Edward E. Kramer

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Edward E. Kramer was born on March 20, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American editor and author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works, and co-founded the Dragon*Con fan convention in Atlanta. As of 1979, he lives near Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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[edit] Biography

Edward E. Kramer is the editor of Roc Books' Dark Love and Grails anthologies, HarperPrism's The Sandman: Book of Dreams (with Neil Gaiman), Random House's The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams (with James O'Barr), Tor Books' Free Space, Avon Books' Forbidden Acts, White Wolf's Elric: Tales of the White Wolf and Pawn of Chaos: Tales of the Eternal Champion (based on the works and characters of Michael Moorcock), Dante's Disciples, Tombs, the Dark Destiny trilogy, and Bereshith Publishing's Strange Attraction: Turns of the Midnight Carnival Wheel, with many additional works both in print and in progress.

A member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and Horror Writers Association (serving as both Vice-President and Trustee), his credits also include over a dozen published works of short fiction, and a decade of work as a music critic and photojournalist. He has also co-written and directed the digital feature Terror at Tate Manor, which debuted as a direct-to-Internet film.

His literary works have been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, and is the recipient of the first Prometheus Special Award presented by the Libertarian Futurist Society with co-editor Brad Linaweaver for Free Space.

In 1987, he founded Dragon Con, North America's largest convention dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, comics, gaming and the popular arts. He served as its chairman for fourteen years and oversaw its growth from 1,400 attendance in its inaugural year to over 20,000 in 2000.

He has also chaired the 1990 Atlanta Origins convention, the 1992 Georgia World Fantasy Convention and the Nebula Awards Weekend, and both the Atlanta World Horror Convention and the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 1995. In 1999, he hosted the Atlanta World Horror Convention and Los Angeles's Bram Stoker Award Weekend.

Kramer is a graduate of Emory College and the Emory University School of Medicine. [1]

[edit] Criminal allegations & civil rights actions

In 2000, Kramer was arrested for an alleged domestic incident following an anonymous phone call; he was eventually charged with aggravated child molestation. The alleged victims are two brothers, ages 13 and 15 at the time of his arrest. Kramer has lived under house arrest at his home in Duluth since late 2000 while awaiting trial. The National Center for Reason and Justice sponsors a defense fund on his behalf. No trial date has been set.

In October 2006, Kramer filed a motion demanding dismissal of all charges for violation of his speedy trial rights. The indictment was nearly six years old when he filed this motion, and the trial court had yet to rule on Kramer's May 2005 motion requesting a trial date. Georgia law presumes a violation of speedy trial rights for delays of over eight months between indictment and trial. Scandrett v. State, 279 Ga. 632 (2005) | Court's summary | Opinion |. Kramer's motion also demands dismissal of all charges as a sanction for other violations of his rights. Kramer's motion has been set for a hearing on 29 November 2006.

A Federal Civil Rights Action was filed against the local county by Kramer in 2001.

[edit] Disambiguation

There is a different "Ed Kramer" who is an animator and visual effects specialist for various films such as Clear and Present Danger. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.aussiecon3.worldcon.org/a3prbios.html

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