Dan Koboldt has worked as a research scientist for 14 years.
Currently, he is a Principal Investigator for Nationwide Children’s
Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for The Ohio
State University. He and his colleagues use next-generation DNA
sequencing technologies to uncover the genetic basis of birth
defects and rare pediatric disorders. He has co-authored more than
seventy publications in Nature, Cell, The New England Journal of
Medicine, and other scientific journals. He is a member of the
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and routinely presents
his research at international conferences.
Dan is also a science fiction and fantasy author. His debut novel,
The Rogue Retrieval, was published by Harper Voyager in January
2016, with a sequel due out in April 2017. He is a member of the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), the World
Fantasy Convention, the World Science Fiction Convention, and the
Codex Writers group.
Dan is also well known in the community of aspiring and emerging
authors through pitching contests. He is the founder of #SFFpit, a
twice-annual Twitter pitching event in which authors seeking
representation and publication pitch their completed manuscripts to
literary agents and small-press editors under the #SFFpit hashtag.
The most recent event drew 550 participating SF/F authors and more
than 30 literary agents and editors who specialize in SF/F.
Dan also volunteers as a mentor for the Pitch Wars contest, an
annual event in which agented authors serve as mentors to writers
who are seeking representation. Pitch Wars drew 1,600 applicants in
2016 and resulted in more than 50 offers of representation.
Although it’s open to all fiction categories, fantasy and science
fiction were the most and third-most popular genres, respectively.
Both Pitch Wars and #SFFpit have increased Dan’s visibility in the
SF/F writing community, particularly among the aspiring authors who
represent this book’s core audience.
"This book is a collection of blog posts by Dan Koboldt, who has
been feeding writers excellent scientific information for a long
time... Every writer should have a copy on his or her bookshelf."
--Seattle Book Review, 5-star review
"Koboldt has gathered experts in medicine, genetics, neurology,
zoology, technology, and astronomy to correct the inaccurate
depictions of science that often occur in fiction...The entries are
brief, knowledgeable, and highly entertaining, like hearing an
exasperated friend rant about his or her area of expertise."
--Booklist
"This book is a must-have for authors and aspiring authors."
--Sequential Tart, 9/10 rating
"This book is a natural choice for writers of medical dramas and
science fiction, but even writers of historical fiction will find
important advice within its pages. Putting the Science in Fiction
is definitely a resource every writer should have in their
toolbox." --Girl Who Reads
"This is a really good book with essays penned by an eclectic range
of authors on a broad range of subjects...as a resource I will be
referring to it for a long time to come." --Crime Novel Reader
"The basic information is here as jumping off points, some delve
into much more detail, and many offer up other resources to dig
into the topics more deeply...a useful, well-written resource. And
for those with less familiarity with some of the topics, that would
be only more true. Recommended." --Fantasy Literature
"This book is a brilliant resource, both for writers and for those
with a more general interest in science. The authors are hugely
knowledgeable and enthusiastic about their subjects, and there’s so
much in here to teach you and provide inspiration for writing and
further learning." --Books at the End of the Alphabet
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