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John Kessel

(b.1950)

John Kessel was born in 1950 in Buffalo, New York, and is an Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University where he teaches American literature and fiction writing. The author resides in Raleigh with his wife, graphic designer Sue Hall and daughter, Emma.

Awards: Jackson (2009), Nebula (2009), Sturgeon (1992) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

New and upcoming books

November 2024

The Presidential Papers
(Outspoken Authors, book 31)

Novels

   Freedom Beach (1985) (with James Patrick Kelly)
   Good News from Outer Space (1989)
   Corrupting Dr Nice (1997)
   Ninety Percent of Everything (2001) (with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem)
   The Moon and the Other (2017)
   Pride and Prometheus (2018)

Collections

   Meeting in Infinity (1992)
   The Pure Product (1997)
   The Baum Plan for Financial Independence (2008)
   Some Like It Cold and Other Stories (2012)
   The Dark Ride (2022)

Novellas and Short Stories

Some Like It Cold (1995)

Anthologies edited

   Intersections (1995)
   Feeling Very Strange (2006) (with James Patrick Kelly)
   Rewired (2007) (with James Patrick Kelly)
   The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) (with James Patrick Kelly)
   Kafkaesque (2011) (with James Patrick Kelly)
   Digital Rapture (2012) (with James Patrick Kelly)

Series contributed to

Nebula Award Stories
46. Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012) (with James Patrick Kelly)

Outspoken Authors
31. The Presidential Papers (2024)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by John Kessel

The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 2 (2024)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 2)
edited by
Jared Shurin

Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 2 (2022)
(Year's Top Tales of Space and Time, book 2)
edited by
Allan Kaster

More books

Awards

	2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette : Pride and Prometheus
	2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : Pride and Prometheus
	1992 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : Buffalo
	1983 Nebula Award for Best Novella : Another Orphan

Award nominations

	2022 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel
	2019 Manly Wade Wellman Award (finalist) : Pride and Prometheus
	2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Moon and the Other
	2013 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology
	2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Clean
	2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Secret History of Science Fiction
	2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Pride and Prometheus
	2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories
	2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Pride and Prometheus
	2008 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Last American
	2005 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories
	2004 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : It's All True
	2004 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Stories for Men
	2003 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Stories for Men
	2003 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Invisible Empire
	2003 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Stories for Men
	2001 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Juniper Tree
	2001 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ninety Percent of Everything [short story]
	1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Every Angel Is Terrifying
	1998 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Miracle of Ivar Avenue
	1998 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Corrupting Dr Nice
	1998 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Pure Product
	1997 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Miracle of Ivar Avenue
	1994 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Franchise
	1994 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Franchise
	1993 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Meeting in Infinity
	1993 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Meeting in Infinity
	1992 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Buffalo
	1992 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Buffalo
	1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Good News from Outer Space
	1990 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Good News from Outer Space
	1989 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner
	1989 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Mrs Schummel Exits a Winner
	1989 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Good News from Outer Space
	1983 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Another Orphan
	1983 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Another Orphan

John Kessel recommends

The Adventurists: and Other Stories (2022)
Richard Butner
"Richard Butner's stories are funny, scary, personal, dispassionate, satirical, and heartfelt, if those incompatible adjectives can be assembled to describe the same work. He writes about the subtle losses we suffer (often without noticing) as we get older, about love and loyalty, about how the past is never completely past and can come sweeping back over you at the slightest opportunity like a tidal wave, so you'd better be ready lest you drown."

No Gods, No Monsters (2021)
(Convergence Saga, book 1)
Cadwell Turnbull
"Like Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin before him, Turnbull uses the tools of science fiction to illuminate the human heart."

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