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Eskridge, Kelley
(1960- ) US author who has lived with Nicola Griffith from about 1988. She began publishing work of genre interest with "Hum of Human Cities" for Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #9, Fall 1990. In her first sf novel, the Near Future Solitaire (2002), a young woman trapped in a complex conflict – between an intermittently ruthless ...
Ousdal, Asbjørn P
(1879-? ) Norwegian meteorologist, apparently resident in the US; author of a short sf Satire, Our Revolting Society (Evolution in Reverse): A Satire (1945 chap), in which various historical figures are guyed as proofs of Devolution. [JC]
Hart, John
(? - ) UK author of Jizz (1992), a lightly Satirical sf speculative spoof set in Brighton, Sussex, in the twenty-first century. [JC]
Reaves, Mallory
(1984- ) US author, daughter of Michael Reaves, initially known for US adaptations of Japanese Manga. She collaborated with her father on the second and third novels in the InterWorld sequence opening with InterWorld (2007) by Michael Reaves and Neil Gaiman, a Young Adult tale whose protagonist has the power to visit various ...
Secret World of Alex Mack, The
US tv series (1994-1998; vt Alex Mack). Lynch Entertainment for the Nickelodeon Network. Created by Ken Lipman and Tommy Lynch. Produced by Lipman, Sean McNamara and Douglas Yellin. Directors included Paul Hoen, Allison Liddi-Brown, and Shawn Levy. Writers included Kati Rocky, Matt Dearborn, Neil Landau and Christine Eckland. Cast includes Meredith Bishop, Michael Blakley, Louan Gideon, Dorian Lopinto, Darris Love, John Marzilli and Larisa Oleynik. 78 22-minute to 25-minute ...
Nicholls, Peter
(1939-2018) Australian editor and author, primarily a critic and historian of sf through his creation and editing of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [see below]; resident in the UK 1970-1988, in Australia from 1988; worked as an academic in English literature (1962-1968, 1971-1977), scripted television documentaries, was a Harkness Fellow in Film-making (1968-1970) in the USA, worked as a publisher's editor (1982-1983), often broadcast film and book reviews on BBC Radio from 1974 and ...