Bio:Jean Marie Ward

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Jean Marie Ward writes fiction, nonfiction and everything in between. Her first novel, Nine You Get Vanyr (written with the late Teri Smith) finaled in the science fiction/fantasy and humor categories of the 2008 Indie Awards. Her short stories appear in a number of anthologies, including Strange Pleasures 2 and 3, and Bill Fawcett’s Here Be Dragons: Tales of Dragon*Con.

Her first art book, Illumina: The Art of J.P. Targete (2003), provided an in-depth look at award-winning artist J.P. Targete’s covers and conceptual art. Her most second nonfiction title, Fantasy Art Templates (2010), marries the superb illustrations of artist Rafi Adrian Zulkarnain with pithy descriptions of over one hundred fifty creatures and characters from science fiction, fantasy folklore and myth.

A former assistant producer of the local access cable TV program Mystery Readers Corner, Ms. Ward edited the respected electronic magazine Crescent Blues <www.crescentblues.com> for eight years. She has also contributed interviews and articles for publications as diverse as the then SciFi Channel’s Science Fiction Weekly, Romance Writers of America’s Romance Writers Report and Buzzy Multimedia. Her web site is [JeanMarieWard.com].

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