20 Facts About PJ Haarsma

PJ Haarsma is the founder and CEO of Redbear Films, a production company that focuses on advertisements.

PJ Haarsma developed a school presentation program in which he discusses The Softwire books, astronomy, and other science fiction and science fact topics.

PJ Haarsma is one of the co-founders of Kids Need to Read, a United States Internal Revenue Code 501 tax exempt public charity that purchases books to donate to underfunded schools and libraries.

Philip-Jon PJ Haarsma was born on June 5,1964, in Georgetown, Ontario.

PJ Haarsma received many photography awards, including an honorable mention at the Cannes Lion Awards in 1996.

PJ Haarsma owns a production company called Redbear Films, Inc The company produced one movie, and a digital series called Con Man starring Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion and several corporate ads for clients such as Hewlett-Packard and Nokia.

PJ Haarsma is the producer and show-runner of the SyFy series, Con Man created by Alan Tudyk and co-produced by Nathan Fillion.

PJ Haarsma set up the Con Man series at Lionsgate with executive, Seth Laderman.

PJ Haarsma crowdfunded the first series of Con Man, setting records through Indiegogo.

PJ Haarsma produced the first season with a 23-day shooting schedule.

At the age of 38, PJ Haarsma was not satisfied with his professional life.

PJ Haarsma chose to give The Softwire a sci-fi setting due to a love of science fiction, and to target a young adult audience with his novels so that children could discover and learn to enjoy the genre.

The Softwire is actually a story that PJ Haarsma began imagining in his childhood.

PJ Haarsma tried to imagine what caused them to risk everything, and to move to another country, and to have a chance at something better.

PJ Haarsma's novels are accompanied by a free, online, role-playing game called Rings of Orbis which acts as a visual companion to the books and is set in the same universe.

PJ Haarsma remains on the KNTR Advisory Board as founder and consultant for literacy-based activities.

PJ Haarsma takes part in school visits to promote his book and encourage imagination and reading in the school children.

PJ Haarsma's presentation lasts fifty minutes, and discussions center around space travel, exploration, The Rings of Orbis universe, and other interactive topics, thus allowing for questions from the students at the conclusion.

PJ Haarsma visited my school and made my imagination soar.

PJ Haarsma has received many stories of previously reluctant readers being observed reading The Softwire books during school recess.