Lawrence M. Schoen


Lawrence M. Schoen is an American author, publisher, psychologist, hypnotist, and expert in the Klingon language.
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Biography

Schoen was born in Chicago, Illinois, but his family moved to Southern California when he was 18 months old, and he grew up in Culver City.
In 1983, he graduated with B.S. in psycholinguistics from California State University, Northridge, having designed his own major, and then moved on to Kansas State University where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in psychology. In graduate school, Schoen's research focused on cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics.
Schoen spent the next ten years in academia as an assistant professor at New College of Florida, Lake Forest College in Illinois, and Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania. He then moved to the private sector and served for about 17 years as the director of research and analytics for a medical center which provides mental health and addiction treatment service works throughout Philadelphia.
In August 2019, Schoen was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and began treatment. The following January, he underwent an autologous bone marrow transplant and entered a new regimen of chemotherapy. As of February 2021, he was in remission.
Schoen lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.

Author

Schoen attended the 1998 session of James E. Gunn's two-week Writers' Workshop in Science Fiction on the campus of the University of Kansas. In 2010, he participated in Walter Jon Williams' two-week master class, the Taos Toolbox.
He has been nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, the Nebula Award for Best Novella three times, as well as receiving nominations for both the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Cóyotl Award for Best Novel.
Some of his more notable works as an author include the Amazing Conroy series of science fiction stories and novels, the first of which appeared in 2001, about a space-traveling stage hypnotist and his alien companion animal that can consume anything and farts oxygen. Among these, the short story "Yesterday's Taste" and the novellas Barry's Tale, Trial of the Century, and Calendrical Regression have received award nominations.
Schoen appeared at Book Expo America in May 2015, where he was presented as one of four authors described by Tor Books as the next generation of science fiction and fantasy, based on his novel Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, anthropomorphic SF that explores prophecy, intolerance, political betrayal, and a drug that lets one talk to the dead.
From 2015 to 2018, he was part of the staff at Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show as Reprint Editor, replacing Darrell Schweitzer as the magazine's interviewer.

Klingonist

Schoen founded the Klingon Language Institute and has published Klingon translations of William Shakespeare's plays Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, as well as the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Tao Te Ching. In the realm of Klingon nonfiction, Schoen edited and published The Grammarian's Desk, a collection of essays written by Captain Krankor. He also served as the editor of HolQeD, the quarterly journal of the KLI, for the entirety of its 13-year run. He was featured in Director Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary about the Klingon Language Institute, Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water. In 2011, he produced a daily Klingon language podcast called DaHjaj Hol.

Small press publisher

Schoen is the publisher and chief editor for Paper Golem, a speculative fiction small press started in November, 2006. The first book it published was Prime Codex, an anthology of previously published stories by members of the Codex Writers Group, of which Schoen is a founding member. Paper Golem is Schoen's vehicle for "paying it forward," and focuses on two main tracks: publishing single author collections by relatively new authors, and the Alembical series, which produces anthologies of original novellas.

Hypnotist

In 2013, Schoen took a page from one of his fictional creations and became certified as a hypnotherapist by the International Association of Professional Conversational Hypnotists, with the intention of developing materials to aid other writers grappling with problems common to their field.

The Universe of Barsk (Series)

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, Tor Books Nebula Award Finalist, Cóyotl Award Winner.The Moons of Barsk, Tor Books Cóyotl Award Winner.Excerpts of Jorl ben Tral Paper Golem LLC.Soup of the Moment, Paper Golem LLC Cóyotl Award Finalist.

The Conroyverse

The Amazing Conroy (series)

In chronological story order:Buffalito Bundle, Paper Golem LLC
  • * Buffalo Dogs, in Absolute Magnitude #16 and also appeared in Buffalogic, Inc.: Tales of the Amazing Conroy #1, SRM Publisher
  • * Buffalogenesis, in Buffalogenesis: Tales of the Amazing Conroy #2, SRM Publisher
  • * A Buffalito Of Mars, in Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Artists, Hadley Rille Books
  • * Requiem, in Absolute Magnitude and also appeared in Buffalogistics: Tales of the Amazing Conroy #3, SRM Publisher
  • * Mind Din, first printed in Buffalito Bundle
  • * Telepathic Intent, in Buffalogic, Inc.: Tales of the Amazing Conroy #1, SRM Publisher
  • * The Matter At Hand, in Buffalogistics: Tales of the Amazing Conroy #3, SRM Publisher
  • * Yesterdays Taste, in Transtories, Aeon Press WSFA Small Press Award FinalistBarry's Tale in Buffalito Buffet, Hadley Rille Books Nebula Award Finalist 2012 Calendrical Regression, Noble Fusion Press Nebula Award Finalist 2014Barry's Deal, Noble Fusion Press Nebula Award Finalist 2017Buffalito Destiny Hadley Rille Books Trial of the Century, in World Jumping, Hadley Rille Books Nebula Award Finalist 2013Buffalito Contingency Hadley Rille Books
    Omnibus Editions
    Buffalito Bundle Paper Golem LLC An omnibus edition of all the stories leading up to and including “Yesterdays Taste” i.e. Buffalo Dogs, Buffalogenesis, A Buffalito Of Mars, Requiem, Mind Din, Telepathic Intent, The Matter At Hand and Yesterdays Taste. Buffalito Buffet Hadley Rille Books. An omnibus edition of all the stories at the time leading up to and including the first printing of Barry's Tale before it was printed separately. i.e. Buffalo Dogs, “Telepathic Intent”, “Requiem”, “The Matter at Hand”, “Introduction” essay by Howard Taylor, “Buffalogenisis”, “Barry's Tale”, “A Buffalito of Mars”, “Yesterday's Taste”.Galactic Capers of the Amazing Conroy Paper Golem LLC. An omnibus edition featuring the four Novella award nominated novellas from the series: Barry's Tale, Calendrical Regression, Barry's Deal and Trial of the Century.Command Performance Paper Golem LLC The complete Amazing Conroy omnibus ebook.

Freelance Courier (series)

Ace of Corpses, Paper Golem LLC Ace of Saints Paper Golem LLC Ace of Thralls Paper Golem LLC Ace of Agency Paper Golem LLC. The omnibus edition of the series so far: Ace of Corpses, Ace of Saints and Ace of Thralls.

Pizza in Space (series)

Slice of Entropy, Paper Golem LLC Slice of Chaos, Paper Golem LLC

Other titles from the Conroyverse

In addition to the above, the following stories include characters from or are set in the same universe as the Amazing Conroy works:Bidding the Walrus, first appeared in Low Port, Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc.. Texas Fold'em, first appeared in nanobison, also in Space Westerns.
Conroyverse Omnibus
Conroyverse: A Sampler, Paper Golem LLC. An omnibus sampler of the Conroyverse including the first story that launched the fictional universe and of each of the first novels of the series that share that universe: From “The Amazing Conroy” series, “Buffalo Dogs”, “Buffalo Destiny”. From “Freelance Courier” series: “Ace of Corpses” and from “Pizza in Space” series, “Slice of Entropy”.

Pirates of Sol

Pirates of Marz, Paper Golem LLC

Collaborations with Jonathan P. Brazee

Seeds of War (series)

Seeds of War: Invasion Semper Fi Press.Seeds of War: Scorched Earth Semper Fi Press.Seeds of War: Bitter Harvest Semper Fi Press.Seeds of War Trilogy Semper Fi Press.

Collaborations with Brian Thorne

Adrenaline Rush (series)

Fight or Flight LMBPN Publishing. Originally published Paper Golem LLC.Alien Thrill Seeker LMBPN Publishing. Originally published Paper Golem LLC.Anger Management LMBPN Publishing. Originally published Paper Golem LLC.

Demon Codex (series)

Soul Bottles LMBPN Publishing.At the Speed of a Yeti LMBPN Publishing.Undead Alternatives LMBPN Publishing.

Collections and other publications

Collections

Aliens and A.I.s Eggplant Literary Productions Sweet Potato Pie and Other Surrealities Hadley Rille Books.Creature Academy: cautionary poems of public education Paper Golem LLC Sweet Potato Pie: and Other Stories, 2nd Edition Paper Golem LLC. 1st Edition was Sweet Potato Pie and Other Surrealities The Rule of Three: and Other Stories Paper Golem LLC Openings without Closure Paper Golem LLC. Eating Authors: One Hundred Writers' Most Memorable Meals Paper Golem LLC. Transcendent Boston and Other Stories Paper Golem LLC

Works in other anthologies and publications

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Short story and poetry publishing history

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Edited works

Prime Codex Alembical Cucurbital Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight: Stories by Cat Rambo Alembical 2 Rejiggering the Thingamajig and Other Stories by Eric James Stone Cucurbital 2 Cucurbital 3 The Wizard of Macatawa and Other Stories by Tom Doyle Alembical 3 Cats in Space

Awards and nominations

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