The Moon and the Other
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Kessel has received the Nebula Award twice, and in 2009, his story “Pride and Prometheus” received both the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. He has also been the recipient of a Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, a Locus Award, and a James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award. His play Faustfeathers won the Paul Green Playwrights Prize, and his story “A Clean Escape” was adapted as an episode of the ABC TV series Masters of Science Fiction.
Kessel holds a BA in physics and English and a PhD in American literature. He helped found the MFA program in creative writing at North Carolina State University, where he has taught since 1982, and served as its first director. He lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his family, and you can visit him at johnjosephkessel.wixsite.com/kessel-website.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kessel, John, author.
Title: The moon and the other / John Kessel.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Saga Press, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016036740 (print) | ISBN 9781481481441 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481481465 (eBook)
Subjects: BISAC: FICTION / Science Fiction / General. | FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure. | GSAFD: Science fiction. | Fantasy fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3561.E6675 M66 2017 (print) | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016036740