AntipodeanSF Creators & Guests

Rick Kennett is an author of science fiction and horror fiction. He is also a motorbike courier.Kennett's first published short story was "Troublesome Green" in 1979. His first collection, "The Reluctant Ghost-Hunter," was published in 1991.

Tara Campbell is a writer, teacher, and fiction editor at Barrelhouse.Campbell's stories have appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Jellyfish Review, Booth, Strange Horizons, and Escape Pod/Artemis Rising. Her first novel, "TreeVolution," was published in 2019.Campbell teaches fiction at American University, Johns Hopkins University's Advanced Academic Programs, the Writer's Center, Politics and Prose, Catapult, and the National Gallery of Art's Virtual Studio.Campbell has a B.A. in English, an M.A. in German, and received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from American University.

Margaret Essex is a writer of science fiction and a narrator.Essex's short stories have appeared in Antipodean SF.

Kevin D. Hartnell is a musician and composer, and freelance sports photographer. He is the owner and manager of Overlook Hotel Records. He has been creating music for podcasts and audio dramas since 2005. He is also an occasional producer, sound designer, and actor.

Malena Salazar Maciá is a writer of speculative fiction.Salazar Macia's work has appeared in Selene Quarterly, The Ansible, Clarkesworld, Antipodean SF, Dark Matter Magazine, and Strange Horizons.Her first novel, "Nade," was published in 2016. Her second novel, "Las peregrinaciones de los dioses," was published in 2018.

Toshiya A. Kamei is a writer and translator.Kamei's short fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, SmokeLong en Español, and various indie anthologies. His translations have appeared in Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons, and the published collections "The Global Game," "Sudden Fiction Latino," and "My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me." He has translated Liliana Blum’s "The Curse of Eve and Other Stories," Naoko Awa’s "The Fox’s Window and Other Stories," Espido Freire’s "Irlanda," and Selfa Chew’s "Silent Herons."Kamei received his M.F.A. in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas.