Fanthropologist and pop culture scholar, J. M. Frey has appeared on podcasts, television programs and documentaries, discussing all things geeky through the lens of academia.  She was the host of  the host of the special-run podcast “GeekU” at HardcoreNerdity.com. She holds a BA in Dramatic Literature and an MA in Communications Culture, specializes in fancrafting and author avatars in modern online fiction, and has presented academic papers at several international conferences.

Based in vibrant Toronto, Canada, J.M. studied writing with Colin Taylor and Daniel David Moses, David Fancy, Robert Alexander, and had the extreme honour of presenting the Joe Shuster Award for Excellence in Canadian Comic Book Creators for Best Writer in 2009 and the Constellation Award for Best Writing for Canadian Film and Television in 2010.

Triptych, Coming in 2011

In the near future, human kind has mastered the arts of peace, tolerance, and acceptance.

At least, that’s what we claim.

But when a single ship of alien survivors fleeing the destruction of a strange and distant planet suddenly appears in the night sky and its battered and hurting inhabitants ask for help, the people of Earth and their self-proclaimed tolerance are tested.

Read the short story that inspired the book: (Back)
(Silverthought Press, March 2008)