James Alan Gardner
Excerpt:
This is a story about a ray-gun. The ray-gun will not be explained except to say, "It shoots rays." They are dangerous rays. If they hit you in the arm, it withers. If they hit you in the face, you go blind. If they hit you in the heart, you die. These things must be true, or else it would not be a ray-gun. But it is.
Bio:
James Alan Gardner got his M. Math in Applied Math with a thesis on black holes, then he began writing science fiction instead. In 1989, he went to the Clarion West Writing Workshop, during which he wrote two stories that became early professional sales. Since then, he has published eight novels, and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. He has won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and the Aurora Award, and has been a finalist (twice) for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario with a mistrustful rabbit. In his spare time, he plays piano and teaches kung fu.
Publications:
ExpendableCommitment HourVigilantHuntedAscendingTrappedRadiantGravity Wellsall from Harper-Collins
Writing Description:
Quirky science fiction and fantasy with strong tone-of-voice (but a new voice every time).
Writing Goals:
I want to write at least 10,000 words on my current novel project, "The Book of Yearning." That may be enough to finish the first draft.
Fundraising Goals:
I don't have exact fundraising goals. Surprise me!
Website:
www.thinkage.ca/~jim
