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Samuel Peralta

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Samuel Peralta

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Full Name: Samuel Peralta
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Occupation: physicist, author
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Biography

Samuel Peralta is a physicist and storyteller.

He is the creator and series editor of the acclaimed Future Chronicles series of speculative fiction anthologies, with every title rising, in turn, to the top of the bestseller lists.

Samuel was recognized as a Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy notable author for his work, Hereafter. He has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, including Lightspeed, Existere, OCHO, Seedpod, Undercurrents, and Fictionaut.

?His literary work has been spotlighted in Best American Poetry, and recognized with numerous awards, including from the BBC, the UK Poetry Society, the Palanca Awards Foundation, Twitter, and in shortlists for the League of Canadian Poets, the Elgin Award, Goodreads Best Small Press Books, and the ARC Poem of the Year.

Samuel's passion in digital publishing parallels a drive in technological and business innovation. Among other things, he won a New Technology Award for a laser inspection system for detecting flaws in nuclear reactor cores, and his work in e-book software won an Innovative Technology Achievement Award from the Digital Literature Institute.

A Ph.D. in physics and a successful technology executive, he serves on several Boards of Directors, having co-founded or had leadership roles in several companies. A semiconductor firm he co-founded was named to the Toronto Stock Exchange's TSX Venture Top 50, and to Canadian Business Magazine's Top Tech 100.

?Samuel has also supported and helped produce over a hundred independent films, including The Fencer, which earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (2014)