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John Kessel


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John Kessel was born in 1950 in Buffalo, New York, and is an Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University where he teaches American literature and fiction writing. The author resides in Raleigh with his wife, graphic designer Sue Hall and daughter, Emma.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Some Like It Cold (1995)
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John Kessel recommends
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The Adventurists: and Other Stories (2022)
Richard Butner
"Richard Butner's stories are funny, scary, personal, dispassionate, satirical, and heartfelt, if those incompatible adjectives can be assembled to describe the same work. He writes about the subtle losses we suffer (often without noticing) as we get older, about love and loyalty, about how the past is never completely past and can come sweeping back over you at the slightest opportunity like a tidal wave, so you'd better be ready lest you drown."
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No Gods, No Monsters (2021)
(Convergence Saga, book 1)
Cadwell Turnbull
"Like Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin before him, Turnbull uses the tools of science fiction to illuminate the human heart."

Anthologies containing stories by John Kessel
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 2 (2022)
(Year's Top Tales of Space and Time, book 2)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 (2021)
(Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, book 13)
edited by
Rich Horton

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Awards
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1983) : Another Orphan
Nebula Awards Best Novella winner (1983) : Another Orphan
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1989) : Mrs Schummel Exits a Winner
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1990) : Good News from Outer Space
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1990) : Good News from Outer Space
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1992) : Buffalo
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1992) : Buffalo
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1993) : Meeting in Infinity
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1994) : The Franchise
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1994) : The Franchise
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1998) : The Miracle of Ivar Avenue
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1999) : Every Angel Is Terrifying
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (2001) : Ninety Percent of Everything [short story]
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2018) : The Moon and the Other


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