Dragon Con Schedule

Dragon Con is right around the corner. Held in Atlanta, Georgia from August 29th to September 1, this is a massive convention that is always one of the highlights of my year.

Here is where I, and a ton of other awesome authors, can be found. See the bottom for Frostborn (Thrones and Bones) signing information. Additionally, I'll be manning the Pyr booth in the exhibit hall throughout the con when I am not needed elsewhere (booth # 424,425).

Title: Dragons, Magic, & Mystical Lands: High Fantasy in YA 

Description: The orphan of uncertain heritage, the talisman discovered, a kingdom under siege... how YA is putting its stamp on fantasy tropes.

Time: Fri 10:00 am Location: A707 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Leigh Bardugo, Susan Fichtelberg, Lou Anders, Kat Zhang, A. J. Hartley, Todd McCaffrey)

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Title: Strategies for the Catastrophes of Publishing 
Description: Learn what options exist for authors if a publisher bankrupts or a editor quits midstream, among other catastrophes.

Time: Fri 11:30 am Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
(Tentative Panelists: Lou Anders, Janny Wurts, Chesya Burke, Laura Anne Gilman, Elizabeth Moon, James A. Moore)

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Title: Pyr Rising!

Description: Lou Anders returns to Dragon Con to tell fans what Pyr is planning.

Time: Fri 04:00 pm Location: Regency V - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)
Moderator / MC for panel 

(Tentative Panelists: Lou Anders, Jon Sprunk, Clay and Susan Griffith, Mike Resnick, Joel Shepherd)

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Title: The Young Nerd Life
Description: There are many shows families watch together! Let's discuss those shows & how kids fit into the world of fandom.
Time: Fri 07:00 pm Location: A708 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Lou Anders, Davey Beauchamp, Ronald Thomas Garner)

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Title: Whadya Wanna Know?

Description: This roundtable discussion will address questions from the audience about all aspects of writing.

Time: Sat 10:00 am Location: Embassy D-F - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour)

(Tentative Panelists: Nancy Knight, Georgia McBride, Claire M. Eddy, Lou Anders)

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Title: I Have This Idea

Description: How to develop an idea into a novel. Basic tools to take an idea from that little germ into a full-blown blockbuster.

Time: Mon 10:00 am – 11:00am (Length: 1 Hour) Location: Embassy D-F – Hyatt
(Tentative Panelists: Jim Butcher, Lou Anders, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Janny Wurts, Peter David, Gene Wolfe, Nancy Knight)


Additionally, I will be doing a signing at the Missing Volume booksellers booth, on Saturday at 12 noon, along with Frostborn (Thrones and Bones) cover and interior artist Justin Gerard. Come see us and get your copy of Frostborn signed by both the author and the artist at booth location 328, 329, & 330.

Kirkus Reviews: Q&A

Today, I am on Kirkus Reviews, in a Q&A with Lou the Editorial Director of Pyr, where I talk about trends in SF/F publishing, things I look for, things I avoid, and the joy of working with fabulous artists. Please check it out.

2014 Chesley Award Nominations

ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists, has released the 2014 Chesley Award nominations. I am very honored to be up once again for Best Art Director (my 7th nomination in this category and my 20th award nomination overall to date). I'm equally thrilled that four covers I art directed - by the amazingly talented Jason Chan, Kerem Beyit, Justin Gerard, and Dehong He are up for nominations as well!

2014 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders

2014 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardcover, noninee: Jason Chan, Lost Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure



2014 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Kerem Beyit, The Scroll of Years: A Gaunt and Bone Novel


2014 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Justin Gerard, Power Under Pressure (The Society of Steam)


2014 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Dehong He, Shield of Sea and Space (The Chaos Knight)


Congratulations to all the nominees and Happy 4th to those who celebrate it!

10 Years

April 12, 2004.

That was my first official day at work as Editorial Director for Prometheus Books's brand new science fiction and fantasy imprint Pyr.

It's been ten years today.

We're closing in on our 200th book.

What a privilege it has been! 7 consecutive nominations for the Best Editor Hugo. 6 nominations for the Best Art Director Chesley. One win in each of those categories.

And the joy of working with the most talented writers and artists in the world, many of whom are dear friends now.

Ten years today.

I don't know that I ever imagined we'd get there.

Or maybe I always knew.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible. It's been an honor.

I wonder what the next ten years has in store.

Happy Birthday to Pyr

It was nine years ago this month when Pyr released our first book, John Meaney's Paradox: Book I of the Nulapeiron Sequence. That was our first title, way back in March 2005. And here we are nine years later. And over 189 books later.

And what do we have to show for it?

Well, since you asked....

1. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
2. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Dehong He, Lance of Earth and Sky
3. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Dusk Watchman
4. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, winner: John Picacio, The Creative Fire
5. 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Sam Weber, Quantum Coin
6. 2013 British Fantasy Awards in the Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) Nominee: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
7. 2013 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
8. 2013 Compton Crook Award, Finalist: , Finalist: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
9. 2012 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History, Finalist: Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder
10. 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, Winner: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
11. 2012 Cybil Awards for Fantasy and Science Fiction - Teens, Finalist: Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
12. 2012 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Awards, steampunk nominee: The Kingmakers by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
13. 2012 Endeavor Award, winner: City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
14. 2012 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, adult category nominee: K.V. Johansen's Blackdog
15. 2012 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
16. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
17. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Justin Gerard, Hearts of Smoke and Steam
18. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Lucas Graciano, The Goblin Corps
19. 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Jon Sullivan, The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
20. 2011 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History, Finalist:: Ian McDonald, Planesrunner
21. 2012 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book, Finalist: Ian McDonald, Planesrunner
22. 2012 Prometheus Award Finalist: Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game
23. 2011 Airship Awards - written category nominee: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
24. 2011 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee: Lou Anders
25. 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel, winner: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
26. 2011 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
27. 2011 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Ragged Man
28. 2011 Philip K. Dick Award winner: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
29. 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel, nominee: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
30. 2011 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor Long Form, winner: Lou Anders
31. 2011 David Gemmell Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Book Jacket/Artist nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Ragged Man
32. 2011 Compton Crook Award nominee: Sam Sykes, Tome of the Undergates
33. 2011 Compton Crook Award nominee: Jon Sprunk, Shadow’s Son
34. 2010 Endeavor Award, finalist: City Without End: Book Three of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
    
35. 2010 World Fantasy Award - Best Novel, nominee: James Enge, Blood of Ambrose
36. 2010 American Library Association award for genre fiction,  The Reading List (SF category), nominee: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House. 
37. 2010 Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Achievement award: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diving Into the Wreck
38. 2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Finalist: Paul McAuley, Gardens of the Sun
39. 2010 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
40. 2010 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: David Palumbo, Stalking the Vampire
41. 2010 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: John Picacio, World’s End
42. 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella, nominee: Ian McDonald, “Vishnu in the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
43. 2010 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
44. 2010 Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
45. 2010 Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalist: Ian McDonald, “Vishnu in the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
46. 2010 Locus Award for Best Collection, Finalist: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
47. 2010 Locus Award for Best Publisher, Finalist: Pyr
48. 2010 BSFA Award for Best Artwork: Desolation Road cover by Stephan Martiniere
49. 2010 RUSA Reading List Award Science Fiction nominee: Paul McAuley, The Quiet War
50. 2009 Endeavor Award, finalist: A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
51. 2009 Nebula Award for Novelette, nominee: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
52. 2009 RT Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Best Science Fiction Novel, nominee: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diving into the Wreck
53. 2009 Philip K. Dick Award, nominee: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
54. 2009 Chesley Award for Best Art Director: Lou Anders
55. 2009 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback: John Picacio, World’s End
56. 2009 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Dan Dos Santos, Stalking the Vampire
57. 2009 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
58. 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella, nominees:“True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
59. 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, nominee: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
60. 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominees: "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
61. 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominee: "The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
62. 2009 Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalists: "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
63. 2009 Locus Award for Best Short Story, Finalists: “The Kindness of Strangers" by Nancy Kress (Fast Forward 2)
64. 2009 RUSA Reading List Award Science Fiction nominee: Kay Kenyon, A World Too Near
65. 2008 Endeavor Award, finalist: Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
66. 2008 Philip K Dick Award, nominee: Fast Forward 2, edited by Lou Anders
67. 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel nominee: Ian McDonald Brasyl
68. 2008 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
69. 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Joe Abercrombie
70. 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: David Louis Edelman
71. 2008 Philip K. Dick Award nominee: Adam Roberts Gradisil
72. 2007 Quill Award nominee: Ian McDonald, Brasyl
73. 2007 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form nominee: Lou Anders
74. 2007 Chesley Award for Best Art Director nominee: Lou Anders
75. 2006 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee: Lou Anders
76. 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel nominee: David Louis Edelman, Infoquake
77. 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award winner: John Meaney, Paradox
78. 2005 Philip K Dick Award nominee: Justina Robson, Silver Screen
79. 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Chris Roberson
80. 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Chris Roberson
    
    
    Not too shabby, huh?