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Jeanne Cavelos

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in Summit, NJ, The United States
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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science, Horror

Member Since
August 2007


Jeanne Cavelos is a writer, editor, scientist, and teacher. She began her professional life as an astrophysicist and mathematician, working in the Astronaut Training Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Her love of science fiction led her to earn her MFA in creative writing. She moved into a career in publishing, becoming a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell, where she created and launched the Abyss imprint of psychological horror, for which she won the World Fantasy Award, and the Cutting Edge imprint of literary fiction. She also ran the science fiction/fantasy publishing program. In addition, she edited a wide range of fiction and nonfiction.

In 1994, she left New York to pursue her own writing career. She is currently writing a ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 2,869 ratings · 167 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors
Casting Shadows (Babylon 5:...
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The Shadow Within
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Jeanne’s Friend Comments

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message 4: by Jeanne
Oct 24, 2008 05:01AM

Jeanne Roger,

I enjoyed learning about you and your work.

Best wishes,

Jeanne


message 3: by Roger
Oct 22, 2008 07:16AM

Roger Cottrell Thanks for the add Jeane and may I say that I am seriously impressed. I write quite a bit of science fiction myself and am looking for a number of writers with whom to put together a serious anthology.
ROGER


message 2: by Jeanne
Apr 11, 2008 04:13AM

Jeanne Hope you enjoy them!

Jeanne


message 1: by Daniel (last edited Apr 10, 2008 08:04AM)
Apr 10, 2008 08:04AM

Daniel
Hi Jeanne, I've added Summoning Light, Invoking Darkness, Casting Shadows, The Science of Star Wars and your other book The Shadow Within to my to-read list.


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