John Kessel
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1950 · age 76
John Joseph Vincent Kessel is an American author of science fiction and fantasy.
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2009Nebula Award for Best NoveletteAward2002Otherwise AwardAward1992Locus Award for Best Short StoryAwardTheodore Sturgeon AwardAward1983Nebula Award for Best NovellaAward1950Born24 September 1950
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About this person
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.
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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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Born 1950 · age 76
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The same award as John
Sarah HallBoth received Otherwise Award
Aliette de BodardBoth received Nebula Award for Best NovellaSarah PinskerBoth received Locus Award for Best Short Story
Shelley JacksonBoth received Otherwise Award
Linda NagataBoth received Nebula Award for Best NovellaPamela SargentBoth received Nebula Award for Best Novelette
Aliette de BodardBoth received Nebula Award for Best NovellaSarah PinskerBoth received Locus Award for Best Short StoryShelley JacksonBoth received Otherwise AwardLinda NagataBoth received Nebula Award for Best NovellaPamela SargentBoth received Nebula Award for Best Novelette