As a child, she had heard of childrens classics but there were not many translations and hence she had to do with translations of adult novels such as “The Count of Monte Cristo. She read the likes of Tolkien, Dune and several emergent authors from the 70s such as Anne McCaffrey, and Tanith Lee. Silvia first got into science fiction and fantasy since her mother loved the genre and had all manner of the classics in Spanish translations. Given her success in publishing and editing, she decided to try her hand in authorship and published some of her short fiction in several collections such as “This Strange Way of Dying and Love & Other Poisons.” Her debut novel was “Signal to Noise” that she published in 2015 that went on to win the Copper Cylinder and was a finalist for the British Fantasy, Sunburst, and Aurora Awards.

Recognizing that there were many such people interested in publishing in the space, they launched Innsmouth Free Press in2009 and between 20 had published 15 issues of the “Innsmouth Magazine.” They also did numerous anthologies and novels all of which culminated in the award-winning Lovecraft Anthology.

They both had a love for HP Lovecraft and weird fiction but noticed that none of the anthologies had any people of color or women. Moreno made friends with Paula Stiles when she was living in Vancouver and this marked the start of a writing and publishing career for the duo. She currently works at the University Of British Columbia Department of communications. She would later on go back to school to study science and technology and graduated with a master’s. It was in Mexico that she met her husband with who she immigrated to Canada. She got her bachelor’s in communications from Endicott College in Massachusetts before she went back to Mexico. Born in Baja California, she grew up in Mexico and several places around the US since her parents worked on radio. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Canadian short story author, novelist, publisher and editor.

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Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia