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Biography
Geoffrey D. Falksen (born July 31, 1982), is an American steampunk writer.
Early life
Falksen attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York from 2001 to 2005, Albertus Magnus College and Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Career
In 2008, Falksen's steampunk work began to grow in popularity. His work includes several short stories set in his "Cities of Ether" setting, as well as the adventure stories "An Unfortunate Engagement" and "The Mask of Tezcatlipoca," featured in Steampunk Tales; His work has also appeared in the Footprints and Steampunk Reloaded anthologies. His debut novel, Blood in the Skies, was published by Wildside Press in July 2011; it is the first in a planned series entitled The Hellfire Chronicles, and is accompanied by a concurrently released soundtrack consisting of music from various steampunk artists.
He writes a blog for science fiction website Tor.com on various topics including reviews, social issues, and current events. He has also written essays for the programs of several Steampunk-themed events, including the Steampunk Art Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford and the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition.
Magazine dubbed him "America's authority on the movement" in one of their discussions of Steampunk, Marie Claire Italy described him as "a specialist in this field," and Papermag has called him "the unofficial face of Steampunk." His opinions on the genre are frequently quoted in discussions of steampunk in a variety of publications such as CRN, Bizarre Mag, and local-interest sites.