Toni Weisskopf
(December 12, 1965 –)
Toni Weisskopf (also known as T. K. F. Weisskopf, born Antonia Katherine Flora Weisskopf) is a Southern fan, SF editor and the publisher of Baen Books.
Active in fandom since her teens, she published the fanzine, Yngvi Is a Louse! and Other Graffitos, was OE of SFPA, a member of FHAPA, was one of the founding members of Con*Stellation, and co-chaired DeepSouthCon 50 in 2012. She was a charter member of the North Alabama Science Fiction Association and a member of the Oberlin College SF Society and the Southern Fandom Confederation. She was one of Bob Tucker’s honorary “granddaughters”; real soon now, she’s going to publish his biography, with a lot of material he left her.
She was employed by Baen Books beginning in the 1980s, where she served as executive editor up until the death of founder Jim Baen in 2006, at which point she took over as publisher. She edited a number of anthologies (as by T. K. F. Weisskopf), implemented a groundbreaking e-publishing program and established the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, and the Baen Best Military SF & Adventure SF Reader’s Choice Award.
She was invited to be Editor GoH at Discon III in 2021; however, due to a controversy about the user content of Baen Books’ online fora, the concom disinvited her, the first time such a thing happened in Worldcon history. Weisskopf was also announced as editor GoH of Orycon 42 and then removed with no reason publicized when Covid-19 forced the postponement from 2020 to 2021.
She is an alumna of Oberlin College, from which she graduated in 1987. She had a relationship and a child with Jim Baen and later married Hank Reinhardt.
- fanac.org YouTube video: Anecdotal History of Southern Fandom
- Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook
- Yngvi Is a Louse! and Other Graffitos
- Toni Weisskopf (for SFPA)
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1991 -- Con*Stellation X: Draco
- 1994 -- Phoenix Award, Artcon V, Rubble Award
- 1997 -- Archon 21, Concave 18
- 1999 -- DeepSouthCon 37
- 2000 -- Rebel Award
- 2001 -- ArmadilloCon 23
- 2003 -- OryCon 25
- 2005 -- CascadiaCon, Archon 29
- 2006 -- Astronomicon 2006
- 2007 -- WindyCon 34, Gaylaxicon 2007, Tucker Award: Pro of the Year
- 2008 -- DeepSouthCon 46
- 2009 -- LibertyCon 22, Hank Reinhardt Fan Award
- 2010 -- ReConStruction, ConQuesT 41
- 2011 -- Chattacon XXXVI
- 2012 -- Boskone 49
- 2013 -- MidSouthCon 32, 2013 Best Editor, Long Form Hugo nominee
- 2014 -- ConGregate 1, 2014 Best Editor, Long Form Hugo nominee
- 2015 -- Life, the Universe, & Everything 33, Fleur de Fan (Pro), Neffy Award
- 2016 -- 2016 Best Editor, Long Form Hugo nominee
- 2017 -- ConGregate 4, Con*Stellation XXXV, Solstice Award, MC at LibertyCon 30
- 2019 -- Best Book Editor Neffy Award
- 2021 --
Discon III, Orycon 42
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