John Kessel

John Kessel
Born (1950-09-24) September 24, 1950 (age 74)
Buffalo, New York, United States
Occupation
  • Writer
  • editor
  • teacher
Period1978–present
GenreScience fiction; Fantasy literature; Comic science fiction; Metafiction; Satire
SubjectTime travel; the Future; Dinosaurs
Literary movementSavage Humanism[1]
Notable worksAnother Orphan, Good News from Outer Space, "Buffalo", "Pride and Prometheus", Corrupting Dr. Nice
SpouseTherese Anne Fowler
Website
johnjosephkessel.wixsite.com/kessel-website

John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, Good News From Outer Space (1989), Corrupting Dr. Nice (1997), The Moon and the Other (2017), and Pride and Prometheus (2018), and one novel, Freedom Beach (1985) in collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly. Kessel is married to author Therese Anne Fowler.

  1. ^ Sawyer, Robert J. (April 29, 2008). "The Savage Humanists". Robert J. Sawyer. Retrieved June 16, 2013. Meet the Savage Humanists: the hottest science-fiction writers working today. They use SF's unique powers to comment on the human condition in mordantly funny, satiric stories... In these pages, you'll find the top names in the SF field: including...John Kessel...