About Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas is a multiple-award-winning author and a widely respected figure in the SFF community. She edited the World Fantasy-winning groundbreaking black speculative-fiction anthologies Dark Matter (2000 and 2004) and was the first to introduce W.E.B. Du Bois’s science-fiction short stories. She was a 2020 World Fantasy Award Finalist in the Special Award–Professional category for contributions to the genre and is the co-host of the 2021 Hugo Awards Ceremony with Malka Older.
About J. D. Jackson
J.D. Jackson is a classically trained actor, a theater professor, an aspiring stage director, and an award-winning audiobook narrator. His television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. The recipient of several audiobook awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri's Ghetto Cowboy, he was named one of AudioFile's Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013.