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Edward E. Kramer was born on March 20, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American editor and author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works, and co-founded the Dragon*Con fan convention in Atlanta. As of 1979, he lives near Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Biography

Edward E. Kramer is the editor of ROC Books' Dark Love and Grails anthologies, HarperPrism's The Sandman: Book of Dreams (with Neil Gaiman), Random House's The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams (with James O'Barr), Tor Books' Free Space, Avon Books' Forbidden Acts, White Wolf's Elric: Tales of the White Wolf and Pawn of Chaos: Tales of the Eternal Champion (based on the works and characters of Michael Moorcock), Dante's Disciples, Tombs, the Dark Destiny trilogy, and Bereshith Publishing's Strange Attraction: Turns of the Midnight Carnival Wheel, with many additional works both in print and in progress.

A member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and Horror Writers Association (serving as both Vice-President and Trustee), his credits also include over a dozen published works of short fiction, and a decade of work as a music critic and photojournalist. He has also co-written and directed the digital feature Terror at Tate Manor, which debuted as a direct-to-Internet film.

His literary works have been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, and is the recipient of the first Prometheus Special Award presented by the Libertarian Futurist Society with co-editor Brad Linaweaver for Free Space.

In 1987, he founded Dragon Con, North America's largest convention dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, comics, gaming and the popular arts. He served as its chairman for fourteen years and oversaw its growth from 1,400 attendance in its inaugural year to over 20,000 in 2000.

He has also chaired the 1990 Atlanta Origins convention, the 1992 Georgia World Fantasy Convention and the Nebula Awards Weekend, and both the Atlanta World Horror Convention and the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 1995. In 1999, he hosted the Atlanta World Horror Convention and Los Angeles's Bram Stoker Award Weekend.

Criminal Allegations & Civil Rights Actions

In 2000, he was arrested for an alleged domestic incident following an anonymous phone call; soon afterwards Kramer was charged with aggravated child molestation. The alleged victims are two brothers, ages 13 and 15 at the time of the arrest. The case remains unresolved, and he lives under house arrest at his home in Duluth while awaiting trial.

A Federal Civil Rights Action was filed against the local county by Kramer in 2001; in 2005, a petition was being written by attorney Robert A. Hirschfeld for the U.S. Supreme Court.[1]. His Atlanta trial has been rescheduled for 2006.

Disambiguation

There is a different "Ed Kramer" who is an animator and visual effects specialist for various films such as Clear and Present Danger. [2]

References

Ed Kramer's personal web site
Terror at Tate Manor official web site
Dragon*Con biography
"The wizard of Dragon*Con stands trial", January 30, 2002
"Ed Kramer trial put off again", May 22, 2002
'DragonCon' Sex Trial Delayed -- Again", November 3, 2003
Atlanta Jewish Life, October 2004, "Truth, Justice, and Ed Kramer"
Associated Press, 2004, "Trial for DragonCon founder delayed"

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 ==Criminal Allegations & Civil Rights Actions==
-In 2000, he was arrested for an alleged domestic incident following an [[anonymous]] phone call; Kramer is charged with aggravated child molestation. The alleged victims are two brothers, ages 13 and 15 at the time of the arrest. The case remains unresolved, and he lives under [[house arrest]] at his home in [[Duluth]] while awaiting trial.
+In 2000, he was arrested for an alleged domestic incident following an [[anonymous]] phone call; soon afterwards Kramer was charged with aggravated child molestation. The alleged victims are two brothers, ages 13 and 15 at the time of the arrest. The case remains unresolved, and he lives under [[house arrest]] at his home in [[Duluth]] while awaiting trial.
 A Federal [[Civil Rights]] Action was filed against the local county by Kramer in 2001; in 2005, a petition was being written by attorney [[Robert A. Hirschfeld]] for the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].[http://www.legalspring.com/articles/trial-misc-legal/20050520/420_US-Supreme-Court-Pet.html]. His Atlanta trial has been rescheduled for 2006.