Glen Weldon
Career[edit]
Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts Desk and is a panelist on the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour with Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris.[2]
In his work, Weldon often draws on his life experience as a gay man[3] and a self-described "nerd".[4] In addition to shorter fiction work appearing in anthologies and publications, he is the author of two non-fiction pop culture histories about comic book superheroes and nerd culture.[2] Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, published in 2013, chronicled the history of Superman and his role as an iconic American figure.[5][6] 2016's The Caped Crusade covered Batman's relevance through decades of popular culture.[7][8][9]
Weldon has earned an Arts Journalism Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for Fiction, a Ragdale Writing Fellowship, and an Amtrak Writers' Residency.[3][2]
Personal life[edit]
Weldon grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania.[10] He attended Southampton College and graduated with a degree in marine biology.[11] On his NPR bio page, it is stated that he was "a completely inept marine biologist and a slightly better-ept competitive swimmer."[12]