Bio: J. Stephen Pendergrast is a founder of Fictionwise.com. In his previous life, he was a software engineer working for companies like Bell Labs, Unix System Labs, and Novell, as well as a company he founded and sold a few years back. He's a published author himself, having written a book on graphical computer languages, a couple of dozen magazine articles ranging from the theory of computer languages to small windmill construction, and even has one science fiction short story published in a Canadian semi-pro magazine. At Fictionwise, Stephen primarily handles author contracts, software design for the web site, and oversees production and file conversion.