Science Fiction Authors
Science Fiction Author – Kenneth Schneyer |
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October 1, 2011 by Michael |
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About Kenneth Schneyer  Kenneth Schneyer Kenneth Schneyer forgot he wanted to be a writer for about 25 years before being ambushed by a bunch of story ideas in 2006. Since then, he has sold fiction to Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Clockwork Phoenix 3, Abyss & Apex, Daily Science Fiction, Bull Spec, The Drabblecast, GUD Magazine and elsewhere. He attended the Clarion Writers Workshop in 2009, joined the Cambridge Science Fiction Workshop in 2010, and became active with Codex Writers in 2011. He has led and participated in many panels at both Readercon and Boskone. At one time or another, Ken has been an actor, a dishwasher, a corporate lawyer, a file clerk, an IT project manager, the Assistant Dean of a technology school, and a math trainer for the Princeton Review. Nowadays he teaches legal studies (and science fiction literature) at Johnson & Wales University, where he is Chair of the Cultural Life Series. He has published a number of articles on the constitutive rhetoric of legal texts, concentrating on areas of discrimination, constitutional law, and contracts. Born in Michigan, Ken now lives in Rhode Island with one singer, one dancer, one actor, and something striped and fanged that he sometimes glimpses of out of the corner of his eye. He’s interested in astronomy, painting, brain science, feminist theory, politics, presidential trivia, ancient history, and practically everything else. He cooks better than anyone you know. His story, “The Tortoise Parliament” appeared in First Contact, Digital Science Fiction’s first anthology. His story, “The Whole Truth Witness” originally published in Analog was translated and published in the Russian SF magazine ELSI published it in its May, 2011 issue. More You can learn more about and from Kenneth Schneyer on his livejournal page here. Digital Science Fiction Publication(s)  First Contact - Story: The Tortoise Parliament |
Science Fiction Author – Ken Liu |
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September 22, 2011 by Michael |
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 Ken Liu Ken Liu has made a living by writing for a long time: both by writing for machines as a programmer and by writing for lawyers as another lawyer. He finds writing fiction for readers to be more challenging than either of these pursuits. When not working on his fiction, he translates Chinese stories into English, codes iOS apps, and reads to his daughter. Occasionally, he’ll also repair old typewriters and obsolete computers. His fiction has appeared in F&SF, Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons, among other places. His short story, Caretaker, appeared in Digital Science Fiction’s own First Contact. Ken lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife, artist Lisa Tang Liu, and their daughter. Lisa and Ken are collaborating on a novel. Bibliography The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary – Panverse Three, Panverse Publishing, 2011 Tying Knots – Clarkesworld, 2011 Simulacrum – Lightspeed, 2011 The Paper Menagerie – F&SF, 2011 The Box That Eats Memories – Daily Science Fiction, 2011 More To find out more about Ken Liu, visit his Blog, Ken Liu, Writer. Digital Science Fiction Publication(s) First Contact - Story: Caretaker |
Science Fiction Author – Curtis James McConnell |
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September 19, 2011 by Michael |
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About Curtis James McConnell Technically, Curtis James McConnell is BB King’s half blood-brother. He has held a hundred weird jobs, including phone actor, standup comic, secret shopper and croupier. He has also eaten a hundred weird foods such as reindeer hot dogs, muskox, pumpkin ice cream, home-ground horseradish, ostrich and kangaroo. He has been to all fifty United States and ventured into Mexico and Canada. The guy gets around. He welcomes correspondence. His email provider is ymail.com, cjm.fanbase5 goes before the @. Besides being duly honored (his words) to help launch Digital Science Fiction’s First Contact, he has been or is soon to be published in: Bibliography (partial) The Real Deal – Issue#1 of The Rag Literary Review Bust – WTF?! Anthology – Pink Narcissus Press Bare Bones – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations Anthology A Mouse in the Meadow and Where Dwells the Taphephobe – Spirit of Poe fundraising anthology for the E. A. Poe museum in Baltimore Pop Quiz - First Contact – Digital Science Fiction Anthology 1 More You can learn more about Curtis James McConnell by visiting his author page at Amazon.com. Digital Science Fiction Publication(s) First Contact - Story: Pop Quiz |
Science Fiction Author – Ed Greenwood |
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September 17, 2011 by Michael |
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About Ed Greenwood  Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood grew up in Don Mills, now part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he lives in a book-crammed farmhouse in the countryside halfway between Kingston and Toronto, a Paul Bunyan’s hammer throw north of the shores of Lake Ontario. A lifelong reader, library guy, writer, game designer, and book collector, Ed sold his first fiction at age six, and in the forty-some years since has published more than 180 books that have sold millions of copies worldwide in over two dozen languages. The most recent of these include the bestselling novels Elminster Must Die! and Bury Elminster Deep from Wizards of the Coast. With Gabrielle Harbowy, Ed recently co-edited the critically acclaimed anthology When The Hero Comes Home, published by Dragon Moon Press. For the Digital Science Fiction Anthologies, Ed has written “Biting A Dead Man’s Hand”, published in First Contact, the first Digital Science Fiction anthology. Ed holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism from Ryerson University, and has lectured at more than a dozen universities on three continents. He has won several dozen writing and gaming awards, was elected to the Academy of Adventure Gaming Art & Design Hall of Fame in 2003, and has been a judge for the World Fantasy Awards and the Sunburst Awards, among others. When not writing, he walks the head of the household (a small but imperious cat), works in the Port Hope Public Library and is the chair of the library board of another library system, and reads books. His house is literally sagging under the weight of over 80,000 books. * Ed Greenwood Photo credit: Jenny Glicksohn – Copyright 2011 (all rights reserved) Bibliography (partial) Bury Elminster Deep: The Sage of Shadowdale Elminster Must Die: The Sage of Shadowdale Elminster Ascending: Sage of Shadowdale When the Hero Comes Home (co-editor) Biting a Dead Man’s Hand – First Contact – Digital Science Fiction Anthology 1 More You can learn more on Ed Greenwood’s Amazon author page. Ed also has the distinction of having a personal Wikipedia entry. Digital Science Fiction Publication(s) First Contact - Story: Biting a Dead Man's Hand |
Science Fiction Author – Jennifer R Povey |
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September 16, 2011 by Michael |
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About Jennifer R. Povey  Jennifer R Povey Jennifer R. Povey was born in a small town just outside Nottingham, England, but now lives in Northern Virginia with her Minnesota-born husband, Greg. Her work is informed by a background that includes a BA in Archaeology from the University of York (‘Old’ York, to be precise), by living in two different countries, and by her strong interests in science, sociology, history and also the paranormal and the occult. Jennifer’s story, Masks, was featured in First Contact, the first Digital Science Fiction Anthology. Her hobbies and interests include horse riding and roleplaying games. Additionally, she enjoys a good debate and spending time widening her education. She also tries to get in a fair amount of travel, especially to destinations she has yet to visit. She is currently building her business as a professional non-fiction freelancer. Also, she is attempting to make her first novel sale and dabbling in comic books. Bibliography (partial) Working the High Steel and the Race Masks (First Contact – Digital Science Fiction Anthology 1) More Jennifer R. Povey maintains an author site at http://www.jenniferrpovey.com, which also has a link to her blog. Digital Science Fiction Publication(s) First Contact - Story: Masks
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Science Fiction Author – R J Bell |
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September 15, 2011 by Michael |
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 R.J. Bell About R.J. Bell R.J. Bell, whose real name is R.L. Robinson, or Rob to his friends, was born, lives and works in the North East of Scotland. Writing from a young age, he developed an early interest in science fiction and over the years, the genre has become his passion. He studied a Master of Arts degree in English at the University of Aberdeen and completed an M.Litt in Creative Writing in 2011. His first published story, Brae na Urd was featured in Pressure Suite, the third Digital Science Fiction Anthology. When not writing, he is often out and about enjoying the landscape of his native Scotland with his black Labrador Maggie, who regularly helps him edit his work. Prior to his publication, he focused more on mainstream literature and gave poetry and short story readings and was invited to read at the University of Aberdeen’s 2011 Word Festival. Currently, he works as a freelance submissions reviewer and is hard at work on his first attempt at a novel, which he hopes to see published in the not too distant future. More To find out more about R.J. Bell/R.L. Robinson, visit wiredfiction.wordpress.com Bibliography (partial) Brae na Urd (Pressure Suite – Digital Science Fiction Anthology 3) Digital Science Fiction Publication(s)  Pressure Suite - Story: Brae na Urd |