• E. M. Wilder is a writer of science fiction and space adventure and an Odyssey Writing Workshop grad. Wilder’s VENTURE follows the exploits of Ariadne West, a reckless free spirit wandering the galaxy in the era of post-Contact Earth. When not writing, Wilder counts stars in the night sky and watches the rural-city slowly eek its way into the present (alien inspired or not) and dreams of moving back to rural Detroit one day to live on a farm. (Hey, it could happen.)