Stephen H. Segal is a Hugo Award-winning American editor, author, journalist and publication designer.

Editing career

Segal began his editorial career as a journalist at ''

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'' and WQED's ''

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''. In 2006, he joined the staff of the long-running fantasy magazine ''

Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, pri ...

'', and was named its editorial and creative director in early 2007 as part of an overall revamp of the publication. The April/May 2007 edition (issue #344) featured the magazine's first all-new design in almost 75 years; subsequently, under Segal's direction, ''Weird Tales'' published works by a wide range of strange-fiction authors including

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, Caitlín R. Kiernan,

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, and

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, as well as artwork by a younger generation of artists such as Molly Crabapple, Steven Archer, and Jason Levesque. In 2009, Segal and fiction editor

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won a Hugo Award for ''Weird Tales'', the first and only time in its 75-year history. Segal and VanderMeer were also nominated for a 2009

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for their work at the magazine, and were nominated again for Hugo Awards in 2010 and 2011. In 2010 Segal left the post of editorial and creative director to pursue book editing full-time; he remained ''Weird Tales senior contributing editor, while VanderMeer was elevated to editor-in-chief. As a freelance book editor and designer, Segal served as chief book-cover designer for the World Fantasy Award-winning publisher

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and the urban fantasy line Juno Books. He also contributes to the Interstitial Arts Foundation, where he was a board member from 2005 to 2010. In 2012, Segal was named editor in chief of the '' Philadelphia Weekly''. During his tenure (2012-2016) both he and the paper received numerous awards, including Best Overall Non-Daily Paper, Best Headline Writing and Best Tabloid Page Design by the Society of Professional Journalists; Best Staff Blog by the national

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; Best Headline Writing, Best News Presentation and General Excellence in Pennsylvania’s Newspaper of the Year Awards; and Best Special Project and the Distinguished Writing Award in the annual Keystone Press Awards. Segal is currently Managing Editor of Legacy.com.

Books

In 2011, Segal's book ''Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture'', written collaboratively with coauthors Zaki Hasan, N. K. Jemisin, Eric San Juan, and Genevieve Valentine, was published by

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. Released August 2011 This was followed in 2016 with ''Geek Parenting: What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys Teach Us about Raising a Family'', co-authored with Valya Dudycz Lupescu. Released April 2016 His latest book, ''Forking Good,'' co-authored with Valya Dudycz Lupescu. is scheduled for release Fall 2019

Personal life

A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, he currently resides in

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Works edited

*''Philadelphia Weekly'', 2012-2016 *''Geek Wisdom'', Released August 2011 *''

'' magazine, 2006-2009 *Co-editor, anthology, ''Weird Tales, 21st Century, Volume 1'' (2007) *Editor, ''Weird Tales'': 85th anniversary issue (2008) *Editor, ''Pittsburgh Magazine'': Golden Quill Award finalist (2005) *Editor, ''InPittsburgh Weekly'':

Keystone Press Award The Keystone Press Awards are a prominent series of awards presented by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association to Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the ...

finalist (2000)

Works designed

*''Weird Tales'': first redesign in 75 years (April 2007 issue) *''The Secret History of Moscow'' by ''Ekaterina Sedia'' *''The Alchemy of Stone'' by ''Ekaterina Sedia'' *''Myth-Chief'' by ''Robert Asprin'' *''Seeds of Change'' by ''John Joseph Adams'' *''Fantasy Magazine''

References

External links

Stephen H. Segal Official Website
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