Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, essays, articles, comic books, and podcasts have been published around the world. He writes fiction in a wide range of genres, including fantasy, humor, literary, mystery, science fiction, and super-heroes. His work is intended for young readers, young adults, and adult readers.

His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, was published in 2011 by Clarion Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It was named a Top Ten First Novel for Youth in 2011 by Booklist and received excellent notices from review publications and sites including Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin of the Center of Children’s Books, and School Library Journal. A collection of his fantasy and science fiction stories, Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal, was released in 2008 by PS Publishing in England.

According to Mike Resnick

Mike Resnick

Michael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:...

, "(Jeschonek) sees the world like no one else sees it, and makes incredibly witty, incisive stories out of that skewed worldview." Jeschonek was long-listed for the British Fantasy Award in 2007 for his story, "Fear of Rain."

Jeschonek's credits include Star Trek fiction published by Pocket Books and Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

fiction from Big Finish. Jeschonek's work appeared in three volumes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was an annual collection of short stories set in the Star Trek universe, written by amateur writers chosen through an open submissions process. The first volume was published in 1998, with the tenth and final volume published in 2007...

, winning the grand prize in Volume VI. He is one of a select few writers who have been invited to write stories in Peter David's New Frontier

New Frontier

The term New Frontier was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him...

universe. His story, "Oil and Water," appeared in Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits.

Jeschonek is based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

. He attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, where he served as editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, The Advocate.

Novels

• My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, Clarion Books (2011).
• Day 9, Pie Press (2011).
• Earthshaker, Pie Press (2011).

Short fiction

• "A Wall of Lisas" in Backroads (1983).
• "Wave a White Flag" in Backroads (1986).
• "Vincent's Secret Students" in Abyss & Apex (2004).
• "The Duck Lover" in Loyalhanna Review (2004).
• "Drifters" in Sciencefictionfantasyhorror.com (2005).
• "Fear of Rain" in Postscripts 8 (2006).
• "Zinzi-zinzi-zinzic" in Darker Matter 3 (2007).
• "The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe" in Postscripts 12 (2007).
• "Snakeskin" in Postscripts 13 (2007).
• "Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose-Head Mask" in Helix Speculative Fiction Quarterly 8 (2008).
• "Acirema the Rellik" in Future Americas, DAW Books (2008).
• "Fear of Rain" in ESLI
  Esli
  Esli is a Russian science fiction magazine, concentrating on science fiction in its written form.It won the European Science Fiction Award for best science fiction magazine in 2000.-See also:* Science fiction magazine...
  
  (Russia) (2008).
• "The Wish of a Wish" in Crime Spells, DAW Books (2009).
• "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake" in Space and Time 108 (2009).
• "Forced Retirement" in A Thousand Faces, The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction 9 (2009).
• "Ballad of the Groupie Everlasting" in The Trouble With Heroes, DAW Books (2009).
• "Snowman's Chance in Hell" in Postscripts 20/21, Edison's Frankenstein (2010).
• "One Awake in All the World" in Destination Future, Hadley Rille Books (2010).
• "Crimes in the Key of Murder" in Pulp Empire Volume 3 (2010).
• "Flight of the Black Coach" in Story Portals (2011).
• "The Secret of the Ultimate Male Enhancement" in Space and Time 115 (2011).

Comic books

• "Young Soldiers Never Die" in War, Saddle Tramp Press (2004).
• "Shit's on First" in Commercial Suicide (U.K.) (2005).
• "Redneck Neighbor" in Dead by Dawn Quarterly (2006).
• "Unstoppable" in Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2010 #1, DC Comics (2010).

Podcast fiction

• "Fear of Rain" in Podcastle 007 (2008).
• "Snowman's Chance in Hell" in Drabblecast 167 (2010).
• "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake" in Escape Pod
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  242 (2010).
• "Dionysus Dying" in Theme and Variations Opus 2 Episode 1 (2010).
• "Something Borrowed, Something Doomed" in Drabblecast 180 (2010).
• "The Bear in the Cable-Knit Sweater" in Podcastle 141 (2011).
• "A Matter of Size" in Drabblecast 195 (2010).
• "Playing Doctor" in Escape Pod
  Escape pod
  An escape pod is a capsule or craft used to escape a vessel in an emergency, usually only big enough for one person. An escape ship is a larger, more complete craft also used for the same purpose...
  
  313 (2011).

Star Trek fiction

• "Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was an annual collection of short stories set in the Star Trek universe, written by amateur writers chosen through an open submissions process. The first volume was published in 1998, with the tenth and final volume published in 2007...
  
   Volume III, Pocket Books (2000). (Third Prize Winner.)
• "The Shoulders of Giants" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Volume V, Pocket Books (2002).
• "Our Million-Year Mission" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Volume VI, Pocket Books (2003). (Grand Prize Winner.)
• "Oil and Water" in Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits, Pocket Books (2003).
• "The Secret Heart of Zolaluz" in Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores, Pocket Books (2005).
• Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Cleanup, E-book, Pocket Books (2006).
• Star Trek: Voyages of Imagination, Pocket Books (2006).
• "The Cleanup" in Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Out of the Cocoon, Pocket Books (2010).

Doctor Who

• "Rock Star" in Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership
  Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership
  Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
  
  , Big Finish Productions
  Big Finish Productions
  Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
  
   (2008).

Captain Midnight

• "Shipwreck in the Sky" in Captain Midnight Chronicles, Moonstone
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   (2010).

Essays, articles, etc.

• "To Boldly Go Where No Comic Has Gone Before: Ten Of The Best Star Trek Comic Book Stories" in Amazing Heroes
  Amazing Heroes
  Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium published by Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, The Comics Journal, Amazing Heroes was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analytical journal....
  
  #181 (July 1990)
• "Here Come the Lower Deckers" in Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine is an authorized periodical published bi-monthly by Titan UK in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, devoted to the Star Trek franchise. The magazine has limited distribution in Europe...
  
  #7 (Sept/Oct 2007)
• "Be Like House!" in House Unauthorized, Benbella Books (2007).
• "Time: The Final Frontier" in Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine is an authorized periodical published bi-monthly by Titan UK in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, devoted to the Star Trek franchise. The magazine has limited distribution in Europe...
  
  #10 (Mar/Apr 2008)
• "Final Authority" in Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine is an authorized periodical published bi-monthly by Titan UK in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, devoted to the Star Trek franchise. The magazine has limited distribution in Europe...
  
  #16 (Mar 2009)
• "Sympathy for the Devils" in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural, Benbella Books (2009).
• "Neelix & Kes" in Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine is an authorized periodical published bi-monthly by Titan UK in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, devoted to the Star Trek franchise. The magazine has limited distribution in Europe...
  
  #32 (Mar 2011)
• "Fringe Double-Blinded Me With Science" in Fringe Science, Benbella Books (2011).
• "Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3" in Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine
  Star Trek Magazine is an authorized periodical published bi-monthly by Titan UK in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, devoted to the Star Trek franchise. The magazine has limited distribution in Europe...
  
  #37 (Oct/Nov 2011)

Poetry

• "Incongruity" in American Collegiate Poets, International Publications (Fall 1984).
• "Lighthouse" in Backroads (Winter 1984).
• "Desubstantiation" in Backroads (Winter 1985).
• "Night School" in Backroads (Winter 1985).
• "Memoriam" in Backroads (Fall 1985).
• "Weight for Me(at)" in Backroads (Fall 1985).

E-Books

• The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Fear of Rain, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Rose Head, Tsetse Press (2010).
• My Cannibal Lover, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The First Detect-Eve, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Forced Retirement, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Playing Doctor, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Blazing Bodices, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Serial Killer vs. E-Merica, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Trek This!, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Trek Off!, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Trek Fail!, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Dolphin Knight, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Genie's Secret, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Dicks, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Bloodliner, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Groupie Everlasting, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Earthshaker, Tsetse Press (2010).
• The Masked Family, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Dionysus Dying, Tsetse Press (2010).
• 6 Fantasy Stories, Tsetse Press (2010).
• 6 Scifi Stories, Tsetse Press (2010).
• 6 Short Stories, Tsetse Press (2010).
• Lump, Pie Press (2010).
• Dancing With Murder, (as Samantha Shepherd), Pie Press (2010).
• Universal Language, Pie Press (2011).
• Diary of a Maggot, Pie Press (2011).
• Heroes of Global Warming, Pie Press (2011).
• Tommy Puke and the Boy with the Golden Barf, Pie Press (2011).
• One Awake In All The World, Pie Press (2011).
• Give the Hippo What He Wants, Pie Press (2011).
• The Teacher of the Century, Pie Press (2011).
• The Return of Alice, Pie Press (2011).
• Off the Face of the Earth, Pie Press (2011).
• Road Rage, Pie Press (2011).
• Something Borrowed, Something Doomed, Pie Press (2011).
• 6 More Scifi Stories, Pie Press (2011).
• Girl Meets Mind Reader, Pie Press (2011).
• The Sword That Spoke, Pie Press (2011).
• 6 More Fantasy Stories, Pie Press (2011).
• Day 9, Pie Press (2011).
• 7 Comic Book Scripts, Pie Press (2011).
• Backtracker, (as Jason Koenig), Pie Press (2011).
• Crimes in the Key of Murder, Pie Press (2011).

External links

• Official homepage
• Author's Facebook Page
• Author's Twitter ID: @TheFictioneer
• Author's LiveJournal
• Author's blog
• Amazon Author Central Page
• Tsetse Press