| Ed Kramer | |
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| Born | Edward Eliot Kramer March 20, 1961 Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Science fiction, fantasy, horror, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction |
| Notable work(s) | The Sandman: Book of Dreams, The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams, Elric: Tales of the White Wolf, Free Space |
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Edward E. Kramer (born on March 20, 1961) is an American editor of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works, and co-founder and part-owner of the Dragon Con commercial media convention in Atlanta, Georgia. He lives in Duluth, Georgia, and works as a clinical and educational consultant.[1] He is the former program director of the Metropolitan Atlanta Council on Alcohol and Drugs.[2] Kramer is the subject of a long-running legal battle alleging child molestation.
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Kramer, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Emory College and a Master of Public Health in health administration and planning from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University School of Medicine.[1][3]
Kramer is the editor of the anthologies Dark Love and Grails published by Roc Books; The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (HarperPrism); The Crow, by James O'Barr (Random House); Free Space (Tor Books); Forbidden Acts (Avon Books); 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, and the Dark Destiny trilogy (White Wolf); and Strange Attraction: Turns of the Midnight Carnival Wheel (Bereshith Publishing). He has also worked for over a decade as a music critic and photojournalist.[1]
In 1987, he co-founded Dragon Con, a for-profit convention dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, comics, gaming, and the popular arts.[4] He has not been involved with Dragon Con planning or activities since 2000[5]; and still owns 34% of the business.[6]
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.[1][7]
Kramer was arrested in August 2000 following an anonymous tip, and charged with molesting three teenage boys. The trial was still pending as of late 2010, and Kramer continues to protest his innocence.[4] In the ten years since his arrest, he has been placed in pre-trial detention, been injured in a disturbance at the jail, and been released from detention and placed under house arrest.[8] Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said in September 2010 that Kramer had "done nothing but delay and blame everyone else but himself." The Georgia Court of Appeals agreed, and in September 2007 placed most of the blame on Kramer himself. Kramer and his lawyers dispute this, stating that he has serious health issues that prevent him from sitting through a long trial.[9][10][11]
In September 2011, Kramer was caught "staying in a Connecticut motel room with a 14-year-old boy"[12] and arrested on a "felony charge of risk of injury to a child."[13] Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter stated that while in Connecticut Kramer was "hiking on the trails, didn't require a cane, didn't have his breathing apparatus and didn't ride in his wheelchair."[12] If convicted on the Connecticut charge, Kramer faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. "His association with the child was a violation of the conditions of his bond in Georgia."[13] As of December 2011, he is being held at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Connecticut.[14]