Julie Nováková is a scientist, educator and award-winning Czech author and translator of science fiction and detective stories. Her work in English has appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, Clarkesworld and elsewhere, and has been reprinted in “Best Of” anthologies. In 2020, she published her story collection entitled The Ship Whisperer. Julie is a recipient of the European fandom’s Encouragement Award and multiple Czech national genre awards. She’s active in science outreach, education and nonfiction writing, co-leads the outreach group of the European Astrobiology Institute, and is a member of the XPRIZE Sci-fi Advisory Council. She has edited or co-edited five anthologies, and her newest work is the astrobiology-themed anthology Life Beyond Us (Laksa Media, 2023), featuring stories by Mary Robinette Kowal, Eugen Bacon, Gregory Benford, Peter Watts and others.