In episode 247 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Matthew Kressel.
About Matthew:
Matthew Kressel is a multiple Nebula Award-nominated writer and World Fantasy Award-nominated editor. His novel, King of Shards, debuts October 13, 2015 from Arche Press, an imprint of Resurrection House. His story “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” was a 2014 Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. His story “The Sounds of Old Earth” was a 2013 Nebula Award nominee for Best Short Story. The story also made the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List.
In 2011 Matthew was nominated for World Fantasy Award in the category of Special Award, Non-Professional for his work editing Sybil’s Garage.
In 2003 he started the speculative fiction magazine Sybil’s Garage, and the stories and poetry therein have received multiple honorable mentions in the Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror. Under the rubric of Senses Five Press, Matthew published Paper Cities, which won the 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.
Matthew co-hosts the Fantastic Fiction reading series at the famous KGB Bar alongside veteran speculative-fiction editor Ellen Datlow. The monthly series highlights luminaries and up-and-comers in speculative fiction.
Matthew has been a long-time member of Altered Fluid, a Manhattan-based writing group. He is also obsessed with the film Blade Runner.
When he’s not writing, Matthew designs websites, which he has done for Stanford University, Columbia University, the magazines Weird Tales, Fantasy, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, writers Genevieve Valentine, Nicholas Kaufmann, Chris Willrich, and many others. He has coded applications and websites for ADP, Alliance Bernstein, and Nikon, among others. He also administers office computer networks. If you’re interested in his IT services, you can check out his business website here.
This week’s picks:
- Matthew: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
- John: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Patrick: Limitless (CBS)
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I pre-ordered the audio book on audible just now because of your podcast. Thank you! I look forward to listening to it.
That’s awesome! Hope you enjoy it!
~P