Past Lives, Present Tense:

"A fertile [set-up] for SF fabulation." (Publishers Weekly)

Fifteen all-new stories of famous personalities reborn through genetic manipulation. Featuring: Elizabeth Moon, Carole Nelson Douglas, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jerry Oltion, Rod Garcia y Robertson, Margaret Ball, Janet Berliner, David Bischoff, Gary Braunbeck, Lillian Stewart Carl, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Tom Knowles, Sharan Newman, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and Sandy Schofield