James Cambias is a New Orleans-based science fiction and fantasy writer whose stories have been nominated for the Nebula Award and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. In 2001, he was a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Cambias has also made a name for himself within the gaming community as a tabletop designer and co-founder of Zygote Games.

His work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives, Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic, All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories, Hellboy: Odder Jobs, and several Year’s  Best anthologies.

Most recently, Cambias is the author of the novel A Darkling Sea, a first contact story about undersea exploration and inter-species conflict, which will be published later this month by Tor Books. To learn more about Cambias and his work, visit his blog.