M. Shayne Bell received a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1991).
He worked as Poetry Editor for Sunstone (1990-95). His poetry has been published in The Ghazal Page, Dialogue,
Amazing Stories, etc. Stories of his have been finalists for both the Hugo and Nebula awards.
His works include the novel Nicoji, the anthology Washed by a Wave of Wind, and the story collection
How We Play the Game in Salt Lake. His stories have been published in Asimov's, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Analog, etc. He holds a Master's Degree in English Literature from Brigham Young University.
In 1993, Bell backpacked through Haleakala Volcano on Maui, from the summit to the sea, retracing an
expedition Jack London went on at the turn of the last century. In 1996, he was part of an eight-day
expedition to the top of Kilimanjaro. He lives in Rexburg, Idaho, with six cats.