- Marie Brennan is the World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated author of several fantasy series, including the Memoirs of Lady Trent, the Onyx Court, The Wilders series, and Doppleganger duilogy, the Varekai novellas, and nearly sixty short stories.
- Legend of the Five Rings is the million-plus selling game series of warring clans, magic, demons, and samurai.
- The land of Rokugan is a fantasy reworking of medieval Japanese society, fitting well into the growing trend for award-winning epic fantasy inspired by non-Western history.
