John Hertz (fan)

John Hertz is a long-time Los Angeles, California attorney and science fiction fan.

Winner of the Big Heart Award at the 61st World Science Fiction Convention (Toronto, 2003) [cite web | url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Bigheart2003.html | title=Locus SF Awards index | accessdate: 2006-12-07] , he is active in the fanzine community, publishing the fanzine "Vanamonde". Two anthologies of his fanwriting have been published, "West of the Moon" (2002) and "Dancing and Joking" (2005). He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2006 and again in 2007.

The fanzine "Argentus" (2004) contains an interview with Larry Niven's fictional character, Hanville Svetz, co-authored by Hertz and Niven. [Citation | last = Hertz | first = John | author-link = John Hertz | last2 = Niven | first2 = Larry | author2-link = Larry Niven | title = Interview with Svetz | newspaper = Argentus 4| pages = 38-39 | year = 2004 | date = 2004 | url = http://efanzines.com/Argentus/Ag04.pdf]

At conventions, Hertz can be found moderating panels, leading Art Show tours, or judging the costume competition called the Masquerade. He can be easily spotted at conventions sporting a colorful propeller beanie and a tuxedo from his collection.

He is also renowned for his stewardship of Regency dance. Hertz has perpetuated the Regency dance mania at science fiction conventions in the United States since the 1980s, with the practice continuing to the present day. Hertz currently instructs dance workshops and choreographs balls across the nation, and in addition he has written a booklet on Regency era dancing, included in the "West of the Moon" anthology.

External links

* [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m29/hertz.htm "The English Regency and Me": an article by John Hertz]
* [http://www.scifiinc.net/scifiinc/gallery/list/bio.cgi?Hertz,_John "Fan Gallery" Bio]
* [http://www.laconiv.org/2006/hugos/johnhertz.htm Samples of John's fanwriting]

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