Philadelphia Science Fiction Society
General Meeting, October 11, 2019
Business Meeting at 8:00 pm, Panel at 9:00 pm.
Guest speaker: Jon McGoran
Jon McGoran is the award-winning author of nine novels for adults and young adults including the YA science fiction thrillers Spliced and Splintered (Holiday House Books) as well as the acclaimed ecological thrillers Drift, Deadout, and Dust Up (Tor/Forge). Spliced was named to the American Library Association’s Excellence in Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable List and the American Bookseller’s Association’s 2017 ABC Best Books for Young Readers. Spliced is also on the shortlist for South Carolina’s Young Adult Book of the Year. McGoran’s other books include the D. H. Dublin forensic thrillers Body Trace, Blood Poison, and Freezer Burn (Berkley/Penguin) and The Dead Ring (Titan Books), based on the TV show, The Blacklist. He has published numerous short stories, including “Bad Debt,” which won an honorable mention in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, and “Drive Time,” which was published in the X-files anthology The Truth Is Out There and was nominated for a Scribe Award. He also works as a freelance writer, developmental editor and writing coach, and is cohost of The Liars Club Oddcast, a podcast about writing and creativity.
Admission is FREE