Vera Nazarian immigrated to the USA from the former USSR as a kid, sold her first story at the age of 17, and since then has published numerous works of short speculative fiction in anthologies and magazines, has seen her work on Preliminary Nebula Awards ® Ballots, honorably mentioned in various Year's Best volumes, and translated into seven languages.   An active SFWA member, she made her novelist debut with the critically acclaimed  DREAMS OF THE COMPASS ROSE, followed by epic fantasy about a world without color,  LORDS OF RAINBOW.   Look for her limited edition novella  THE CLOCK KING AND THE QUEEN OF THE HOURGLASS  with an introduction by Charles de Lint from PS Publishing in June 2005, and first short fiction collection  SALT OF THE AIR  with an introduction by Gene Wolfe from Prime / Wildside in August 2005.

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