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ABOUT NICK

Nick is a bestselling author of horror, thrillers, and science fiction novels and short stories. His work has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the International Thriller Writers Award, and the Dragon Award. A popular guest on professional panels, podcasts, and festivals, Nick speaks about the process and business of writing and publishing; film, TV & pop culture; and strange and unusual science. His speaking style blends facts, humor, and an engaging personality that educates and entertains creative and corporate audiences.

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RECENT TOPICS

“On Writing and Publishing”

• The Mad Scientists Club: Using Real Science in Your Fiction

• The Coming AI Publishing Apocalypse (Moderator)

• The Business of Writing: IP, Agents, Submissions, and Contracts

• Writing and Submitting in the Face of Rejection

• Choose Your Reality: Writing in the Science Fiction Genre

• Crossing Literary Streams: Blending Blood-Curdling Horror with Science Fiction

• Runaway Prose: Writing Fast-Paced Stories and Novels (Online Course Teacher)

“On Film, TV, Pop Culture”

• Endless Darkness, Endless Chaos, Endless War: The Cosmic Horror of the Warhammer Universe

• It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Writing Superheroes in the 21st Century (Moderator)

• Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem in Classic and Contemporary Film & TV

• The Jewish Tradition in Weird Fiction: Jewish Horror Stories

• TV Anthology Horror Through the Ages

• Horror Novels for the Non-Horror Reader

• The Healing Power of Horror

“On Strange-But-True Science Facts”

• Co-host of Spooky Science Lab podcast (ongoing)

• Strange and little-known science facts about the natural world

• Weird Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Research

• The Fungus Among Us: From Ambergris to Yuggoth, an A to Z of Fungal Facts and Fictions

CONFERENCES / APPEARANCES

Boskone • The House of Know • LitReactor (online teaching) • Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival • Milford Readers and Writers Festival • NecronomiCon Providence • The Northeastern Writers Conference (NECon) • Philcon • Readercon • Scares That Care Charity Weekend • World Fantasy Convention • World Horror Convention

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ABOUT NICK

RECENT TOPICS

CONFERENCES / APPEARANCES

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Podcast, radio, and video interviews