Pam Bachorz
Pam Bachorz is an author of speculative fiction from the United States.
Biography
Bachorz was born in 1973 in Salem, Massachusetts.Works
She has written two speculative fiction novels for young adults: Candor, published in 2009, and Drought, published in 2011.Candor, set in the near future, uses a trope common to horror in speculative fiction, that of a small town "malevolently under some kind of mesmeric or unholy control". The novel's protagonist is Oscar Banks, the son of the town's founder and the operator of its system of indoctrination. Banks pretends to be a conformist, while covertly helping residents escape. Publishers Weekly described it as a compelling story while saying some aspects of the premise were "difficult to swallow". Wired praised Bachorz's ability to keep the plot moving and build suspense, but described the book as "not terribly deep".
Bachorz's second novel, Drought, is also set in a small and coercive community, which the protagonist seeks to escape.
Publications
Candor- ''Drought''