Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction writer who has won the Nebula Award, the Sturgeon Award, and five Hugo Awards for his fiction. His novels of note include Stations of the Tide, The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Jack Faust, Bones of the Earth, and The Dragons of Babel, the latter set in the same grittily re-imagined version of Faerie as The Iron Dragon's Daughter. He also wrote the novel Chasing the Phoenix. Michael Swanwick is a guest of honor at the World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City in 2016. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter. They have one grown son, Sean.