Lawrence M. Schoen Explained

Lawrence M. Schoen
Birth Date:July 27, 1959
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education:California State University, Northridge (BS)
Kansas State University (MS, PhD)
Genre:Science fiction, fantasy

Lawrence M. Schoen (born July 27, 1959) is an American author, publisher, psychologist, hypnotist, and expert in the Klingon language.[1] [2]

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.[3]

In 1983, he graduated with B.S. in psycholinguistics from California State University, Northridge, having designed his own major, and then moved on to Kansas State University where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in psychology. In graduate school, Schoen's research focused on cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics.[4]

In August 2019, Schoen was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and began treatment. The following January, he underwent an autologous bone marrow transplant and entered a new regimen of chemotherapy. As of February 2021, he was in remission.

Schoen lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.[6] In 2010, he participated in Walter Jon Williams' two-week master class, the Taos Toolbox.

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,[8] [9] [10] as well as receiving nominations for both the Nebula Award for Best Novel[11] and the Cóyotl Award for Best Novel.[12]

Some of his more notable works as an author include the Amazing Conroy series of science fiction stories and novels, the first of which appeared in 2001,[13] about a space-traveling stage hypnotist and his alien companion animal (a "buffalito") that can consume anything and farts oxygen. Among these, the short story "Yesterday's Taste"[14] and the novellas Barry's Tale (2012),[15] Trial of the Century (2013),[16] and Calendrical Regression (2015)[17] have received award nominations.

Schoen appeared at Book Expo America in May 2015, where he was presented as one of four authors described by Tor Books as the next generation of science fiction and fantasy, based on his novel Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, anthropomorphic SF that explores prophecy, intolerance, political betrayal, and a drug that lets one talk to the dead.

From 2015 to 2018, he was part of the staff at Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show as Reprint Editor, replacing Darrell Schweitzer as the magazine's interviewer.

Klingonist

Schoen founded the Klingon Language Institute[18] and has published Klingon translations of William Shakespeare's plays Hamlet (The Klingon Hamlet,) and Much Ado About Nothing, as well as the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Tao Te Ching . In the realm of Klingon nonfiction, Schoen edited and published The Grammarian's Desk (978-0964434530), a collection of essays written by Captain Krankor (Rich Yampell). He also served as the editor of ''HolQeD'' (ISSN 1061-2327), the quarterly journal of the KLI, for the entirety of its 13-year run. He was featured in Director Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary about the Klingon Language Institute, Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water (2004).[19] In 2011, he produced a daily Klingon language podcast called ''DaHjaj Hol''.[20] (See Klingon Language Institute#Publications and translations.)

Small press publisher

Schoen is the publisher and chief editor for Paper Golem, a speculative fiction small press started in November, 2006. The first book it published was Prime Codex, an anthology of previously published stories by members of the Codex Writers Group, of which Schoen is a founding member.[21] Paper Golem is Schoen's vehicle for "paying it forward," and focuses on two mains tracks: publishing single author collections by relatively new authors (e.g., Cat Rambo in 2009, Eric James Stone in 2011), and the Alembical series, which produces anthologies of original novellas (J. Kathleen Cheney's novella "Iron Shoes", from Alembical 2, received a nomination for the Nebula Award).[22]

Hypnotist

In 2013, Schoen took a page from one of his fictional creations and became certified as a hypnotherapist by the International Association of Professional Conversational Hypnotists (IAPCH), with the intention of developing materials to aid other writers grappling with problems common to their field (e.g., writer's block).[23]

Bibliography

The Universe of Barsk (Series)

The Conroyverse

The Amazing Conroy (series)

In chronological story order:[28]

Omnibus Editions

Freelance Courier (series)

Pizza in Space (series)

Other titles from the Conroyverse

In addition to the above, the following stories include characters from or are set in the same universe as the Amazing Conroy works:

Conroyverse Omnibus

Pirates of Sol

Collaborations with Jonathan P. Brazee

Seeds of War (series)

Collaborations with Brian Thorne

Adrenaline Rush (series)

Demon Codex (series)

Collections and other publications

Collections

Works in other anthologies and publications

Short stories:

Poetry:

Short story and poetry publishing history

Full Publishing Histories:

Edited works

Awards and nominations

Interviews (text)

Interviews (video)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lawrence M. Schoen . IMDb . Us.imdb.com . 2009-05-01 . 2013-10-21 .
  2. Web site: About the Author . 2014-09-14 . 2014-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140824050138/http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/about-the-author/ . dead .
  3. News: Press Kit. 2011-10-12. Lawrence M. Schoen. 2018-02-02. en-US.
  4. Web site: Study will test unusual but creative format to empower outpatients . 2015-03-19 . 2015-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150309094826/http://www.addictionpro.com/article/study-will-test-unusual-creative-format-empower-outpatients . dead .
  5. Doctorate in hand, he 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.[4]
  6. Web site: Speaker to Talk on Klingon: Sci-Fi Language Star . 2014-09-14 . 2014-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914115621/http://archive.news.ku.edu/1998/98N/JuneNews/June23/klingon.html . dead .

  7. Author

    Schoen attended the 1998 session of James E. Gunn's two-week Writers' Workshop in Science Fiction on the campus of the University of Kansas.[6]

  8. Web site: Locus Online News » 2012 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced . Locusmag.com . 2013-02-20 . 2013-10-21.
  9. Web site: Locus Online News » 2013 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced . Locusmag.com . 2014-02-20 . 2014-04-06.
  10. Web site: Locus Online News » 2014 Nebula Awards Ballot Announced . Locusmag.com . 2015-02-20 . 2015-02-20.
  11. Web site: Locus Online News » 2015 Nebula Awards Ballot . Locusmag.com . 2016-02-21 . 2016-02-21.
  12. Web site: The Furry Writers' Guild » Final Ballot for 2015! . coyotlawards.org . 2016-04-02 . 2016-04-02.
  13. Reviews: Absolute Magnitude, #16, Summer 2001. Tangent. 2001-06-12. James S.. Reichert. 2013-10-21. 2014-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140916060232/http://www.tangentonline.com/print--quarterly-reviewsmenu-261/absolute-magnitude-reviewsmenu-65/264-absolute-magnitude-16-summer-2001. dead.
  14. Yesterday's Taste. Aeon Press. Transtories. October 2011.
  15. Book: Hadley Rille Books. 2012. Barry's Tale. Schoen, Lawrence M..
  16. Book: World Jumping. 2013. Schoen, Lawrence M.. Trial of the Century.
  17. Book: Calendrical Regression . Schoen, Lawrence M.. NobleFusion Press . January 26, 2015. B00STWXR3I.
  18. Web site: Gorman . James . Klingon: The Final Frontier . https://web.archive.org/web/20080910021925/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978143-2,00.html . dead . September 10, 2008 . Time . 1993-04-05 . 2013-10-21.
  19. Web site: Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water . IMDb . Us.imdb.com . 2009-05-01 . 2014-09-06.
  20. Web site: Lawrence M. Schoen | Archive | Podcasts . Lawrencemschoen.com . 2013-10-21.
  21. Web site: Codex Writers' Group: Links . Codexwriters.com . 2013-10-21 . 2013-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021141005/http://www.codexwriters.com/links.asp . dead .
  22. Web site: Nebula Award Nominations Announced! . Tor.com . 2011-02-22 . 2013-10-21.
  23. News: Lawrence Schoen on Linguistics, Hypnosis and Cuisine — With a Side of Buffalitos. 2016-06-09. File 770. 2018-02-02. en-US.
  24. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2015/ Nebula Award Finalist 2015
  25. https://coyotlawards.com/2015-coyotl-award-winners/ Cóyotl Award Winner 2015
  26. https://coyotlawards.com/2018-coyotl-award-winners/ Cóyotl Award Winner 2018
  27. https://coyotlawards.com/2020-coyotl-award-winners/ Cóyotl Award Finalist 2020
  28. Web site: Books . 2 April 2020 .
  29. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0883HHQJM The Amazing Conroy Book Order
  30. http://www.sfadb.com/WSFA_Small_Press_Award_2012 Award Finalist 2012
  31. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2012/ Nebula Awards 2012
  32. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2014/ Nebula Awards 2014
  33. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2017/ Nebula Awards 2017
  34. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2013/ Nebula Awards 2013
  35. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2012/ Nebula Awards 2012
  36. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2014/ Nebula Awards 2014
  37. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2017/ Nebula Awards 2017
  38. Web site: Locus Online News: Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominations . Locusmag.com . 2013-10-21.
  39. Web site: Astounding Award . 9 August 2007 .
  40. Web site: Locus Online News: 2010 Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominees . Locusmag.com . 2010-04-04 . 2013-10-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007104954/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/04/2010-hugo-awards-nominations.html . 2013-10-07 .
  41. Web site: Locus Online News » 2014 Nebula Awards Ballot Announced. 2015-02-20. Locusmag.com. 2015-02-20.
  42. Web site: SFWA Names Kevin O'Donnell, Jr Service to SFWA Award Recipient: Lawrence M. Schoen . sfwa.org . 2016-05-13 . 2016-05-13.
  43. Web site: Locus Online News » 2017 Nebula Awards Ballot. 2018-02-18. 2019-02-24.
  44. Web site: Locus Online News » 2018 Nebula Awards. Locusmag.com. 2019-02-20. 2019-02-24.

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