James Frenkel

James Frenkel

James Frenkel (born 1948 in Queens, New York, USA) is a science fiction book editor for Tor Books. He has edited numerous award-winning authors such as Vernor Vinge, Joan D. Vinge, and Frederik Pohl (all winners of the Hugo award), Andre Norton, Loren D. Estleman, Dan Simmons and Greg Bear.

In 1968, Frenkel founded the Science Fiction Forum at Stony Brook University, a student-run organization which continues to operate a large lending library of science fiction, fantasy, and horror books.

He was the publisher of Bluejay Books, an independent trade publisher of the mid-1980s. Bluejay Books published Gardner Dozois's "The Year's Best Science Fiction" for three years [ [http://www.sfsite.com/vault/dave38.htm The SF Site: 1998 Short Fiction by David A. Truesdale ] ] . He currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife Joan D. Vinge and a plethora of cats. They have two children.

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* [http://www.furiousspinner.com/2004/02/interview-with-james-frenkel Interview With James Frenkel]
* [http://www.furiousspinner.com/2004/02/interview-with-james-frenkel-part-ii Interview With James Frenkel Part Two]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200605/s1651668.htm Articulate interviews James Frenkel]
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* [http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/bluejay_books.html Bluejay Books at the ISBN database]
* [http://besteditorhugo.pbwiki.com/TheEditors#F Photo of Frenkel]


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