John Kessel

Overview:

  • Legal Name: Kessel, John Joseph Vincent
  • Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
  • Date of Birth: September 24, 1950

Notes:

Attended the University of Rochester, obtaining degrees in Physics and English. He received advanced degrees in English from the University of Kansas (M.A.) and Kansas University (Ph.D.). He has taught at North Carolina State University since 1982.

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Anthologies

Collections

Essays

Interviews

Novels

Poems

Reviews

Short Fiction

Awards

  • 0000. Buffalo - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Win)
  • 0000. Buffalo - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Win)
  • 0000. Another Orphan - Nebula Award, Novella (Win)
  • 0000. Stories for Men - James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award, Gender-bending SF (Win)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - Nebula Award, Novelette (Win)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - Shirley Jackson Award, Best Novelette (Win)
  • 0000. El imperio invisible - Premio Ignotus, Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story (Win)
  • 0000. The Pure Product - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Franchise - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Miracle of Ivar Avenue - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Freedom Beach - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Good News from Outer Space - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Corrupting Dr. Nice - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Clean - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Gulliver at Home - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology - Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Moon and the Other - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Motorman's Coat - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Dark Ride - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Juniper Tree - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - Hugo Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Moon and the Other - John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Baum Plan for Financial Independence - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Pure Product - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Invisible Empire - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. Of New Arrivals, Many Johns, and the Music of the Spheres - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. Good News from Outer Space - John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Meeting in Infinity - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. It's All True - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Dark Ride - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. Sunlight or Rock - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Consolation - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Franchise - Hugo Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Stories for Men - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Stories for Men - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Buffalo - Hugo Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. Another Orphan - Hugo Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Another Orphan - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Under the Lunchbox Tree - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. Invaders - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Every Angel is Terrifying - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Secret History of Science Fiction - Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
  • 0000. Good News from Outer Space - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology - Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology (Nomination)
  • 0000. Meeting in Infinity - World Fantasy Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner - Nebula Award, Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Franchise - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Franchise - Nebula Award, Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. Buffalo - Nebula Award, Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Miracle of Ivar Avenue - Nebula Award, Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Miracle of Ivar Avenue - Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, Best Short Form Alternate History (Nomination)
  • 0000. Every Angel is Terrifying - World Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. Ninety Percent of Everything - Nebula Award, Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Stories for Men - Nebula Award, Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Invisible Empire - Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, Best Short Form Alternate History (Nomination)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - World Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award, Gender-bending SF (Nomination)
  • 0000. Good News from Outer Space - Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, Bester ausländischer SF-Roman (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lune et l'autre - Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Nouvelle étrangère (Nomination)
  • 0000. Pride and Prometheus - Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, Wellman Award (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Juniper Tree - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Stories for Men - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Baum Plan for Financial Independence - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Last American - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Corrupting Dr. Nice - British Science Fiction Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Corrupting Dr. Nice - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Every Angel is Terrifying - Bram Stoker Award, Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Best Short Science Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Moon and the Other - James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award, Gender-bending SF (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance - Hugo Award, Best Novelette (Nomination below cutoff)

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