PJ Manney

PJ Manney
Born (1964-09-29) September 29, 1964
Sleepy Hollow, New York, US
Occupation Author, screenwriter
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Notable works (R)EVOLUTION
Website
www.pjmanney.com

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. 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, Universal Soldier, and It Could Happen to You.

Credited as Patricia Manney, she wrote for the critically acclaimed hit TV shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.[2] She also co-founded Uncharted Entertainment with her husband, producer Eric Gruendemann, writing and/or creating many pilot scripts for television networks, including CBS, FOX, UPN, Discovery, ABC Family and Comedy Central.

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," an early academic work on the neuropsychology of empathy and future media.

She is on the Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation [3] as well as the Board of Directors of The World Transformed.[4]

Manney has presented her ideas to numerous groups including the Producers and Directors Guilds of America,[5] NASA-JPL, The Humanity+ Summit[6] and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and is a frequent guest on podcasts including FastForward Radio[7] and The World Transformed.[8]

She has written for and appeared in numerous online and print publications including The Journal of Evolution and Technology,[9] Sentient Developments,[10] and Popular Mechanics.[11]

Personal life

Manney is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles, California.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Fiction Book Review : (R)Evolution". Publishers Weekly Review. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fascinating info on X:WP/H:TLJ writer Patricia Manney (ITADITH)". Xena online community. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lifeboat Foundation Bios: PJ Manney". Lifeboat Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "P. J. Manney". The World Transformed. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.dga.org/Events/2013/01-January-2013/ADUPWestNextBigThingSeminar.aspxl
  6. ↑ "PJ Manney - YOUR Story Will Create the Future". YouTube. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Bowermaster, Phil (6 October 2009). "FastForward Radio with George Dvorsky and PJ Manney". The Speculist. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Is Technology Just Using Us? (With PJ Manney)". Blog Talk Radio. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Dvorsky, George (16 November 2008). "Convergence08: PJ Manney on empathy and technology". Sentient Development. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ↑ 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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