Biography
This is the spot where I’m supposed to talk about myself in the third person. It’s a strange but generally accepted way of doing things, fine for book jackets and magazine bios, but a little impersonal since you’ve come all this way to find out more about me.
There are a couple hundred Jerry Gordon’s mucking things up on this planet. I’m the one that’s a fiction author, editor, grad student, and computer programmer. If you’re wondering where free time fits into this equation, you just discovered the downside to being interested in everything. I have an undergraduate degree in English and Education from Ball State University. When I’m not writing, I’m daydreaming about my next trip… and a little apartment in Paris.
The most common question I get asked (when people find out I write fiction) is what kind. Truth is all kinds. I love just about every genre and hate labels. I tend to blur the lines between genres, writing mash-ups that combine the best of several. If you want to pin me down, I’ll admit to writing mysteries, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and “literary” fiction. Usually, at least two at the same time.
If you’d like a free taste of my work, Apex Magazine has print and audio versions of “City of Refuge” on their website as part of a special Dark Faith promotion. The story is a meditation on cults and the messiah complex… a little bit science fiction, a little bit literary, and a little bit horror (nothing that would bother the squeamish).
Thanks for dropping in and don’t be shy about sending me a note via the contact page.
Jerry
You’re still here? Okay, some fun facts…
- At the age of fourteen, I was a DJ for WBDG in Indianapolis.
- By sixteen, I was running that radio station.
- I ditched my telecommunications degree in favor of an undergrad in English and Education.
- It only took one semester to fall in love with storytelling and make the switch.
- I’ve been on more movie sets than I can remember.
- I was once a Klingon extra on Star Trek.
Still here?
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