Pam Bachorz (born 1973) is an author ofspeculative fiction from the United States.

Bachorz was born in 1973 inSalem, Massachusetts.

She has written two speculative fiction novels foryoung adults:Candor, published in 2009, andDrought, published in 2011.^[1]

Candor, set in thenear future, uses a trope common tohorror in speculative fiction, that of a small town "malevolently under some kind of mesmeric or unholy control".^[1] The novel's protagonist is Oscar Banks, the son of the town's founder and the operator of its system of indoctrination. Banks pretends to be a conformist, while covertly helping residents escape.^[2][3]Publishers Weekly described it as a compelling story while saying some aspects of the premise were "difficult to swallow".^[3]Wired praised Bachorz's ability to keep the plot moving and build suspense, but described the book as "not terribly deep".^[4]

Bachorz's second novel,Drought, is also set in a small and coercive community, which the protagonist seeks to escape.^[1]

• Candor (2009,EgmontUSA,ISBN 978-1-6068-4012-2)
• Drought (2011, EgmontUSA,ISBN 978-1-6068-4016-0)

• Author's website

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