Education

Gregory A. Wilson

Gregory
Wilson
Contact Email: 
gregawilatgmail [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.gregoryawilson.com
Will Travel: 
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Awards and Credentials: 
Associate Professor of English, St. John's University Member of MLA, ALSCW, RSA, CEA, Writers' Symposium, Codex, others Professional Author and Theater Critic Three-time St. John's competitive grant award winner Regular reader and panelist at ICFA, Readercon, Ad Astra, Gen Con, World Fantasy, Worldcon, numerous academic conferences (ALSCW, RSA, CEA, others)

Dr. Gregory A. Wilson is currently an Associate Professor of English at St. John's University in New York City, having also taught at Boston University after receiving his Ph.D. in English from Brandeis University. Read more »

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Phil Nichols

Phil
Nichols
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Phil Nichols is Course Leader for Video & Film Production at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and teaches all aspects of media production. He holds an MA in Screenwriting and a first degree in sciences, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and member of SFRA and the Royal Television Society. He is currently working on a PhD at Liverpool University, on transformations between literature and media in the work of Ray Bradbury. Read more »

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Marleen S. Barr

Marleen
Barr
Contact Email: 
msbarratnyc [dot] rr [dot] com
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Dr. Marleen S. Barr, who teaches in the Communication and Media Department at Fordham University, is a winner of the Science Fiction Research Association Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction criticism. Barr, a specialist in science fiction written by women, has published widely and lectured throughout the world. She recently co-edited the special topic science fiction issue of PMLA, the most renowned literary studies journal in the United States. Read more »

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Walter Hunt

Walter
Hunt
Contact Email: 
hotcatwalterhunt [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.walterhunt.com
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Walter H. Hunt is a writer of speculative fiction. He has written four novels, published by Tor Books; he is a lifetime student of history, having studied that subject at Bowdoin College. Mr. Hunt is available to speak to school, fraternal, reading and writing groups on the publishing industry, speculative fiction, and the craft of writing.

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Diana Herald

Diana
Herald
Contact Email: 
dheraldatsff [dot] net
Home Page: 
http://www.genrefluent.com
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Diana Tixier Herald, the author of Fluent in Fantasy and Strictly Science Fiction as well as the widely used readers’ advisory resources Genreflecting: A Guid to Reading Interests and Teen Genreflecting reads an average of a book a day. She is a frequent speaker at library conferences and education seminars making the wonders of science fiction and fantasy literature come alive to help put people together with the books they really want to read.

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Virginia McMorrow

Virginia
McMorrow
Contact Email: 
ginnyatvirginiamcmorrow [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.virginiamcmorrow.com
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I’m the author of four fantasy novels -- Mage Confusion, Mage Resolution, Mage Evolution, and a young adult fantasy, Firewing’s Journey. I also teach adult education creative writing. My speaking fee is $100 plus expenses.

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Mark Brake

Mark
Brake
Contact Email: 
mbrakeatglam [dot] ac [dot] uk
Home Page: 
http://case.glam.ac.uk/CASE/StaffPages/MarkBrake/MB.html
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

Mark Brake is Professor of Science Communication and Director of the University of Glamorgan’s Centre for Astronomy and Science Education. He set up the world’s only degree programmes in Science: Fiction and Culture and Astrobiology. He’s done so much science communication work in television and radio his editor says he would ‘tap dance to the light of the fridge’. Read more »

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John Kessel

John
Kessel
Contact Email: 
tenshiatunity [dot] ncsu [dot] edu
Home Page: 
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi
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John Kessel has been writing and publishing science fiction since 1978. He is a professor of English at North Carolina State University, where he recently served as director of the Creative Writing program. He holds a B.A. in English and physics from the University of Rochester, and an M.A. and PhD in English from the University of Kansas. His novella “Another Orphan” received the 1982 Nebula Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and his short story “Buffalo” won the 1991 Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Locus Poll. Read more »

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Robert J Sawyer

Robert
Sawyer
Contact Email: 
sawyeratsfwriter [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://sfwriter.com
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

Robert J. Sawyer is the bestselling author of 17 novels including the Hugo Award-winning Hominids, the Nebula Award-winning The Terminal Experiment, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winning Mindscan, and the Hugo finalists Starplex, Frameshift, Factoring Humanity, Calculating God, and Humans. Rob has made over 200 television appearances (including Rivera Live with Geraldo Rivera) and over 200 radio interviews (including NPR’s Talk of the Nation). Read more »

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Jason Schimschal

Jason
Schimschal
Contact Email: 
banionatdarkenrealm [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.darkenrealm.com
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Jason Schimschal is the author of the Darken Realm series of books. He is also a chemist and technical writer for a generic pharmaceutical company. Schimschal enjoys speaking about his life as a science fiction author and his knowledge of science in general. Schimschal’s current series is based on the struggles of two youth, who are cast out of their village as a rite of passage. Those exiled are supposed to scour the ruins of the battered world for ancient relics and lost technologies. Twenty full moons must rise before the youth can return home and take their place in Scarskin society... Read more »

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