John Joseph Adams is the editor of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series and the bestselling editor of over thirty anthologies, including Wastelands and The Living Dead. A People's Future of the United States, Wastelands: The New Apocalypse, and the three novels in the Dystopia Triptych anthology series are among his most recent works. Barnes & Noble has dubbed John the reigning monarch of the anthology world. He is a two-time Hugo Award winner (for which he has been a nominee twelve times) and an eight-time World Fantasy Award finalist. John is also the editor and publisher of Lightspeed, a digital magazine, as well as Fantasy and Nightmare, its sibling publications. He also contributes to WIRED's The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast as a producer. He can be found at johnjosephadams.com and on Twitter as @johnjosephadams.