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“Pros”-Continued from page 19J. DAVID DEENDavid spent the majority of his boring and uneventful life inTexas. In the summer of '97, he graduated from college,married a Computer Engineer/ Geneticist and moved to St.Louis, MO. When working on traditional artwork, his favoritemedium is colored pencil. He has also worked in pencil, oils,watercolor, ink and acrylic. He has done graphic design workfor several companies including Hollywood Creations,Diverenge LLC, Basilisk Verlag and DragonLore. His talentshave also been utilized by his wife for presentation material.In addition to his illustration & graphic design he also doescomputer graphics. David has created computer game art forAge of Empires I and II, Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico, Age ofWonders II and most recently Railroad Tycoon III.David recently gave up his day job in orderto pursue freelance illustration full-time.He currently has no deep, dark secretsand has never been seen in the WrongParts of Town.ELONKA DUNINof Simutronics (play.net) is a foundingmember of the International GameDevelopers Association's Online GamesCommittee, a world-traveler, and anaward-winning cryptographer currentlyworking on cracking "Kryptos". Lately shehas been helping the war on termdsm byteaching about Al Qaeda codes. For moreinfo, please see http://elonka.comSUSAN EISENHOURCurrently the resident (unpaid) costumerfor the Charleston Alley Theater, Susan has been a costumersince her undergrad days at Northwest Missouri State and acon attendee since 1973. She lives in Charleston, Illinois, andcan't wait to leave.JOEY FROEHLICHsays that he is "still at work on a massive poetry collection."Recent poems have appeared in Scavenger’s Newsletter andSpace and Time, and more poetry is on the way. Joey is aregular guest at Archon (and frequent participant in theMasquerade), whose work has been praised by the likes ofStephen King and George Romero.TOM (PHENIX) GAMBINOA native St. Louisan, Tom has won several Masqueradeawards at Archon and other sci-fi/fantasy conventions. For thepast 4 years, he has portrayed Cardinal Charles DeGuise,Chancellor of France, at Wentzville's Greater St. LouisRenaissance Faire.KERRY GILLEYArchon-goers know Kerry from 20 years as a dealer and 15years as a photographer of fans' costumes. He has also beena convention organizer (including LibertyCon--don't ask).20CAROLYN IVES GILMANhas been publishing fantasy and science fiction for fifteenyears. Her first novel, Half Human, came out from Avon in1998. Her short fiction has appeared in Fantasy and ScienceFiction, Bending the Landscape, Interzone, Universe, FullSpectrum, Realms of Fantasy and The Year’s Best ScienceFiction. She has been a finalist for the Nebula Award in thenovelette category. Her work has been translated and reprintedin Germany, Russia, and Italy. She lives in St. Louis, where sheworks as a museum curator, and is currently developing anationally touring exhibition about Lewis and Clark.JAMES C. GLASSJim was the Grand Prize winner in Writers of the Future in1990. Since then he has sold five novels and thirty shortstories, appearing in magazines such as Aboriginal S.F. andAnalog. His current book, The Creators, isthe third book of the Shanji trilogy, and anovelet will appear soon in Analog. Checkout his web site atwww.sff.net/people/jglass/ Jim is a retiredphysics professor and dean at EasternWashington University. Wife Gall is acostumer, drummer and healing dancer.GAIL GLASSA costumer, Gall specializes in'Costuming on the Cheap', and has wonawards at local and regional conventions,particularly for her hall costumes. She'salso active in drumming circles, andhealing dance. She lives with writerhusbandJim in Spokane, Washington.BROCK "DEV" HANKEhas long been one of Archon's most reliable panelists, willingto do (almost) anything we ask of him. He's active in the SCA,and can speak knowledgeably about a wide variety of fannishtopics. In the mundane world, you may have seen his name inThe Riverfront Times...LES HAVENArchon 16 & 17 [co-]chair. Man of Mystery...and he likes it likethat.KAREN HEIMKaren has been costuming since her first Archon (Archon 4),and usually looks and sounds like she knows what she's doing,whether she actually does or not.HEXGAMESLEIGHTON CONNOR (Creative Director) HexgamesThe young man known as Leighton Connor is an orphan whogrew up on the streets, often forced to steal food and pickpockets to survive. At some point he bought a battered old coatwhich turned out to have magical properties. For one thing, thepockets are seemingly infinite inside. As long as they can fitthrough the opening, any number of objects can be stored“Pros”-Continued on page 21