Liz Gorinsky is an associate editor at Tor Books, where she edits a portfolio of acclaimed speculative fiction authors, including Ben Bova, Dave Duncan, A.J. Hartley, Cherie Priest, Brian Slattery, and Jeff VanderMeer. She also assists editors Ellen Datlow, Jim Frenkel, and Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Liz came to Tor after studying English, psychology, and computer science at Columbia College in New York City, but draws more frequently on the skills she learned during a three year stint as president of the Columbia University Science Fiction Society. She lives in AlphabetCity in Manhattan.