John Kessel

John KesselJohn Kessel was born in Buffalo, New York. He received a B.A. in English and Physics from the University of Rochester in 1972, an M.A. in English from the University of Kansas in 1974, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas.  Since 1982 he has taught American literature, science fiction, fantasy, and fiction writing at North Carolina State University.  He is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and an ardent fan of the Kansas City Royals and the Buffalo Bills.

His novels include GOOD NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE (a finalist for the Nebula Award) and CORRUPTING DR. NICE.  His most recent book, THE BAUM PLAN FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, features the Nebula-winning story PRIDE AND PROMETHEUS.

He was named as the first director of the MFA Creative Writing Program at NCSU and currently shares the directorship of creative writing with Wilton Barnhardt.

The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories (Paperback)

By John Kessel
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ISBN-13: 9781931520508
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Published: Small Beer Press, 4/2008
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Pride and Prometheus, a story in THE BAUM PLAN FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE involving characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, is winner of the 2008 Nebula award for Best Novelette.

"These stories offer a sustained exploration of the ways gender dynamics can both empower and enslave us. Kessel's wit sparkles throughout, peaking with the most uproariously weird phone-sex conversation you'll ever read ('The Red Phone')." Grade: A- --Entertainment Weekly

"One of the best collections of the year."--Locus

"These well-crafted stories, full of elegantly drawn characters, deliver a powerful emotional punch."--Publishers Weekly

A long-awaited collection that intersects imaginatively with Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Wizard of Oz, and Flannery O'Connor. Includes John Kessel's modern classic sequence about life on the moon.

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (Paperback)

By James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel
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ISBN-13: 9781892391537
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Published: Tachyon Publications, 10/2007
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Following the rapid evolution of cyberpunk from Bruce Sterling and William Gibson into the current millennium, this vivid anthology welcomes a new generation of exciting writers to take the genre in new and unexpected directions. Cyberpunk freewheels with punk rock energy, careening between the internet, bioengineering, and international politics, its influence saturating entertainment and the mass media. Drawing on the traditions of the pioneering cyberpunk manifesto, "Mirrorshades," each story delves into the gritty world of technological change. Legendary "Mirrorshades" editor and contributor Bruce Sterling is back, alongside such cutting-edge writers as Cory Doctorow, Jonathan Lethem, Gwyneth Jones, Hal Duncan, Charles Stross, and Pat Cadigan. With a daring introduction from James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, editors of the controversial "Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology," this collection is an exhilarating snapshot of a vibrant literary movement.

Corrupting Dr. Nice (Paperback)

By John Kessel
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ISBN-13: 9780312865849
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Published: Tor Books, 5/2002
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Dr. Vannice is young and very, very rich. Returning from the Cretaceous period with a living baby dinosaur, he encounters two con artists who are working across time--and they know an opportunity when they see it! "The most deft, most entertaining, and politically savvy time-travel novel of the '90s".--The Washington Post.