My second series, Parallel Parks, is set in Regina and follows a group of graduate students who discover a parallel dimension at the heart of the city. Night Child, my debut novel, was shortlisted for the Sunburst Award, and the OSI series is optioned as a television project. The first is the Occult Special Investigator, which focuses on a paranormal detective working in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. I’ve written two fiction series with Ace/Penguin. I’ve also been writing on anxiety/sadness in medieval literature, and how Old English poetry can be therapeutic. Much of my recent work has focused on the history of sexuality, as well as diversity within the young-adult genre (particularly queerness and neurodiversity, since I’m on the spectrum). My research is often divided between historical analysis and genre studies, though there are connections between the two (i.e., discussing medievalism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or eighteenth-century sexualities in historical fiction for young adults.) I also teach hybrid creative writing classes that blend literary analysis with fiction and poetry workshops.

My SSHRC-funded PhD focused on medievalist fantasy literature, and I described it at parties as “my gay wizard dissertation.” I pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at CUNY, which resulted in the publication of Homofiles, an edited volume collecting the voices of LGBTQ2+ graduate students and their experiences in the classroom. He explores 'Farscape's' language and characters, including Moya, its creation of 'family and home', of masculinity and femininity, and the transformation of an all-American boy.I completed my undergraduate degree at a community college-a queer kid in a small town-and that experience was formative because I was able to learn from dedicated college instructors in diverse classrooms. It is this straddling of genres that makes the show so viewable to such a broad audience, of which almost half are women. Jes Battis proposes that 'Farscape' is as much about bodies, sex and gender, as it is about wormholes, space ships and interstellar warfare. This first proper analysis of the show, written by a scholar-fan, uncovers 'Farscape's' layers and those of the living spaceship Moya. With its dedicated fan-base, 'Farscape' seasons are still top-billing Sci-Fi DVDs. Of escaped prisoners.' During its fourth and - for the present - final season, 'Farscape' was the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated original series. This first proper analysis of the show, written by a scholar-fan, uncovers 'Farscape's' layers and those of the living.

Investigating Farscape by Jes Battis