Sheldon Teitelbaum Sheli Teitelbaum | Journalist, editor, critic and anthologist Penticton, British Columbia | Sheldag55@gmail.com | sheliteitelbaum.com
Curriculum Vitae Professional Experience Senior Editor, BC BookWorld | August 2026–present Reviews, author interviews and profiles covering British Columbia’s writers, books and publishers, based in Penticton. Science Writer, Science Applications International Corporation | 1997–2001 Science writing for SAIC, a U.S. Department of Energy subcontractor on the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository site characterization project. Senior Writer, The Jerusalem Report Reporting and features on Israeli affairs, Jewish life, science, literature, film and culture. Senior Science Writer, University of Southern California Science reporting and profiles for USC Transcript and Trojan Family, covering research, faculty and university life. Los Angeles Bureau Chief, Cinefantastique Approximately two decades of film and television reporting, criticism and interviews for the science-fiction, fantasy and horror magazine. Staff Science Writer, Weizmann Institute of Science Science writing on the institute’s research and researchers. Science Fiction and Horror Columnist, The Jerusalem Post | 1979–1985 Regular coverage of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Editorial Board Member, Fantasia 2000 Editorial work for the Israeli science-fiction magazine.
Selected Journalism Reporting, essays, interviews and criticism in Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Wired, TIME Digital, Montreal Gazette, Jewish Journal, Hadassah, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere and The Jerusalem Report. Subjects include science and technology, literature, film and television, Israeli and Jewish affairs, and Canadian cultural life.
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Books and Scholarly Contributions More Zion’s Fiction (2021). Co-editor with Emanuel Lottem. Zion’s Fiction (2018). Co-editor with Emanuel Lottem. Also published in German and Japanese editions. What Is “Israeli” about Israeli Speculative Fiction? (2026). Co-author with Emanuel Lottem; chapter in Israeli Speculative Fiction: Beyond Is/real.
Reference Work and Literary Criticism The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Contributor to the Israel entry. Encyclopaedia Judaica, second edition. Contributions on Jewish science fiction and fantasy, Los Angeles and Nevada. Essays and criticism in Foundation, Science Fiction Eye, Mosaic and World Literature Today.
Work in Progress The Elephant in the Airlock: Israeli Speculative Fiction Before & After Oct. 7. Anthology in preparation.
Awards and Honors Three Simon Rockower Awards, American Jewish Press Association: second place for arts and criticism in Hadassah (5750); third place for arts coverage in Hadassah (5749); and second place for news reporting in Jewish Journal (2002). Northern Lights Award, 1998. Second prize for Independent Journalism for The Call of the Wired, published in Wired. Kurd Laßwitz Special Prize, 2023, presented in 2024. Awarded to the Hirnkost publishing team for the German edition of Zion’s Fiction, co-edited with Emanuel Lottem. Honorary Trekspert certificate, The Inglorious Treksperts.
Education BA in History, Concordia University, Montreal. Specialization in Modern Chinese history; honours essay on SinoIsraeli relations. Additional science-fiction studies with David Ketterer at Concordia University, Darko Suvin at McGill University and Robert Philmus at Dawson College.
Military Service Israel Defense Forces, 1978–1983. Staff postings with the Infantry and Paratroops Command. Covered the 1982 Lebanon War as an officer and journalist.
Literary Representation Eddie Schneider, JABberwocky Literary Agency | eddie@awfulagent.com
References I Don’t Need No Stinking References!
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