PJ Manney
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| Born | September 29, 1964 Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, screenwriter |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
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Patricia J. Manney (born September 29, 1964) is an American writer and speaker on humanist and futurist topics. She is the author of (R)EVOLUTION, a near-future techno thriller, which Publishers Weekly called "intriguing" and described it as being written with "poignancy and sensitivity".[1]
Career
Manney started her career in the motion picture publicity office of Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures.[2] From there she moved into story development, serving as vice president, production and development of Adelson-Baumgarten Productions, who were behind such films as Hook (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), and It Could Happen to You (1994).[citation needed]
Credited as Patricia Manney, she wrote for the TV shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.[2]
Manney has been involved for many years in the research and presentation of futurist and humanist topics. She is a former chairperson of Humanity+, helping rebrand the organization, launch H+ Magazine and organize Convergence ’08, the first multi-organization conference on futurist topics. She authored "Why I Believe in Participating in the H+ Future" and "Empathy in the Time of Technology: How Storytelling is the Key to Empathy" (2008),[3] an early academic work on the neuropsychology of empathy and future media.
She is on the Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation[4] and the Board of Directors of The World Transformed.[5]
Manney has presented her ideas to numerous groups including the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America,[6] NASA–JPL, The Humanity+ Summit[7] and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and is a frequent guest on podcasts including FastForward Radio[8] and The World Transformed.[9]
She has written for and appeared in numerous online and print publications including The Journal of Evolution and Technology,[10] Sentient Developments,[11] and Popular Mechanics.[12]
Personal life
Manney is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She lives with her husband and two children in Malibu, California.[2]
Bibliography
- —— (2015). (R)EVOLUTION. 47North. ISBN 978-1477828496.
- —— (2017). (ID)ENTITY. 47North. ISBN 978-1503948495.
- —— (2021). (CON)SCIENCE. 47North. ISBN 978-1503948501.
References
- ^ "Fiction Book Review : (R)Evolution". Publishers Weekly Review. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "P. J. Manney". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (Collection). Gale. 2016. ISBN 9780787639952. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Manney, Pj (2008). "Empathy in the Time of Technology: How Storytelling is the Key to Empathy". Journal of Evolution and Technology.
- ^ "Lifeboat Foundation Bios: PJ Manney". Lifeboat Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "P. J. Manney". The World Transformed. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.dga.org/Events/2013/01-January-2013/ADUPWestNextBigThingSeminar.aspxl [dead link]
- ^ "PJ Manney - YOUR Story Will Create the Future". YouTube. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Bowermaster, Phil (6 October 2009). "FastForward Radio with George Dvorsky and PJ Manney". The Speculist. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Is Technology Just Using Us? (With PJ Manney)". Blog Talk Radio. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Manney, PJ (September 2008). "Empathy in the Time of Technology: How Storytelling is the Key to Empathy". Journal of Evolution and Technology. 19 (1): 51–61.
- ^ Dvorsky, George (16 November 2008). "Convergence08: PJ Manney on empathy and technology". Sentient Development. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Brandon, John (3 April 2015). "We Ask 7 Sci-Fi Authors to Write Blade Runner 2". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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