Jim Baen's Universe

Authors | Garrett W. Vance

I'm a writer and an artist, specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror. Life-wise I've always been a maverick; insisting on personal freedom, stubbornly doing what I like instead of 'the sensible thing' (boring!) and going wherever I please. So far I've had the pleasure of wandering through twenty-two countries spanning North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. It's been Asia that has been my home for much of my adult life, I spent three years in Japan and have now lived nearly eight here in Thailand. I currently have a fun gig as the Art Director of Eric Flint's Grantville Gazette magazine, dedicated to stories set in the alternate history 1632 series, which I sometimes write as well. I'm now doing the things I dreamed of in my youth, things like writing and doing art for sci-fi magazines, and am having way too much fun with it! My wild and woolly novelette Riders of the Three-Toed Horse published here in Jim Baen's Universe, made the 2009 Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List, which pleases the punch out of me. Now is a good time to thank Managing Editor Paula Goodlett and Assistant Editor Sam Hidaka for all their help and encouragement! These days I'm living in Bangkok, Thailand with my very understanding wife Mochi, doing pretty much whatever I want. Sometimes I remember to update my blog, which can be found here.