Here is a table of all the authors that were involved with works in Issue One of "Quark" magazine. Along with the authors involved, there is also publications from each author that has been mentioned in the Contributors List of Quark Issue One. Each author listed may also appear in other issues of "Quark."
| Name | Birth | Death | Bio | Titles from this issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELEN ADAM | 1909 | 1993 | is a Scots-born poet, who now lives in New York City. She is the co-author of the play San Francisco's Burning, which has been presented in San Francisco and in New York. | Quark Titles |
| HILARY BAILEY | 1936 | 2017 | most recent American publication was the novella The Fall of Frenchy Steiner. She lived in London, with her husband, Michael Moorcock. GREG BENFORD's first novel, Deeper than the Darkness, is an expansion of his novelette of the same title, which was nominated for the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America. | Dogman of Islington |
| JOAN BERNOTT | attended the Clarion College Science Fiction Writers' Workshop. | My Father's Guest | ||
| SANDRA BOUCHER | is a young writer who lives in San Francisco, a known buddhist and feminist. | Quark Titles | ||
| ED BRYANT | has a Master's degree in English from the University of Wyoming. He lives in Los Angeles. | Quark Titles | ||
| SAMUEL R. DELANY | lives currently in San Francisco. | Quark Titles | ||
| THOMAS M. DISCH | author of Camp Concentration, The Genocides, and Echo Round His Bones, lives in New York. | Quark Titles | ||
| GARDNER R. DOZOIS | recently returned to the United States after spending four years abroad. He now lives in New York City. | Quark Titles | ||
| GORDON EKLUND | lives with his wife and child in San Francisco. | Quark Titles | ||
| RUSSELL FITZGERALD | is a painter, designer, and writer. He lives in New York with his wife and twin daughters. | Quark Titles | ||
| STEPHEN GILDEN | is a painter and cartoonist who has lived in Texas, New York, and, currently, California. | Quark Titles | ||
| H. B. HICKEY | lives in Los Angeles. | Quark Titles | ||
| R. A. LAFFERTY | is the author of Space Chantey, The Reefs of Earth, Past Master, and, most recently, Fourth Mansions. | Quark Titles | ||
| URSULA K. LEGUIN | received the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America for her novel The Left Hand of Darkness. | Quark Titles | ||
| LINK | is a young poet who lives in San Francisco. He edited the literary magazine Cow. | Quark Titles | ||
| CHRISTOPHER PRIEST | is a young English writer. | Quark Titles | ||
| JOANNA RUSS | is the author of And Chaos Died and Picnic on Paradise. She teaches creative writing at Cornell University. | Quark Titles | ||
| GEORGE STANLEY | collection of poems, You, will appear this winter from Grove Press, and will include Orion. | Quark Titles | ||
| A. E. VAN VOGT | is the author of The Silkie, The Weapon Shops of lsher, and Sian. | Quark Titles |