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John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author, online writer, and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog ''Whatever'', at which he has written frequently on a number of topics since 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2008 based predominantly on that blog, which he has also used for several prominent charity drives. His novel ''Redshirts'' won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. He has written non-fiction books and columns on diverse topics such as finance, video games, films, astronomy, and writing, and served as a creative consultant for the TV series ''Stargate Universe''. ==Biography== Scalzi was born in California and spent his childhood there, primarily in the Los Angeles suburbs of Covina, Glendora and Claremont. Scalzi went to high school with noted blogger Josh Marshall; both were members of the class of 1987. After attending The Webb Schools of California, Scalzi attended The University of Chicago, where he was a classmate of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn. Scalzi's thesis advisor, for a brief time, was Saul Bellow. Scalzi abandoned his course of study with Bellow when he became Student Ombudsman for the University. During his 1989–1990 school year, Scalzi was also the editor-in-chief of ''The Chicago Maroon''. After graduating with a degree in philosophy in 1991, Scalzi took a job as the film critic for the ''Fresno Bee'' newspaper, eventually also becoming a humor columnist. In 1996 he was hired as the in-house writer and editor at America Online and moved to Sterling, Virginia, with his wife, Kristine Ann Blauser, whom he had married in 1995. He was laid off in 1998, and since then he has been a full-time freelance writer and author. Scalzi was elected president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2010.〔(Quick Updates for 2010-05-16 ), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website, posted May 16, 2010〕 He was the only nominee on the ballot. He had previously run as a write-in candidate in 2007, challenging the sole ballot nominee that year, but was not successful.〔("SFWA President: I'm a Write-In Candidate" ), post on Scalzi's blog "Whatever", May 17, 2005〕〔(SFWA Officer Election Results ), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website, posted May 12, 2007〕 After his term ended in 2013 he did not run for reelection. He lives in Ohio with his wife, daughter, and several pets. He garnered significant media attention by taping raw bacon to his cat "Ghlaghghee" in September 2006.〔(Sorry, Fido, It’s Just a Guy Thing ), by Abby Ellin. ''The New York Times,'' October 3, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2013〕 As a result of the coverage, Scalzi began maintaining a web repository for links to "All Things Bacon" on the ''Whatever'' site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Canonical Bacon Page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Scalzi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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