John Kessel with good friend James Patrick Kelley

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. Sam Egan adapted Kessel’s story “A Clean
Escape” for ABC’s science fiction anthology series MASTERS OF
SCIENCE FICTION.

He 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.

Cover by Ann Monn

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Cover by John Berry

For more info about REWIRED: THE POST-CYBERPUNK ANTHOLOGY, 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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