Dr. Charles E. Gannon is a Distinguished Professor of English (St. Bonaventure U.), was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in American Lit & Culture (2004-209). Dr. Gannon’s most recent novel is “Extremis” (Baen, w/ S. White, May; 2011) and his next forthcoming are “1635: The Papal Stakes” (Baen, w/ Eric Flint, fall 2012) and “Fire With Fire” (Baen, early 2013. He has also had many novellas published in various anthologies (Ring of Fire/1632, War World, Man-Kzin Wars, etc.) and in Analog SF Magazine, and more on the way in these worlds, as well as the Honorverse. Along with about 50 other SF writers, he is a member of SIGMA, the “SF think-tank” which advises intelligence and defense agencies (cf. www.sigmaforum.org) His work as both author and editor for GDW involved routine contributions to award-winning games such as “Traveller,” and “2300 AD.” See his SF projects and universes—past, present, and future— at: www.charlesegannon.com.
Dr. Gannon’s most recent non-fiction book is “Rumors of War and Infernal Machines: Technomilitary Agenda Setting in American and British Speculative Fiction.” Now in second edition, it won the 2006 American Library Association Award for Outstanding Book, and was the topic of discussion when he was interviewed by NPR (Morning Edition).
Dr. Gannon has been a Fulbright Fellow at Liverpool University, Palacky University (Czech Republic), and the University of Dundee, and received Fulbright and Embassy Travel grants to these countries as well as The Netherlands, Slovakia, England, and Italy. Holding degrees from degrees Brown (BA), Syracuse (MS), and Fordham (MA,PhD), he has published extensively on the interaction of fiction, technology (particularly military and space), and political influence.
Prior to his academic career, Dr. Gannon worked as a scriptwriter and producer in New York City, where his clients included the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and The President’s Council on Physical Fitness.