Jacob Weisman, John Kessel, and Sydney Duncan at the 2007 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (photo: Andy Duncan)

Nebula, Sturgeon, Shirley Jackson, and Locus award winner John Kessel wrote CORRUPTING DR. NICE, GOOD NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE, and THE PURE PRODUCT. His play FAUSTFEATHERS received the Paul Green Playwrights’ Prize.

His many short stories have been collected in MEETING IN INFINITY,
THE PURE PRODUCT, THE BAUM PLAN FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND OTHER
STORIES, NINETY PERCENT OF EVERYTHING (with James Patrick Kelly and
Jonathan Lethem), and THE COLLECTED KESSEL. For ABC’s science fiction anthology series MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION Sam Egan adapted Kessel’s story “A Clean Escape.”

Kessel teaches courses in science-fiction, fantasy, and fiction writing at North Carolina State University. With Mark L. Van Name, Kessel created the Sycamore Hill Writer’s Workshop. His criticism has appeared in FOUNDATION, the LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW, NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, and SCIENCE FICTION AGE.

Alongside James Partick Kelly, Kessel co-edited the acclaimed anthologies: FEELING VERY STRANGE: THE SLIPSTREAM ANTHOLOGY, REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, and KAFKAESQUE: STORIES INSPIRED BY FRANZ KAFKA.

All of us at Tachyon wish the multi-faceted John an extraordinary birthday.

For more info about THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page

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