John Zakour

John Zakour (born 1957) is an American science-fiction and humor writer.

Biography

Zakour was born in upstate New York, in 1957. He attended the State University of New York at Potsdam where he received a BA in computer science. Before becoming a writer he worked for many years as a database programmer/web guy for the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, which is part of Cornell University. He has also been an Emergency Medical Technician and a judo instructor. He is married and has one son.

Bibliography

Science Fiction

• The Plutonium Blonde (Daw 2001, with Larry Ganem)
• The Doomsday Brunette (Daw 2004, with Larry Ganem)
• The Radioactive Redhead (Daw 2005, with Larry Ganem)
• The Frost Haired Vixen (Daw 2006)
• The Blue Haired Bombshell (Daw 2007)
• The Flaxen Femme Fatale (Daw 2008)
• "The Sapphire Sirens" (Daw 2009)

Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Baxter Moon Galactic Scout (Brown Barn Books 2008)
• Illusia (Meadowhawk 2008, with Elizabeth Keller)

Humor

• Man's Guide to Pregnancy (Metropolis 2003)
• Man's Guide to Babies (Metropolis 2004)

Syndicated Comics

• Working Daze (United Media, Andre Noel artist/co-creator, followed by Kyler Miller, then Scott Roberts)
• Writer for the Rugrats comics

Computer Games

• 80 Days (Dialog, English version, Frogwares)

Short Stories

• "Dog Gone" (Sirius The Dog Star, Daw 2004)
• "Double Trouble" (Gateways, Daw 2005)
• "Modern Mating" (Journal of Nature, Futures, 19 July 2007)

External links

• johnzakour.com
• Books on Amazon
• John Zakour at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Interviews

• From AMCtv.com
• From Pink RayGun
• Audio interview From Adventure in Sci Fi Publishing