Christopher Rowe is the author of two short fiction collections—Bittersweet Creek andTelling the Map—and three novels—SandstormThe Lost Legacy, and The Sphinx’s Secret, the last two co-written with Gwenda Bond. He has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Theodore Sturgeon awards, and his fiction has been reprinted and translated around the world. For the Carnegie Center, Christopher mentors short and long fiction, with special expertise in science fiction and fantasy.