Michael A. Stackpole is an award-winning novelist, editor, screenwriter, podcaster, game designer, computer game designer, and graphic novelist. He's had over 45 novels published, with eight of them hitting the New York Times bestseller list. His most recent novel is for World of Warcraft, titled Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde. He lives in Arizona and at Dragon*Con partners with Aaron Allston to teach their Inner Circle series of writers' workshops.