summer", part of his "Agent of Vega" series, was the cover story in the third issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950
Schmitz's novelette "Captives of the Thieve-Star" was the cover story in the May 1951 issue of Planet Stories
The first installment of Schmitz's novella "The Ties of Earth" took the cover of the November 1955 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction