John Joseph Adams is the series editor of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and the New York Times bestselling editor of more than forty anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead, and Out There Screaming (with Jordan Peele). He is also the editor (and publisher) of the Hugo Award-winning magazine Lightspeed, and for five years he was the editor of the John Joseph Adams Books novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been nominated nine times), a seven-time World Fantasy Award finalist, and has served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award. John is also the editor and publisher of Lightspeed Magazine and its sister-magazine, Nightmare.

In addition to his short fiction work, he’s the co-creator of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, and has recently been working on various TTRPG projects for Kobold Press and Monte Cook Games. His role as a contributing game designer includes work on books such as Kobold Press’s Tome of Heroes and the Tales of the Valiant books.