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Bibliography

  1. (2010)

    The Year's Best Science Fiction

  2. (2010)

    Sympathy for the Devil

  3. (2009)

    The Secret History of Science Fiction

  4. (2005)

    The Best of the Best

  5. (1997)

    The Pure Product

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  • Legal name: John Kessel
  • Birthdate: September 24, 1950 (age 61)
  • Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, America
  • Nationality: American
  • Gender: Male
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  • Genres: science fiction, fantasy

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John Kessel is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer and the author of two solo novels, Good News From Outer Space (1989) and Corrupting Dr. Nice (1997) and one novel, Freedom Beach (1985) in collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly.

Kessel won a Nebula Award in 1982 for his novella "Another Orphan," and a second for his 2008 novelette "Pride and Prometheus".

He also is a widely published science fiction and fantasy critic; his most notable work of criticism is probably his 2004 essay on Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game.