Matt Leger
(1963 – )
Matthew Gerard Leger, known as Matt G. Leger, is a Southern filk fan, performer and composer and a longtime illustrator for conventions and fan clubs. He is the publisher of three booklets of his filksongs and drawings.
Leger entered SF/F fandom in 1977 by attending Vul-Con V in New Orleans, LA. He began composing filk parodies and original songs in 1981 while attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. In 1982, he began self-publishing a series of three annual fanzines of his work, titled Matt G. Leger's Demented, Deranged & Degenerate Filksongs.
In 1979, Leger held his first convention staff position as Staff Artist/Gofer for AcadianaCon I in Lafayette, LA. Since then he has produced artwork for a number of clubs and conventions, including the New Orleans Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival in 1988, where he was Fan Guest of Honor; The LSU Science Fiction & Fantasy Association, which he founded and led as inaugural President from 1982–85; Nolacon II in New Orleans in 1988, where he was Con Suite Quartermaster; staff artist for the Floating Northeast Filk Convention, variously held as Conterpoint, Concerto and ConCertino in the late 1980s and early 1990s; and head of filk programming for Philcon in 2002.
He has also performed concerts at conventions of various sizes and types since the mid-1990s and been included in compilations on CD and tape from some of the conventions, as well as designing and illustrating their packaging.
Personal Life[edit]
Leger was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, in 1963, and resides in Atlanta, GA, with his wife Mary Mulholland. The two of them have frequently performed together in concert since 2002. He is a professional graphic designer, writer and illustrator.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1988 — New Orleans Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival Fan GoH
- 2005 — Pegasus Award
- 2011 — GAFilk 13 Toastmaster
- 2014 — Conjecture 2014 / ConChord 26 Interfilk co-GoH with Mary Mulholland
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