(1950-09-24) September 24, 1950 (age 73) Buffalo, New York, United States
Occupation
Writer
editor
teacher
Period
1978–present
Genre
Science fiction; Fantasy literature; Comic science fiction; Metafiction; Satire
Subject
Time travel; the Future; Dinosaurs
Literary movement
Savage Humanism[1]
Notable works
Another Orphan, Good News from Outer Space, "Buffalo", "Pride and Prometheus", Corrupting Dr. Nice
Spouse
Therese 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.
^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...
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Slipstream Writings" (PDF). Readercon. 2007. Adams, John Joseph (12 June 2006). "James Patrick Kelly, JohnKessel". SciFi.com. Archived from the original on 15...
Throughout the 1980s, he and his friend JohnKessel became involved in the humanist/cyberpunk debate. While Kessel and Kelly were both humanists, Kelly also...
Poul Anderson (1982) Another Orphan by JohnKessel (1983) Hardfought by Greg Bear (1984) Press Enter by John Varley (1985) Sailing to Byzantium by Robert...
the genre. The plot of Corrupting Dr. Nice, a science fiction novel by JohnKessel involving time travel, is modeled on films such as The Lady Eve and Bringing...
Joshua Ollswang "The Juniper Tree", a 2000 short science fiction story by JohnKessel Juniper, a plant in the genus Juniperus Juniper (disambiguation) This...
as the model for Corrupting Dr. Nice, a 1997 science fiction novel by JohnKessel involving time travel. Barbara Stanwyck's Jean Harrington was one of...
Poul Anderson (1982) Another Orphan by JohnKessel (1983) Hardfought by Greg Bear (1984) Press Enter by John Varley (1985) Sailing to Byzantium by Robert...
Everything, was released on January 27, 2017. Fowler is married to the author JohnKessel. Souvenir (2008), Ballantine Books, ISBN 9780345499684 Reunion (2009)...
in existence." In 2007, San Francisco writers James Patrick Kelly and JohnKessel published Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology. Cyberprep is a term...
News From Outer Space is a science fiction novel by American writer JohnKessel. It is predominantly a satire telling the story of a resurrected reporter...
Poul Anderson (1982) Another Orphan by JohnKessel (1983) Hardfought by Greg Bear (1984) Press Enter by John Varley (1985) Sailing to Byzantium by Robert...
Poul Anderson (1982) Another Orphan by JohnKessel (1983) Hardfought by Greg Bear (1984) Press Enter by John Varley (1985) Sailing to Byzantium by Robert...
The Moon and the Other is a science fiction novel by American writer JohnKessel. In the twenty-second century, millions live in underground cities under...
Recommender at Fictionwise (via archive.org) John C. Wright's review of Stories of Your Life and Others; by John C. Wright; originally published at Amazon...
alternate timeline setting, diverging with the failed assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Instead of concentrating on the Space Race, technological advancements...
the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008) "Pride and Prometheus" by JohnKessel (2009) "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman...
Poul Anderson (1982) Another Orphan by JohnKessel (1983) Hardfought by Greg Bear (1984) Press Enter by John Varley (1985) Sailing to Byzantium by Robert...
1991, p. 334. Langton 2010, p. 33. Schneider 2009, p. 382. Schenk, John; Kessel, John (22 August 1977). "Born-To-Raise-Hell Inc". Maclean's. Retrieved 10...
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Alan Moore, Steve Ditko, Will Eisner, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harlan Ellison, John Crowley, Lord Dunsany, G. K. Chesterton and Gene Wolfe. A lifetime fan of...