Lawrence M. Schoen (born July 27, 1959) is an American author, publisher, psychologist, and expert in the Klingon language.
Biography
Schoen was born in Chicago, Illinois, but his family moved to Southern California when he was 18 months old, and he grew up in Culver City.
In 1983, he graduated with B.S. in psycholinguistics from California State University, Northridge.
Schoen spent the next ten years in academia as an assistant professor at New College of Florida, Lake Forest College in Illinois, and Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania. He then moved to the private sector and served for about 17 years as the director of research and analytics for a medical center which provides mental health and addiction treatment service works throughout Philadelphia.
Schoen lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Author
He has been nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, the Nebula Award for Best Novella three times, as well as receiving nominations for the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
Small press publisher
Schoen is the publisher and chief editor for Paper Golem, a speculative fiction small press started in November, 2006. In its Alembical series, J. Kathleen Cheney's novella "Iron Shoes", from Alembical 2, received a nomination for the Nebula Award.
Bibliography
The Universe of Barsk (Series) Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (Dec 2015), Tor Books () Nebula Award Finalist,https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2015/ Nebula Award Finalist 2015
The Conroyverse
The Amazing Conroy (series) Notable works in chronological story order:
Yesterdays Taste, (October 2011) in Transtories, Aeon Press () WSFA Small Press Award Finalisthttp://www.sfadb.com/WSFA_Small_Press_Award_2012 Award Finalist 2012 Barry's Tale (Book 2) December 2012) in Buffalito Buffet, Hadley Rille Books () Nebula Award Finalist 2012https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2012/ Nebula Awards 2012 Calendrical Regression (Book 3) (November 2014), Noble Fusion Press () Nebula Award Finalist 2014https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2014/ Nebula Awards 2014 Barry's Deal (Book 4) (November 2017), Noble Fusion Press () Nebula Award Finalist 2017https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2017/ Nebula Awards 2017 Trial of the Century (Book 6) (December 2013), in World Jumping, Hadley Rille Books () Nebula Award Finalist 2013https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2013/ Nebula Awards 2013
Omnibus Editions
Galactic Capers of the Amazing Conroy (August 2020) Paper Golem LLC (). An omnibus edition featuring the four Novella award nominated novellas from the series: Barry's Tale (Finalist),https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2012/ Nebula Awards 2012 Calendrical Regression (Finalist),https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2014/ Nebula Awards 2014 Barry's Deal (Finalist)https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2017/ Nebula Awards 2017 and Trial of the Century (Finalist).
Awards and nominations
2007 - John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (nominee). As of 2020 known as the "Astounding Award" 2010 - Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) - "The Moment" 2012 - WSFA Small Press Award (nominee) - "Yesterday's Tastes" 2013 - Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) - "Barry's Tale" 2013 - WSFA Small Press Award (nominee) - "Coca Xocolatl" 2014 - Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) - "Trial of the Century" 2015 - Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) - "Calendrical Regression" 2016 - Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) - Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard 2016 - Kevin O'Donnell Service to SFWA Award (recipient) 2018 - Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) - Barry's Deal 2019 - Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) - The Rule of Three
References
External links
Lawrence M. Schoen's official website