John Kessel

Kessel is married to author Therese Anne Fowler.

The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with North Carolina State University. Works named in the authority record are Corrupting Dr. Distinctions recorded are Nebula Award for Best Novella, Theodore Sturgeon Award, Locus Award for Best Short Story and Otherwise Award.

• Name — John Kessel • Born — 24 September 1950 • Birthplace — 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 • Movement — Savage Humanism • 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

Kessel earned a B.A. in Physics and English from the University of Rochester in 1972, followed by a M.A. in English from University of Kansas in 1974, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas in 1981, where he studied under science fiction writer and scholar James Gunn. Since 1982 Kessel has taught classes in American literature, science fiction, fantasy, and fiction writing at North Carolina State University, and helped organize the MFA Creative Writing program at NCSU, serving as its first director.

• Title — |Year — |First published — |Awards/nominations — Notes • Freedom Beach — 1985 • Good News From Outer Space — 1989 — Nebula Award nominee • Corrupting Dr. Nice — 1997 • The Moon and the Other — 2017 — James Tiptree Jr. Award long list • Pride and Prometheus — 2018

• Collections • Title — |Year — |First published — |Awards/nominations — Notes • Meeting in Infinity — 1992 — World Fantasy Award nominee • The Pure Product — 1997 • The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories — 2008 • The Dark Ride — 2022 • The Presidential Papers — 2024 • Stories and other short works • Title — |Year — |First published — |Awards/nominations — Notes • "Another orphan" — 1982 — Nebula Award winner • "Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner" — 1988 — Nebula Award nominee • Another orphan — 1989 — Novella • "Buffalo" — 1991 — Sturgeon Award winner, Locus Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, Nebula Award nominee • The Franchise — 1993 — Nebula Award nominee, Hugo Award nominee — Novelette • The Miracle of Ivar Avenue — 1996 — Nebula Award nominee — Novelette • "Every Angel is Terrifying" — 1998 — World Fantasy Award nominee • Ninety Percent of Everything — 1999 — Nebula Award nominee — Novella • "Stories for Men" — 2002 — James Tiptree Jr. Award winner, Nebula Award nominee • Pride and Prometheus — 2008 — Nebula Award winner, Shirley Jackson Award winner, James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List — Novelette • Spirit level — 2020 — Novelette

• 1986 A Clean Escape • 1994 Faustfeathers (Paul Green Playwrights' Prize winner)

• |Year — Review article — Work(s) reviewed • 1994 — * * * * * *

John Kessel is recorded as having received Nebula Award for Best Novella, Theodore Sturgeon Award and Locus Award for Best Short Story. Recognition and collections. Kessel received Nebula Award for Best Novella, Theodore Sturgeon Award, Locus Award for Best Short Story, Otherwise Award and Nebula Award for Best Novelette.