Dr. John L. Flynn is a three-time Hugo-nominated author and long-time science fiction fan and critic who has written seven books, countless short stories, articles, reviews, and one screenplay. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and has been a regular contributor and columnist to dozens of science fiction magazines. His books include Future Threads (1985), Cinematic Vampires (1992), Phantoms of the Opera (1993), The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger (1993), Dissecting Aliens (1995), Visions in Light and Shadow (2001), and War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg (2005). Born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 6, 1954, he makes his home in Maryland. John has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D.

from Southern California University. In 1977, he received the M. Carolyn Parker award for outstanding journalism for his freelance work on several Florida daily newspapers, and in 1987, he was listed in Who’s Who Men of Achievement. In 1995, John switched gears from writing to study psychology, and earned a degree as a clinical psychologist. His study, The Etiology of Sexual Addiction: Childhood Trauma as a Primary Determinant (1997), has broken new ground in the diagnosis and treatment of sexual addiction. For the past three years, John has been nominated for the prestigious Hugo Award, which is the Science Fiction Achievement Award, for his writing.