George Alec Effinger

New Orleans-based writer GEORGE ALEC EFFINGER burst onto the SF scene with the stylistic triumph What Entropy Means to Me, written when George was just a lad. He's best known for the Marid Audran series, so far consisting of When Gravity Fails, A Fire in the Sun, and The Exile Kiss. Be sure to look for George's collection of preppy science fiction stories, Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Adventures.