John Joseph Adams is the editor of more than fifty anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series, Wastelands, A People’s Future of the United States, and the New York Times bestselling Out There Screaming (with Jordan Peele).
John is a winner of the Hugo, Stoker, Locus, and British Fantasy awards, and is a ten-time World Fantasy Award finalist. He has been called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, and his books have been lauded as some of the best anthologies of all time.
John is also editor (and publisher) of the Hugo Award-winning magazine Lightspeed and is publisher of its sister-magazine Nightmare. Prior to founding Lightspeed, he worked for nine years at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
In addition to his short fiction work, he’s the co-creator of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, and for five years he ran an eponymous novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He also served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award.
Lately, he’s been working as an editor and game designer on TTRPG projects for Kobold Press, Paizo, and Monte Cook Games. Learn more at johnjosephadams.com.
