Afro-Futurism: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Speculations "RENDERING THE DREAM: Race, Consciousness and Science Fiction in the 21st Century"

Steven Barnes, best-selling writer of the Emmy-winning OUTER LIMITS episode A Stitch In Time, as well as episodes of TWILIGHT ZONE, OUTER LIMITS, and ANDROMEDA has been nominated for the Hugo, Endeavor and Cable Ace awards. The author of fifteen novels and as many teleplays, Barnes lives in Washington with his wife, author Tananarive Due, and his daughter. "Barnes has been publishing speculative fiction for over twenty years. A number of his early works were written collaboratively, some with Larry Niven, and some with Niven and Jerry Pournelle."