PSFS Dec 2025 Meeting (in person) - Guest speaker Fran Wilde

Fri Dec 12 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-05:00

St. Mary's at Penn | Philadelphia

PSFS Dec 2025 Meeting (in person) - Guest speaker Fran Wilde
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The December 2025 meeting of PSFS will be held in person at Saint Mary's Church, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania (Hamilton Village) in Philadelphia. Street and garage parking are nearby, and the location is near SEPTA transit stops. PSFS meetings begin with club business, followed by the author or artist guest talk and Q&A.
The guest speaker for the December meeting is author Fran Wilde. Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde has (so far) published nine novels, a poetry collection, and over 70 short stories for adults, teens, and kids. Her stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, four Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years' best anthologies.
The Managing Editor for The Sunday Morning Transport, Fran teaches or has taught for schools including Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, and Tor.com. You can find her on Instagram, Bluesky, and at franwilde.net.
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