Author Jane Lindskold is known for her literate science fiction and fantasy novels that blend meticulous research, compelling plots, and convincing characterization to create works that live in the imagination long after the final page has been turned. To create such works, Lindskold follows her own rules of writing fantastic fiction, as laid out in an article for Writer. "Fantastic fiction [science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history] exists by virtue of an attractive paradox," Lindskold noted in her article. "Readers seek these stories for the elements of speculation and fantasy within, yet, simultaneously, the stories must be so believable as to present a viable alternative to the reality that we all know." For Lindskold, "succeeding at the challenge of making the unreal real is one of the most enjoyable things about writing in this genre." Whether writing in collaboration, as she did with Roger Zelazny in Donnerjack and...