Jody Lynn Nye
Author
Atlanta, GA, USA
Biography:
Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as 'spoiling cats.' When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.
Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper at a small publishing house, freelance journalist and photographer, accounting assistant and costume maker.
For four years, she was on the technical operations staff of a local Chicago television station, WFBN (WGBO), serving the last year as Technical Operations Manager. During her time at WFBN, she was part of the engineering team that built the station, acted as Technical Director during live sports broadcasts, and worked to produce in-house spots and public service announcements.
Since 1987 she has published over 50 books and more than 170 short stories. Among the novels Jody has written are her epic fantasy series, The Dreamland, beginning with Waking In Dreamland, five contemporary humorous fantasies, Mythology 101, Mythology Abroad, Higher Mythology (the three collected by Meisha Merlin Publishing as Applied Mythology), Advanced Mythology, The Magic Touch, and three medical science fiction novels, Taylor's Ark, Medicine Show and The Lady and The Tiger. Strong Arm Tactics, a humorous military science fiction novel, the first of The Wolfe Pack series. Jody also wrote The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, a non-fiction-style guide to the world of internationally best-selling author Anne McCaffrey's popular world. She also collaborated with Anne McCaffrey on four science fiction novels, The Death of Sleep, Crisis On Doona (a New York Times and USA Today bestseller), Treaty At Doona and The Ship Who Won, and wrote a solo sequel to The Ship Who Won entitled The Ship Errant. Jody co-authored the Visual Guide to Xanth with best-selling fantasy author Piers Anthony. She has edited two anthologies, humorous stories about mothers in science fiction, fantasy, myth and legend, entitled Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear!, Launch Pad, and an anthology of science fiction stories co-edited with Mike Brotherton. She has two short story collections, A Circle of Celebrations, holiday SF/fantasy stories, and Cats Triumphant!, SF and fantasy feline tales. She wrote eight books with the late Robert Lynn Asprin, License Invoked, a contemporary fantasy set in New Orleans, and seven set in Asprin's Myth Adventures universe: Myth-Told Tales (anthology), Myth Alliances, Myth-Taken Identity, Class Dis-Mythed, Myth-Gotten Gains, Myth Chief, and Myth-Fortunes. Since Asprin's passing, she has published Myth-Quoted, Dragons Deal and Dragons Run (Ace Books), third and fourth in Asprin's Dragons series. Her newest series is the Lord Thomas Kinago books, beginning with View From the Imperium (Baen Books), a humorous military SF novel.
Her newest books are Moon Tracks (Baen), a young adult hard science fiction novel, the second in collaboration with Dr. Travis S. Taylor. Rhythm of the Imperium, third in the Lord Thomas Kinago series; Pros and Cons (WordFire Press), a nonfiction book about conventions in collaboration with Bill Fawcett; and the 20th novel in the Myth-Adventures series, Myth-Fits.
Over the last thirty or so years, Jody has taught in numerous writing workshops and participated on hundreds of panels covering the subjects of writing and being published at science-fiction conventions. She has also spoken in schools and libraries around the north and northwest suburbs. In 2007 she taught fantasy writing at Columbia College Chicago. She also runs the two-day writers workshop at DragonCon. Jody is the Coordinating Judge of the Writers of the Future contest, the world's largest science fiction and fantasy writing contest for new authors (free to enter!).
Jody lives in the northwest suburbs of Atlanta, with her husband Bill Fawcett, a writer, game designer, military historian and book packager, and three feline overlords, Athena, Minx, and Marmalade. Check out her website at www.jodynye.com. She is on Facebook as Jody Lynn Nye and Twitter @JodyLynnNye.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Dragon Con 2024 - August 29 - September 2, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2023
- Dragon Con 2023 - August 31 - September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2022
- Dragon Con 2022 - September 1-5, 2022 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- ConnectiCon 2022 - July 14-17, 2022 in Hartford, CT, USA 2021
- Dragon Con 2021 - September 2-6, 2021 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2021 - July 29 - August 1, 2021 in Raleigh, NC, USA 2020
Dragon Con 2020 - September 3-7, 2020 in Atlanta, GA, USAConvention Went Online-Only- Pensacon 2020 - February 28 - March 1, 2020 in Pensacola, FL, USA 2019
- GalaxyCon Louisville 2019 - November 22-24, 2019 in Louisville, KY, USA
- Dragon Con 2019 - August 29 - September 2, 2019 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2019 - July 25-28, 2019 in Raleigh, NC, USA
- GalaxyCon Richmond 2019 - May 31 - June 2, 2019 in Richmond, VA, USA 2018
- PopCon Fort Wayne 2018 - December 29-30, 2018 in Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Dragon Con 2018 - August 30 - September 3, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2017
- Dragon Con 2017 - September 1-4, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- ConnectiCon 2017 - July 6-9, 2017 in Hartford, CT, USA 2016
- Dragon Con 2016 - September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phoenix Comicon 2016 - June 2-5, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ, USA 2015
- Dragon Con 2015 - September 4-7, 2015 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Pensacon 2015 - February 27 - March 1, 2015 in Pensacola, FL, USA 2014
- Dragon Con 2014 - August 29 - September 1, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- LI-Con 2014 - March 29-30, 2014 in Rockville Centre, NY, USA 2013
- Dragon Con 2013 - August 30 - September 2, 2013 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2012
- Dragon*Con 2012 - August 31 - September 3, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2011
- Dragon*Con 2011 - September 2-5, 2011 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2009
- A-Kon 2009 - May 29-31, 2009 in Dallas, TX, USA 2006
- Mobicon 2006 - May 19-21, 2006 in Mobile, AL, USA
26 confirmed guest appearances
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