Biography
Kenneth Schneyer is a Nebula-nominated author of science fiction and fantasy stories, an attorney, a project manager, an actor/director, and a scholar of both employment discrimination and the constitutive rhetoric of legal texts. His second short-story collection, “Anthems Outside Time and Other Strange Voices,” was published in 2020. In 2009, Schneyer attended the Clarion Writers Workshop, where he was taught by such influential writers as Holly Black, Robert Crais, and Kim Stanley Robinson.
Schneyer served as clerk for Judge William R. Beasley of the Michigan Court of Appeals and practiced both transactional law and litigation with the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould.
While at Johnson & Wales, he served as practicum director and assistant dean of the School of Technology (now part of the College of Arts & Sciences); as chair of the Cultural Life Series hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences; and on both the Faculty Council and the University Curriculum Committee. He currently chairs the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee.
Schneyer is interested in astronomy, feminist theory, formal logic, presidential history, bicycling, weight training, and practically everything else. Born in Detroit, he now lives in Rhode Island’s East Bay with his wife, a singer and college professor
Education
JD, University of Michigan
BA, Wesleyan University
Theater
Licensed to practice law
Supreme Court of the United States
Licensed Attorney
Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
“Ken Schneyer reads from ANTHEMS OUTSIDE TIME AND OTHER STORIES.” Schneyer, K. (August 24, 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RxmlQcrp78&list=PLIzPPJpPNpSiiiHf4PpbWOq7x3A42tMqH&index=16
“Fantastic Fiction at KGB with N.K. Jemisin & Kenneth Schneyer.” Schneyer, K. (July 17, 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZvl6lmzTfA&t=5533s
“Kenneth Schneyer Launch Party and Reading.” Schneyer, K. (July 16, 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXu4y6PsYcs
“The Truth of Revision.” Schneyer, K. (November 19, 2014)
https://thepublicsradio.org/episode/this-i-believe-new-england-revision
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
American Bar Association
Project Management Institute
Law & Society Association
Schneyer, K. (October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2024). Winding Sheets. (Creative Work).
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 173.
Schneyer, K. (July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2024). Tamaza’s Future and Mine. (Creative Work).
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 48(7-8), 70-77.
Schneyer, K. (September, 2020). Laws of Impermanence. (Creative Work).
Uncanny Magazine, 36.
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/laws-of-impermanence/
Schneyer, K. (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1, 2020). Anthems Outside Time and Other Strange Voices. (Book).
Fairwood Press.
https://fairwoodpress.com/store/p134/ANTHEMS_OUTSIDE_TIME_AND_OTHER_STRANGE_VOICES.html
Schneyer, K. (2019). Foursomes: Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles. (Creative Work).
Fantastic Books.
https://www.fantasticbooks.biz/product-page/across-the-universe-edited-by-michael-a-ventrella-randee-dawn
Schneyer, K. (May, 2014). The Law & the Heart. (Book).
Stillpoint/Prometheus.
https://www.amazon.com/Law-Heart-Speculative-Stories-Bend/dp/1938808223
Schneyer, K. (1998). Hooting: Public and Popular Discourse About Sex Discrimination. (Journal Article).
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 31, 551.
Ballam, D. & Beck-Dudley, C. & Cross, F. & Ostas, D. & Paetzold, R. & Schneyer, K. (1997). Jurisprudential Theories in Counterpoint: Commercial Impracticability Through a Legal Kaleidoscope. (Journal Article).
Journal of Legal Studies Education, 15(1), 1.
Schneyer, K. (1997). The Culture of Risk: Deconstructing Mutual Mistake. (Journal Article).
American Business Law Journal, 34, 429.
Schneyer, K. (1994). Avoiding the Personal Pronoun: The Rhetoric of Display and Camouflage in the Law of Sexual Orientation. (Journal Article).
Rutgers Law Review, 46, 1313.
Schneyer, K. (1993). Talking About Judges, Talking About Women: Constitutive Rhetoric in the Johnson Controls Case. (Journal Article).
American Business Law Journal, 31, 117.
Readercon 35, “The Odyssey in 2026,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 12, 2026).
Readercon 35, “The Works of David Gerrold,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 12, 2026).
Readercon 35, “Is “Science” Fiction Just a Metaphor?,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 11, 2026).
Readercon 35, “SFF Spanning Cycles of History,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 11, 2026).
Readercon 35, “Reading: Work in Progress,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 10, 2026).
Readercon 35, “Spi-Fi: Secret Agents and Speculative Fiction,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 9, 2026).
Boskone 63, “Reading: “Prophylaxis”,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 15, 2026).
Boskone 63, “Bringing Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” to Life on Screen,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 14, 2026).
Boskone 63, “Subverting Audience Expectations,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 14, 2026).
Boskone 63, “Using “Weird Voicing” for Narration,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 14, 2026).
Boskone 63, “Did “Andor” Live Up to Your Expectations?,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 13, 2026).
ALSB Annual Meeting, “Development Track, Teaching & Pedagogy,” Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Providence, RI, United States. (July 31, 2025).
Readercon 34, “Take Your Novel to Work,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 20, 2025).
Readercon 34, “Coherency in Storytelling,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 18, 2025).
Readercon 34, “Sense of Wonder, Sense of Conviction,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 18, 2025).
Readercon 34, “Reading of “Laws of Impermanence”,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 17, 2025).
Readercon 34, “What Time Loops Reveal,” Readercon, Burlington, MA, United States. (July 17, 2025).
Arisia, “On Trial in Space,” Arisia, Cambridge, MA, United States. (January 20, 2025).
Arisia, “Sunday Morning Readings,” Arisia, Cambridge, MA, United States. (January 19, 2025).
Arisia, “Cancel Culture in Sci-Fi and Fantasy,” Arisia, Cambridge, MA, United States. (January 18, 2025).
Arisia, “Expert Systems,” Arisia, Cambridge, MA, United States. (January 18, 2025).
Arisia, “Hope for Lost Tropes?,” Arisia, Cambridge, MA, United States. (January 17, 2025).
Readercon 33, “The Speculated Audience,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July 14, 2024).
Readercon 33, “Responses to Omelas,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July 13, 2024).
Readercon 33, “Striking the Right Genre Balance,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July 13, 2024).
Readercon 33, “Reading: Tamaza’s Future and Mine,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July 11, 2024).
Boskone 62, “Parenthood in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 11, 2024).
Boskone 62, “Real Estate in Space,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 11, 2024).
Boskone 62, “Single-Biome Worlds in Science Fiction,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 10, 2024).
Boskone 62, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: An UnfoldingText,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 10, 2024).
Boskone 62, “Write My Doctoral Thesis: Science Edition,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February 9, 2024).
Readercon, “Alternative Voicing,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July, 2023).
Readercon, “Cross-Genre Surprise Fiction,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July, 2023).
Readercon, “Harnessing Chaos: Randomization in Writing,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July, 2023).
Readercon, “Non-Narrative Fiction: Stories Without Stories,” Readercon, Quincy, MA, United States. (July, 2023).
Boskone, “Agency and Free Will in Speculative Fiction,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February, 2023).
Boskone, “Contracts: Talking Terms,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February, 2023).
Boskone, “Reading: Reformation,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February, 2023).
Boskone, “Writing Great Endings,” New England Science Fiction Association, Boston, MA, United States. (February, 2023).
Arisia, “Creeping Sense of Doom,” Arisia, Boston, MA, United States. (January, 2023).
Arisia, “Murdock v Spencer: Lawyers in Comics/Superheroes and the Law,” Arisia, Boston, MA, United States. (January, 2023).
Arisia, “Plural Perspectives,” Arisia, Boston, MA, United States. (January, 2023).
Arisia, “Reading (“Saturday Night Readings”),” Arisia, Boston, MA, United States. (January, 2023).