Kerrie L. Hughes has edited ten anthologies with DAW and TOR while working for Martin H. Greenberg: Maiden Matron Crone, Children of Magic, Fellowship Fantastic, Dimension Next Door, Gamer Fantastic, Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies, Girls Guide To Guns and Monsters, Love And Rockets, Chicks Kick Butt, and now Westward Weird. She has also been a contributing editor on two concordances: The Vorkosigan Companion, and The Valdemar Companion. She has published nine short stories:  "Judgment" in Haunted Holidays, "Geiko" in Women of War, "Doorways" in Furry Fantastic, "Travelers Guide" in The Valdemar Companion, "Bog Bodies" in Haunting Museums, "Pennyroyal" in The Courts of the Fey, "Corvidae" in The Beast Within 2, and with her husband John Helfers in "Between a Bank and a Hard Place" in Texas Rangers, "The Last Ride of the Colton Gang" in Boot Hill, and "The Tombstone Run" in Lost Trails. Kerrie is currently working on her first novel and will be editing Fiction River anthologies as well as teaching short story workshops.