michaeldthomas

Another amazing author is archiving their papers at Northern Illinois University. Catherynne M. Valente (

yuki_onna) joined on Wednesday by handing

rarelylynne a DVD copy of her hard drive.
Here is the current "official" roster of authors archiving at NIU:

Jack McDevitt
E.E. Knight
Sarah Monette
Elizabeth Bear
Kage Baker
Catherynne M. Valente
Tobias Buckell
Tamora Pierce
Robert Asprin
Jody Lynn Nye
Eric Flint
David Weber
Sarah Prineas
Jim C. Hines
Caroline Stevermer
Kelly McCullough
Cat Rambo
Donald Bingle
Catherine Lundoff

That's a phenomenal list, and over 30 more authors have said yes. NIU will one day be a major center for SF studies.