Note: Grig "Punkie" Larson grew up in Northern Virginia, finding fandom through D&D, FanTek, and Rocky Horror. He works as a Linux systems administrator by day, and by night he's masked vigila--er... uh, an author, open source advocate, and worked for the DC Rollergirls. President of Katsucon Entertainment for the last 3 years, where his staff ran a 15,000 attendee anime convention. He also works for Onezumi Events for Intervention and Regeneration Who. A staple in VA/DC/MD science fiction and anime fandom since the 1980s, he's been a panelist, moderator, emcee, actor, sketch writer, convention adviser, narrator, and In 1993, his first book, "The Saga of Punk Walrus," became a cult classic. Since then he's been published in Gateways, several short story anthologies, and written several sketches and spoofs for various acting venues. "Trolley," was his first published steampunk/horror novel in 2011. You can often see him at Balticon, Katsucon, Anime Mid Atlantic, and DC Rollergirl home bouts. He is a Redditor and also seen posting on the Ars Technica forums under "punkwalrus." "Space B!tch" was his first dark comedy sci-fi, published in 2015.