Robert T. Jeschonek is an American writer. He writes fiction in a range of genres including fantasy, humor, mystery, science fiction, and superheroes.

Career

His novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist won first place in the Teen/Young Adult category of the 2012 Forward National Literature Awards.^[1] His science fiction thriller, Day 9, won first place in the Fiction: Cross-Genre category of the 2013 International Book Awards.^[2]

Jeschonek's credits include Star Trek fiction published by Pocket Books and Doctor Who fiction from Big Finish. Jeschonek's work appeared in three volumes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, winning the grand prize in Volume VI.^[3] He has been invited to write stories in Peter David's Star Trek: New Frontier universe.^[3] His story, "Oil and Water," appeared in Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits.

Jeschonek is based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Jeschonek was also part of the group that published Flood City Comics in the mid-1980s. Jeschonek edited four of the five issues and contributed stories including "Johnstown Man" (a local superhero) and "Chow World" (adventures on a planet of talking food).^[4]