BayCon 2019 is extremely pleased that Brianna and Frank Wu will be joining us for the weekend as featured guests!
BayCon 2019 is extremely pleased to announce that featured guests Brianna and Frank Wu will join us for the weekend!
BRIANNA WU
Brianna is a Democratic candidate for the United States Congress in the Massachusetts 8th District. She is a computer programmer, cyber security expert, and small business owner with a proven track record of standing up for progressive values.
Brianna founded and runs her own independent technology firm in Dedham, Massachusetts. She also hosts several long-running podcasts on both tech and culture, including “Rocket” on Relay FM. Brianna came to national prominence when she and other women working in the tech industry were personally targeted by alt-right hate groups, including one spearheaded by Steve Bannon, ex-Chief Strategist to Donald Trump. Despite multitudes of threats on her life and her family, Brianna has never wavered as a voice for the marginalized, including women, people of color, and LGBT individuals. The story of her continuing fight for social and economic justice has been told and fictionalized in several media, including an episode of Law & Order SVU.
When getting away from politics and technology, she enjoys personally restoring and maintaining her classic car, racing her motorcycle, and watching the New York Yankees lose with her loving husband Frank.
FRANK WU
Frank Wu earned a Ph.D. in bacterial genetics from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then parlayed that degree into successful careers in biotech patent law and science fiction art and writing.
In the course of winning four Hugo Awards for his art, he often pointed out scientific errors in the stories he was illustrating. And in his own art, he painted dinosaurs playing guitar and giant space chickens, which are totally scientifically plausible. His art can be found in Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, Fantastic Stories, Chris Garcia’s Drink Tank and other venues, including his website.
More recently, he has embarked on a writing career, with three stories appearing in Analog, the top magazine for hard science fiction. One story, about a deep sea submersible in love, won the Analog award for Best Short Story.
Frank lives in Boston with his wonderful wife Brianna, a software engineer and progressive Democrat running for Congress, along with three little dogs that should know better.