Janet Berliner is the Bram Stoker award-winning author of six novels, including the Madagascar Manifesto trilogy with George Guthridge, and ARTIFACT, her four-way collaboration with friends Kevin J. Anderson, Matthew J. Costello, and F. Paul Wilson. She has sold over 100 short stories to magazines and anthologies. She is also the editor of six anthologies, including two with illusionist David Copperfield, and one with Joyce Carol Oates.

Born in South Africa, Janet now lives in Las Vegas while she plans her escape to the Caribbean.