Richard KeslerWest

Member Since:	10/11/2013
Location:	Huntington Beach, CA, USA
Preferred e-Readers:	iPhone,Mac
Preferred Genres:	Comic Fantasy, High / Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Slipstream / Interstices, Traditional Fantasy, Noir / Hard-Boiled, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Comedic fiction, Historical fiction, Literary fiction, Women's Fiction, Alternate History, Cyberpunk, Hard Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Postapocalyptic/Dystopian, Romantic Science Fiction, Soft Science Fiction, Steampunk, Environmental Thriller, Espionage, Historical Thriller, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Historical, Young Adult Science Fiction / Dystopian, Young Adult Steampunk

Short Bio:

Have been going from temp to temp since the recession. Can we have a recess from the recession? Began writing poems and stories in childhood ("This shirt /was not hurt / by dirt") but gave that up after high school. Have since returned to poetry and fiction now that I think I know a little bit more about them (don't ask me what that is, though).

About Richard KeslerWest's Reading & Writing

Lately have read China Miéville's Embassytown, Herodotus' The Persian Wars, Tracy Chevalier's Girl With a Pearl Earring, working on Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies. Mostly read science fiction & fantasy, but more interested in the human response to scientific or magical or supernatural issues.