Gavin J. Grant is a firm believer in the do-it-yourself ethos that powers the steampunk movement. He started a zine,
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, in 1996, co-founded Small Beer Press, an independent publishing house with his wife, Kelly Link, and in 2010 launched WeightlessBooks.com, an ebook site for independent presses. He has been published in the
Los Angeles Times,
Christian Science Monitor,
Bookslut,
Xerography Debt,
Scifiction,
The Journal of Pulse Pounding Narratives and
Strange Horizons. He co-edited
The Best of LCRW (Del Rey) and for five years co-edited the fantasy half of
The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (St. Martin's Press). He lives with his wife and daughter in Massachusetts.