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Jody Lynn Nye

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Author

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. 


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Start
Location
Name of Event
Fri
11:30 AM
M - Plaza Ballroom A
Guest of Honor Luncheon (Pre-Convention Private Event)
Fri
1:00 PM
CC - Mtg Rm 7/8 (Workshop Track)
Humor Workshop
Fri
5:00 PM
CC - Mtg Room 14/15
Opening Ceremonies
Fri
7:00 PM
CC - Mtg Room 14/15
United We Stand Roundtable and Mass Autograph Session
Fri
8:00 PM
M - Plaza Ballroom B
Meet the Special Guests of Honor Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett
Sat
10:00 AM
M - Plaza Ballroom A/B
Guest of Honor Brunch Banquet / Speeches
Sat
1:00 PM
CC - Exhibit Hall D (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside
Autograph Session: Jody Lynn Nye, Bill Fawcett, Rich Weyand, David Weber (30 minutes)
Sat
2:00 PM
CC - Mtg Room 14/15
Baen Travelling Road Show
Sat
6:00 PM
Offsite
Private Event
Sun
10:00 AM
CC - Mtg Rm 11 (Kids Programming / Readings 2)
Reading: Jody Lynn Nye
Sun
11:00 AM
CC - Room 3
A Myth Adventures Retrospective
Sun
2:00 PM
CC - Mtg Rm 9/10
The Xenoarchaeology Roadshow
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Bonds of Valor

Book 4 of 5: Libri Valoris

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Chicks in Tank Tops

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Pros and Cons

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Myth-Fits

Myth-Adventures series, Novel # 20

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Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond (3 book series)

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Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles

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Rhythm of the Imperium

Book 3 of 3: View from the Imperium Series

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Give Me LibertyCon

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United We Stand

Book 4 of 4: Black Tide Rising Anthologies

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The Founder Effect

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Moon Tracks

Book 2 of 2: Bright Sparks

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We Shall Rise

Black Tide Rising series

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