Kenneth Chiacchia

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Kenneth "Ken" Chiacchia
Born (1961-12-29) December 29, 1961 (age 62)
Hackensack, New Jersey
Pen nameKen
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Genre Fantasy, science fiction

Kenneth Chiacchia (born December 29, 1961, in Hackensack, NJ) is an American writer in the fantasy and science fiction genre.

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Biography

Chiacchia was born in Hackensack, NJ. He earned a PhD in biochemistry, at the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1991. He has been published in four different genres: Science Fiction, Medical Writing, [1] Search and Rescue Science, and Journalism. Ken began his career as a medical science writer at Harvard Medical School in 1993. Currently he is a medical science writer and editor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. [2] Chiacchia is a member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America [3] and the National Association of Science Writers. [4] He has been a news reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's North Hills section with over 50 published stories. [5] Ken had a recent story that was the cover page article for the Pittsburgh City Paper. [6]

He is also a dog handler in Allegheny Mountain Rescue League, a Pittsburgh-based volunteer organization that assists authorities in civilian lost-person searches. [7] His work has been noted in local newspapers. [8] He has written on the science of olfaction for search and rescue workers. [9] In 1993, Chiacchia joined the Pittsburgh Worldwrights Writers' Workshop founded by Pittsburgh science-fiction and fantasy writer Mary Soon Lee [10] [11] and continued by Pittsburgh author Barton Paul Levenson and others. Chiacchia won the 2008 Kamin Science Center Journalism Award. [12]

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Poems

Awards

Reviews

Non-Fiction

Scholarly Articles

Notes

  1. "Amazon.com. Spend less. Smile more". www.amazon.com. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  2. "Free People Search - UnMask.com | 100% Free People Finder & Public Records Lookup" . Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  3. "Home". sfwa.org.
  4. "Home". nasw.org.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. 1 2 "Pittsburghcitypaper.ws".
  7. "Home". amrg.info.
  8. "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". search.post-gazette.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group".
  10. Mary Soon Lee: Bibliography cmu.edu Archived September 30, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Pittsburgh Worldwrights".
  12. "Carnegie Science Awards announced" . Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  13. "Carnegie Science Center: Awardees". Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  14. "The Fix | Hub #27 - 30". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
  15. "Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993". December 31, 2022.
  16. "The SF Site Featured Review: Paradox, Autumn 2003".
  17. "Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993". December 31, 2022.
  18. "SFRevu Column". www.sfrevu.com. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  19. "Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993". December 31, 2022.
  20. "Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993". December 31, 2022.
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 11, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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