Keith R. A. DeCandido
Author
New York, NY
Biography:
Keith R.A. DeCandido wrote the Star Trek comic Perchance to Dream and the Starfleet Corps of Engineers eBook novella Fatal Error with his first Trek novel, Diplomatic Implausibility, due out the following year. He's written more than fifty novels, about a hundred short stories, about seventy-five or so comic books, and more nonfiction than he can possibly count.
Recent and upcoming work includes Phoenix Precinct, the latest in his fantasy/police procedural series, due out later this year; A Furnace Sealed, the first in his new urban fantasy series about a nice Jewish boy from the Bronx who hunts monsters (its sequel is due out this year as well); four novellas in the Super City Cops series; serialized fiction in the world of the game Summoners War; and short stories in the anthologies Pangaea III, Bad Ass Moms, Thrilling Adventure Yarns, Across the Universe, Brave New Girls: Adventures of Gals & Gizmos, and Footprints in the Stars. In 2009, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, which means he never needs to achieve anything ever again. His rewatches of various classic Trek TV shows and reviews of current Trek TV shows appear on Tor.com, along with other pop-culture prognostications about a variety of topics, particularly screen adaptations of superhero comics.
His other nonfiction on pop culture can be found on his Patreon (patreon.com/krad), as well as anthologies like the Outside In series, Children of Time: The Companions of Doctor Who, ZLONK! ZOK! ZOWIE: The Subterranean Blue Grotto Guide to Batman '66 - Season One, and more. He's also a professional musician, an editor of more than 25 years' standing (working for clients both corporate and private), a third-degree black belt in karate (which he teaches to both children and adults), and probably some other stuff that he can't remember due to the lack of sleep. Find out less at DeCandido.net.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- MidSouthCon 2025 - March 21-23, 2025 in Olive Branch, MS 2024
- Dragon Con 2024 - August 29 - September 2, 2024 in Atlanta, GA 2023
- Anime Banzai 2023 - October 20-22, 2023 in Layton, UT
- Dragon Con 2023 - August 31 - September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA
- ConnectiCon 2023 - July 20-23, 2023 in Hartford, CT
- Zenkaikon 2023 - March 24-26, 2023 in Lancaster, PA 2022
- Philcon 2022 - November 18-20, 2022 in Cherry Hill, NJ
- Dragon Con 2022 - September 1-5, 2022 in Atlanta, GA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2022 - July 28-31, 2022 in Raleigh, NC 2021
- Dragon Con 2021 - September 2-6, 2021 in Atlanta, GA
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2021 - July 29 - August 1, 2021 in Raleigh, NC 2020
Dragon Con 2020 - September 3-7, 2020 in Atlanta, GAConvention Went Online-OnlyHELIOsphere 2020 - April 3-5, 2020 in Tarrytown, NYConvention Cancelled- Pensacon 2020 - February 28 - March 1, 2020 in Pensacola, FL 2019
- GalaxyCon Raleigh 2019 - July 25-28, 2019 in Raleigh, NC
- GalaxyCon Richmond 2019 - May 31 - June 2, 2019 in Richmond, VA
- MegaCon Orlando 2019 - May 16-19, 2019 in Orlando, FL 2018
- Dragon Con 2018 - August 30 - September 3, 2018 in Atlanta, GA
- ConnectiCon 2018 - July 12-15, 2018 in Hartford, CT 2017
- Roc-Con 2017 - September 15-17, 2017 in Rochester, NY
- Florida Supercon 2017 - July 27-30, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Zenkaikon 2017 - April 28-30, 2017 in Lancaster, PA 2016
- Dragon Con 2016 - September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta, GA 2015
- DerpyCon 2015 - December 4-6, 2015 in Morristown, NJ
- Roc-Con 2015 - September 11-13, 2015 in Rochester, NY
- Dragon Con 2015 - September 4-7, 2015 in Atlanta, GA 2014
- DerpyCon 2014 - December 5-7, 2014 in Morristown, NJ
- Dragon Con 2014 - August 29 - September 1, 2014 in Atlanta, GA
- LI-Con 2014 - March 29-30, 2014 in Rockville Centre, NY 2013
- Dragon Con 2013 - August 30 - September 2, 2013 in Atlanta, GA
- PortConMaine 2013 - June 20-23, 2013 in South Portland, ME
I-Con 2013 - March 22-24, 2013 in Hempstead, NYConvention Cancelled
29 confirmed guest appearances
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Yesterday
IT'S A BOOK!
Got my comp copy of STAR TREK: "A YEAR TO THE DAY THAT I SAW MYSELF DIE" AND OTHER STORIES, which has a mess of STAR TREK EXPLORER short stories, including my VOYAGER tale "The Kellidian Kidnapping" and my DISCOVERY story "Work Worth Doing." Out next month from @titanbooks.bsky.social.
Yesterday
Out doing laundry on a sunny Tuesday.