MARIA SIMONS, with Alan Romanczuk, has been part of Robert Jordan and Harriet McDougal's editorial assistant team for a combined 18 years, and Harriet's for 14. They worked with Brandon Sanderson to complete the last three volumes of the Wheel of Time (TM) series: The Gathering Storm, Towers of Midnight, and A Memory of Light. Simons is also a contributor to The Wheel of Time Companion.