PJ Manney

PJ Manney wrote the bestselling and Philip K. Dick Award-nominated Phoenix Horizon trilogy: (R)EVOLUTION, (ID)ENTITY, and (CON)SCIENCE. A former chairperson of Humanity+, she authored “Yucky Gets Yummy: How Speculative Fiction Creates Society”​ and “Empathy in the Time of Technology: How Storytelling is the Key to Empathy,”​ foundational works on the neuropsychology of empathy and future media. Manney consults and lectures for organizations about the future of technology and humanity. She was a teleplay writer (Hercules–The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, numerous TV pilot scripts) and film executive. Manney lives with her husband in Southern California and is a dual citizen of the US and New Zealand. Visit www.pjmanney.com.

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By Our Powers Combined: Writing Collaboratively (Sponsored by Tor)

June 6, 2021 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

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Panelists: PJ Manney, Joel A Clark, Michael R. Underwood (moderator), Aydrea Walden and Erin Roberts
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Writers across prose, games, and television share their collaboration stories and strategies.

 

Unlikeable Narrators Aren’t Inherently Bad

May 21, 2022 10:30 am to 11:30 am

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Panelists: Zin E. Rocklyn, James Kennedy, Christopher Caldwell, PJ Manney and Jordan Kurella (moderator)
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Should readers like every character? What about every narrator or protagonist? In this panel, authors who have written unlikable narrators will discuss how the unsympathetic and unappealing nature of their characters serve their narrative.

How Fictional Monsters Can Help Explore Real-Life Traumas

June 6, 2024 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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Panelists: Anna Ziegelhof, PJ Manney, Sarah Guan and M. S. Ewing (moderator)
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