February 22-24, 2013
Author/Publisher
Barbara Friend Ish
Writer, publisher, slave of cats: Barbara Friend Ish is Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, and Wild-Eyed Visionary for Mercury Retrograde Press, which publishes Fantasy, Science Fiction, Interstitial and the Weird: a small press dedicated to unconventional authors and works that might undeservedly slip through the cracks at bigger houses. Books edited by Barbara have been covered by Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Locus Magazine, The Midwest Book Review, SciFiDimensions, American Freethought, Baby Got Books, SFScope, SFSignal, Fantasy Book Critic, The Internet Review of Science Fiction, January Magazine and Green Man Review.
Barbara’s debut novel, The Shadow of the Sun, appeared in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal.
Barbara lives in a place called Lost Forest, in a purple house that is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Current projects include War-Lord of the Gods, the sequel to The Shadow of the Sun; an ongoing competition with her husband to determine who is a bigger geek; a garden entirely bereft of nutritional value; and a search for the perfect bottle of champagne.