Jan S. Gephardt (pronouns: she/her) is a science fiction novelist, fantasy artist, and publisher from Kansas City. Her "XK9" books feature a pack of uplifted police dogs who live far in the future inside a habitat space station in a different star's planetary system. Jan's books include a novella, "The Other Side of Fear," and two novels so far in the XK9 "Bones" Trilogy: "What's Bred in the Bone" and "The Other Side of Fear." She's near completion on Book 3, "Bone of Contention." She and sister G. S. Norwood co-founded Weird Sisters Publishing LLC in 2019. Jan is the Chief Cat-Herder and Art Director for Weird Sisters, which means she is in charge of book production, illustration commissions, and all marketing.
