ABOUT THE AUTHORS.

FOR MORE THAN sixty years, Andre Norton, "one of the most distinguished living SF and fantasy writers" (Booklist) (Booklist), has been penning bestselling novels that have earned her a unique place in the hearts and minds of millions of readers worldwide. She has been honored with a Life Achievement award by the World Fantasy Convention and with the Grand Master Nebula award by her peers in the Science Fiction Writers of America. Works set in her fabled Witch World, as well as others, such as The Elvenbane The Elvenbane (with Mercedes Lackey) and (with Mercedes Lackey) and Black Trillium Black Trillium (with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Julian May), have made her "one of the most popular authors of our time" (with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Julian May), have made her "one of the most popular authors of our time" (Publishers Weekly) (Publishers Weekly). She lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Sherwood Smith is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Wren to the Rescue Wren to the Rescue and two other Wren adventures. She is also the coauthor, with Dave Trowbridge, of the Exordium series of SF adventures. Smith lives in Southern California. and two other Wren adventures. She is also the coauthor, with Dave Trowbridge, of the Exordium series of SF adventures. Smith lives in Southern California.

Together, Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith have written two Solar Queen novels, Derelict for Trade Derelict for Trade and and A Mind for Trade A Mind for Trade. They continue their collaboration with this book, the first in a new series of Time Traders novels.