Society: Other Cultures, Past & Future

David Brin

David
Brin
Contact Email: 
davidbrinatsbcglobal [dot] net
Home Page: 
http://www.davidbrin.com
Home Page: 
http://www.davidbrin.com/speaker.html
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

David Brin is a scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestselling author. With books ranslated into 25 languages, he has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. A film directed by Kevin Costner was based on David’s novel The Postman. Other works have been optioned by Paramount and Warner Bros. One of them – Kiln People – has been called a book of ideas disguised as a fast-moving and fun noir detective story, set in a vividly original future; while a hardcover graphic novel – The Life Eaters – explored alternate outcomes to World War II. Read more »

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Skylor Willis

Skylor
Willis
Contact Email: 
speakskyloratyahoo [dot] com
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

'Bio :Experience encompasses: owning and operating a promotional company in Europe; establishing one of the world’s top aesthetician colleges; founding cold laser technology and launching it into the cosmetic arena; inventing, developing and rolling out various nutraceutical and cosmetic products; owner/publisher of an international magazine (7 years); and president of a clinical research company specializing in biotechnology (12 years), consultant and advisor to major corporations. Speaking Topics: Dealing With Rapid Change: Why today’s corporate culture is doomed to fail. Read more »

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Benjamin Rosenbaum

Benjamin
Rosenbaum
Contact Email: 
infoatbenjaminrosenbaum [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

Benjamin Rosenbaum’s short fiction ranges from crisply extrapolative science fiction in the Campbellian tradition, to richly ambiguous fantasy, to Borgesian fables and postmodern literary whimsies -- accordingly, it’s been published in venues ranging from Asimov’s and F&SF to Nature to Harper’s and McSweeney’s. Ben has been a finalist for the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Sturgeon Awards, and his stories have been collected in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Best SF, and the seminal slipstream anthology “Feeling Very Strange”. Read more »

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Marie Brennan

Marie
Brennan
Contact Email: 
marie [dot] brennanatgmail [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.swantower.com
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

I have published two novels with Warner Books, Doppelganger and Warrior and Witch, and my short fiction has appeared in Talebones, Jabberwocky, Aberrant Dreams, Son and Foe, Fictitious Force, and Dark Wisdom. I have published five articles on culture and history with Strange Horizons. I am a graduate student in anthropology and folklore, and am interested in speaking on culture, archaeology, religion, history, and similar topics as they relate to fantasy.

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Ellen Kushner

Ellen
Kushner
Contact Email: 
ellenkushneratcomcast [dot] net
Home Page: 
http://EllenKushner.com
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

'I’m a longtime fiction writer, journalist, teacher, critic and public speaker. My fiction has won two World Fantasy Awards and the Theodore Sturgeon Award for best science fiction story of the year. My books include BELUTHAHATCHIE AND OTHER STORIES (a fiction collection), CROSSROADS: TALES OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY FANTASTIC (a fiction anthology co-edited with F. Brett Cox) and ALABAMA CURIOSITIES (nonfiction). Read more »

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Lisa Yaszek

Lisa
Yaszek
Contact Email: 
lisa [dot] yaszekatlcc [dot] gatech [dot] edu
Home Page: 
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~lyaszek
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

Lisa Yaszek is associate professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she also curates the Bud Foote Science Fiction Collection. Her research interests include science fiction, cultural studies of science and technology, gender studies, and Afrofuturism. Yaszek has written on these topics for journals including Extrapolation, Signs: Journal of Women in Society and Culture, and Rethinking History; she has spoken about them at art galleries, universities, and on public radio. Read more »

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Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Jacqueline
Lichtenberg
Contact Email: 
jlatsimegen [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.simegen.com/jl/
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

'Crossing-genres or mixing-genres is my most popular topic. I have given writing workshops in almost every format, even including a week long intensive university sponsored workshop. I can speak on “morphing genres” -- telling the same story in more than one genre -- thus gaining control of genre-formulas, learning how to mix them, and increasing chances of a sale. My fees are in addition to transportation, room and board, and printing for handouts. Fees adjust with the necessary preparation and travel time. A long workshop could be more than $500. Read more »

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Tobias Buckell

Tobias
Buckell
Contact Email: 
speakerattobiasbuckell [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.tobiasbuckell.com
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Home Region

'Tobias S. Buckell is a Caribbean born SF/F writer. His short fiction has appeared in magazines (such as Nature) and various anthologies. His first book is out from Tor, with a second due soon. Tobias keeps a well trafficked blog at his site, and also blogs about Futurist issues at www.Futurismic.com. He is a freelance writer and professional blogger (www.bloggingstocks.com, www.bloggingohio.com). Tobias is mainly available to speak in Ohio, southern Michigan, eastern Pennsylvania, and eastern Indiana. Read more »

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Mia Molvray

Mia
Molvray
Contact Email: 
sfatmolvray [dot] com
Home Page: 
http://www.molvray.com
Will Travel: 
Negotiable

My professional background is molecular and evolutionary biology, and my stories, both published and unpublished, involve biological themes. Speculating about alien biology is my favorite way to spend time. More information, as well as some of my fiction, is on my website (http://www.molvray.com/sf). Speaking fees would be waived for educational or non-profit groups.

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