Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the world’s preeminent fantasy writers as well as an accomplished poet. She has received five Hugo Awards, six Nebula Awards, the National Book Award, Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Kafka Award, a Pushcart Prize and the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Charles Yu is the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, which was named one of the best books of the year by Time magazine. He received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award for his story collection Third Class Superhero.  His work has been published in The New York Times, Playboy, and Slate, among other periodicals.