{{short description|American editor, critic and publisher (born 1976)}} {{for|American sports fan|John Adams (drummer)}} {{Infobox writer |image = John Joseph Adams, ca 2006.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|31}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Editor, journalist, essayist |genre = Science fiction, fantasy |website = {{URL|johnjosephadams.com}} }} '''John Joseph Adams''' (born July 31, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy editor, critic, and publisher.
==Career== ===Editor=== thumb|Adams in 2009 Adams worked as Assistant Editor at ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' from May 2001 to December 2009. In January 2010 he left ''F&SF'' to edit ''Lightspeed Magazine'', an online science fiction magazine which launched June 1, 2010. In March 2011, he took charge of its sister magazine, ''Fantasy Magazine''. In June 2012, Adams and Creeping Hemlock Press successfully closed a $7,500 Kickstarter campaign<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnjosephadams/nightmare-magazine|title=Nightmare Magazine|author=John Joseph Adams|date=May 7, 2012|publisher=Kickstarter|access-date=December 22, 2013}}</ref> for funding ''Nightmare Magazine'', the first issue of which released October 2012. Originally the co-publisher and editor-in-chief, Adams now serves as publisher.
===Publisher=== In November 2011, Adams purchased ''Lightspeed'' and ''Fantasy Magazine'' from Sean Wallace of Prime Books.<ref>Locus Online. [http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/11/john-joseph-adams-buys-lightspeed-and-fantasy/ John Joseph Adams Buys Lightspeed and Fantasy] Nov. 2011.</ref> With the January 2012 issue, the first published under Adams's ownership, the content of both magazines was combined under the ''Lightspeed'' masthead, and ''Fantasy Magazine'' was discontinued as an entity.<ref>Locus Online. [http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/12/lightspeed-and-fantasy-merge/ Lightspeed and Fantasy Merge] Dec. 2011</ref> The ''Fantasy Magazine'' staff was also absorbed into ''Lightspeed''.
In 2015, Adams became the editor-at-large of John Joseph Adams Books in partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<ref>{{Cite web| title = John Joseph Adams to Launch New SFF Book Line for HMH| work = Tor.com| access-date = 2018-02-02| date = 2015-11-09| url = https://www.tor.com/2015/11/09/john-joseph-adams-books-houghton-mifflin-harcourt-sff/}}</ref>
===Podcaster=== {{Main|Geek's Guide to the Galaxy}} Since January 2010 Adams and science fiction author David Barr Kirtley have produced and hosted ''Geek's Guide to the Galaxy''.
==Accolades== His anthology ''The Living Dead'' was named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by ''Publishers Weekly''. He has been called "The reigning king of the anthology world" by Barnes & Noble.com, and in 2011 he was named one of "100+ Geeks to Follow on Twitter" by TechRepublic.
{| class=wikitable |- !Work!!Year & Award!!Category!!Result!!Ref. |- | rowspan=2|''Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse'' |2009 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2009 Locus Awards 2009] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- |2010 FantLab's Book of the Year Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} | |- |rowspan=2|''The Living Dead'' |2009 World Fantasy Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} | |- |2009 FantLab's Book of the Year Award |Anthology |{{Won}} | |- |rowspan=1|''The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' |2010 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref name=locus>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2010 Locus Awards 2010] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- | rowspan=1|''Federations'' |2010 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref name=locus/> |- |rowspan=2|''The Way of the Wizard'' |2011 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2011 Locus Awards 2011] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- |2011 World Fantasy Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} | |- |rowspan=10|''Lightspeed'' |2011 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2012 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2013 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2014 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2014 Hugo Award |Semiprozine |{{Won}} | |- |2015 Hugo Award |Semiprozine |{{Won}} | |- |2016 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2017 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2018 Hugo Award |Professional Editor (Short Form) |{{Nominated}} | |- |2015 British Fantasy Award |Magazine/Periodical |{{Nominated}} | |- |rowspan=2|''Epic: Legends of Fantasy'' |2013 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2013 Locus Awards 2013] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- |2013 World Fantasy Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} | |- |rowspan=1|''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016'' ''(with Karen Joy Fowler)'' |2017 World Fantasy Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} | |- |rowspan=1|''Cosmic Powers'' |2018 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2018 Locus Awards 2018] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- |rowspan=2|''A People's Future of the United States'' |2020 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |<ref>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2020 Locus Awards 2020] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- |2020 Ignyte Awards |Anthology/Collected Works |{{CFinalist}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-finalists/2020-results/|title=2020 Results|magazine=Fiyah Lit}}</ref> |- |rowspan=6|''Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror'' ''(with Jordan Peele)'' |2023 Bram Stoker Award |Anthology |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2023-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/|title=2024 Results|magazine=Locus Magazine}} Retrieved 12 April 2026</ref> <ref name=bramstokerawardlocusonline /> |- |2024 British Fantasy Award |Anthology |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://locusmag.com/2024/10/2024-british-fantasy-awards-winners/|title=2024 Results|magazine=Locus Magazine}} Retrieved 12 April 2026</ref> |- |2024 Locus Award |Anthology |{{Won}} |<ref>[https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2024 Locus Awards 2024] Retrieved February 15, 2026.</ref> |- |2024 World Fantasy Award |Anthology |{{Nominated}} |- |2024 Ignyte Awards |Anthology/Collected Works |{{CFinalist}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2024-results/|title=2024 Results|magazine=Fiyah Lit}}</ref> |- |2024 Kitschies |Inky Tentacle (Best Cover Art) |{{Won}} | |- |}
==Bibliography== {{Incomplete list|date=July 2022}}
===Short fiction=== ;Anthologies edited *''Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse'' (Night Shade Books, January 2008) *''Seeds of Change'' (Prime Books, August 2008) *''The Living Dead'' (Night Shade Books, September 2008) *''Federations'' (Prime Books, May 2009) *''By Blood We Live'' (Night Shade Books, August 2009) *''The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' (Night Shade Books, September 2009) *''The Living Dead 2'' (Night Shade Books, September 2010) *''The Way of the Wizard'' (Prime Books, November 2010) *''Lightspeed: Year One'' (Prime Books, November 2011) *''Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom'' (Simon & Schuster, February 2012) *''Armored'' (Baen Books, March 2012) *''Other Worlds Than These'' (Night Shade Books, July 2012) *''Epic: Legends of Fantasy ''(Tachyon Publications, November 2012). *''Brave New Worlds'' (Night Shade Books, 2nd edition December 2012) *''Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond'' (47North, February 2013) *''The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination'' (Tor Books, February 19, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upcoming4.me/media-news/book-news/item/10040-john-joseph-adams-mad-scientist-s-guide-to-world-domination-cover-art-and-release-date|title=John Joseph Adams: ''Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination'' Cover Art and Release Date! |website=Upcoming4.me|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=September 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625171817/http://upcoming4.me/media-news/book-news/item/10040-john-joseph-adams-mad-scientist-s-guide-to-world-domination-cover-art-and-release-date|archive-date=June 25, 2012}}</ref> *''Robot Uprisings'' (April 2014) (with Daniel H. Wilson) *''Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West'' (Titan Books, May 2014) *''Help Fund My Robot Army!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects'' (June 2014) *''The Apocalypse Triptych'' (2014 - 2015, with Hugh Howey) *''Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse'' (Titan Books, February 2015) *''Operation Arcana'' (Baen Books, March 2015) *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015'' (Mariner Books, 2015) (with Joe Hill)<ref name=bsf&fonline /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Short Fiction Spotlight: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015, edited by John Joseph Adams and Joe Hill |url=https://reactormag.com/short-fiction-spotlight-the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2015-edited-by-john-joseph-adams-and-joe-hill-part-1/ |website=Reactormag.com }} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction'' (2015) *''Press Start to Play'' (Vintage Books, August 2015) (with Daniel H. Wilson) *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016'' (Mariner Books, 2016) (with Karen Joy Fowler)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Growing an Anthology Series: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 |url=https://reactormag.com/book-reviews-the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2016-edited-by-john-joseph-adams-and-karen-joy-fowler/ |website=Reactormag.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''Cosmic Powers'' (Saga Press, April 2017) *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017'' (Mariner Books, 2017) (with Charles Yu)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2017 |website=Washington Independent Review }} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018'' (Mariner Books, 2018) (with N.K. Jemisin)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nk-jemisin/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2018/ |website=kirkusreviews.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''A People's Future of the United States'' (One World, February 2019) (with Victor LaValle) *''Wastelands: The New Apocalypse'' (Titan Books, June 2019) *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019'' (Mariner Books, 2019) (with Carmen Maria Machado)<ref name="bsf&fonline">{{cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=https://www.johnjosephadams.com/series/best-american-science-fiction-fantasy/ |website=John Joseph Adams |last1=Adams |first1=John Joseph |publisher=Mariner Books }} Retrieved 12 April 2026</ref> *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020'' (Mariner Books, 2020) (with Diana Gabaldon)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, Edited by Diana Gabaldon & John Joseph Adams |url=https://locusmag.com/review/gary-k-wolfe-reviews-the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2020-edited-by-diana-gabaldon-john-joseph-adams/ |first=Gary K |last=Wolfe |website=locusmag.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''The Dystopia Triptych'' (Broad Reach Publishing, 2020) (with Hugh Howey & Christie Yant) *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021'' (Mariner Books, 2021) (with Veronica Roth)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 Edited by Veronica Roth and John Joseph Adams |url=https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2021-edited-by-veronica-roth-and-john-joseph-adams/ |first=William |last=Shaw |website=strangehorizons.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022'' (Mariner Books, 2022) (with Rebecca Roanhorse)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2023/03/geeks-guide-best-sci-fi-2022/|title=Last Year's Sci-Fi Was More Genre-Bending Than Ever|first=Geek's Guide to the|last=Galaxy|magazine=Wired |date=March 10, 2023|via=www.wired.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 Edited by Rebecca Roanhorse and John Joseph Adams |url=https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2022-edited-by-rebecca-roanhorse/ |first=William |last=Shaw |website=strangehorizons.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms'' (Grim Oak Press, March 2022) *''Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror'' (Random House, October 2023) (with Jordan Peele)<ref name="bramstokerawardlocusonline">{{cite web |title=2023 Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/06/2023-stoker-awards-winners/ |website=Locus Magazine }} Retrieved 12 April 2026</ref> *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023'' (Mariner Books, 2023) (with R.F. Kuang)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-years-best-is-dead-long-live-the-years-best-on-the-2023-theodore-sturgeon-memorial-award-finalists|title=The Year's Best Is Dead, Long Live the Year's Best: On the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists|date=September 21, 2023|website=Los Angeles Review of Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023, Edited by R.F. Kuang & John Joseph Adams |url=https://locusmag.com/review/gary-k-wolfe-reviews-the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2023-by-r-f-kuang-john-joseph-adams-eds/ |first=Gary |last=Wolfe |website=locusmag.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024'' (Mariner Books, 2024) (with Hugh Howey)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 by Hugh Howey & John Joseph Adams |url=https://locusmag.com/review/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2024-by-hugh-howey-john-joseph-adams-eds-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/ |first=Gary K |last=Wolfe |website=locusmag.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 |url=https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2024-hugh-howey-edits-the-newest-entry-in-the-renowned-and-popular-story-series-perfect-for-fall-2024-best-ameican-science-fiction-and-fantasy/ |website=manhattanbookreview.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025'' (Mariner Books, 2025) (with Nnedi Okorafor)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=https://www.johnjosephadams.com/series/best-american-science-fiction-fantasy/ |website=John Joseph Adams |publisher=Mariner Books }} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 by Nnedi Okorafor and John Joseph Adams |url=https://locusmag.com/review/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2025-edited-by-nnedi-okorafor-john-joseph-adams-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/ |first=Gary |last=Wolfe |website=locusmag.com}} Retrieved 2026-05-10.</ref> *''Robot Wizard Zombie Crit! Stories: Volume One'' (Adamant Press, 2025) *''The Time Traveler’s Passport'' (Amazon Original Stories, November 2025)<ref>[https://www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/the-time-travelers-passport/ The Time Traveler’s Passport] Retrieved March 12, 2026.</ref>
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===Critical studies and reviews of Adams' work=== ;''Press Start to play'' *{{cite journal|author=Sakers, Don|author-link=Don Sakers|date=October 2015|title=The Reference Library|journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact|volume=135|issue=10|pages=105–108}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.johnjosephadams.com John Joseph Adams: Official Site] *{{isfdb name|id=John_Joseph_Adams|name=John Joseph Adams}}
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