| The New Voices of Fantasy Contributor(s): Beagle, Peter S. (Editor), Fisher, Eugene (Author), Bolander, Brooke (Author) |
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ISBN: 1616962577 ISBN-13: 9781616962579 Publisher: Tachyon Publications OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Promotion at major trade and genre conventions, including BEA, Readercon, the International Convention for the Fantastic in the Arts, and the World Fantasy Convention Features, interviews, and reviews targeting venues including the Washington Post, NPR, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Locus, and the San Francisco Chronicle Northern California and national editor and author tour dates TBD Planned galley distribution and book giveaways to include NetGalley, Goodreads, Edelweiss, Tor.com, and additional online outlets |
Contributor Bio(s): Beagle, Peter S.: - Peter Soyer Beagle is the internationally bestselling and much-beloved author of numerous classic fantasy novels and collections, including The Last Unicorn, Tamsin, The Line Between, Summerlong, and In Calabria. He is the editor of The Secret History of Fantasy and the co-editor of The Urban Fantasy Anthology. Beagle has written widely for both stage and screen, including the screenplay adaptations for The Last Unicorn and the animated film of The Lord of the Rings and the acclaimed "Sarek" episode of Star Trek. As one of the fantasy genre's most-lauded authors, Beagle is the recipient of the Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, and Locus awards, as well as the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. He has also been honored with the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Inkpot Award from Comic-Con. Beagle lives in Richmond, California, where he is working on too many projects to even begin to name.Fisher, Eugene: - Eugene Fischerstudied physics at Trinity University. He is a graduate of both the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Clarion Writers' Workshop in San Diego. His writing has appeared in Asimov's and Strange Horizons. His novella, "The New Mother" won the James Tiptree Award in 2016 and was also nominated for the Nebula and Sturgeon Awards. As an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa, he created an undergraduate course on Writing and Reading Science Fiction. He lives in Austin, Texas where he helped create a science fiction writing summer camp for children.Bolander, Brooke: - Brooke Bolander is a short story writer who admits she "writes weird things of indeterminate genre." She is a self-professed admirer of Peter S. Beagle, and her stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and the anthology Aliens: Recent Encounters. She lives in Brooklyn.Headley, Maria Dahvana: - Writer, editor, playwright, and New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley writes YA and adult fiction. She co-edited the anthology Unnatural Creatures with Neil Gaiman. She is also the author of Magonia, Aerie: A Magonia Novel and Queen of Kings. Headley has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Nebula awards. She lives in Brooklyn.Loory, Ben: - A converted screenwriter, Ben Loory has published a collection of short stories, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and a children's book, The Baseball Player and the Walrus. He has an MFA in screenwriting and teaches at UCLA Extension. Loory has also appeared on This American Life. He lives in Los Angeles.Machado, Carmen Maria: - Carmen Maria Machado has been published in numerous outlets Shimmer, The New Yorker, Granta, and The Paris Review and her stories have been in four best of the year anthologies. She has been awarded several writing fellowships and has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson, Nebula, and Calvino awards. Machado's first collection Her Body and Other Parties will be out in 2017. She lives in Philadelphia.Malik, Usman T.: - Bram Stoker winner and Nebula nominated author Usman T. Malik is a Pakastani writer of speculative fiction. He has been published in Nightmares, Black Static, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, as well as in at least four best of the year anthologies. Malik led Pakistan's first speculative fiction writing workshop in Lahore. He lives in Clermont, Florida.Rajaniemi, Hannu: - Hannu Rajaniemi is the author of The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel, and Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction. His works have received Finland's top science fiction honor, the Tahtivaeltaja Award, as well as the Locus and Campbell awards in the United States. He lives in ever-changing international locations.Sachs, Adam Ehrlich: - Adam Ehrlich Sachs studied atmospheric science at Harvard, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, Harper's, and he has written nonfiction for Publishers Weekly, Paris Review Daily, and LitHub. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.Samatar, Sofia: - World Fantasy award winner Sofia Samatar is an Somali-American writer, poet, and professor. Her short stories and first novel, A Stranger in Olondria, have garnered numerous accolades and awards. Samatar teaches at James Madison University and edits the poetry journal, Interfictions: A Journal of Interstitial Arts. She lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia.Sandoval, Kelly: - Kelly Sandoval's work has appeared in Shimmer, Asimov's, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Shattered Prism, and Grimdark Magazine, and The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Sandoval graduated from the Clarion West writers workshop in 2013. She lives in Seattle.Weisman, Jacob: - Jacob Weisman (editor) is the publisher at Tachyon Publications, which he founded in 1995. He is a three-time World Fantasy Award nominee and is the series editor of Tachyon's critically-acclaimed, award-winning novella line, including the Hugo Award-winner, The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson, and the Nebula and Shirley Jackson award-winner, We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory. Weisman has edited the anthologies Invaders: 22 Tales from the Outer Limits of Literature, The Sword & Sorcery Anthology (with David G. Hartwell), and The Treasury of the Fantastic (with David M. Sandner). He lives in San Francisco.Wise, A. C.: - The short stories of A. C. Wise have appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, Apex, Shimmer, Uncanny Magazine and many others. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Wise has two collections of stories, The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again and Kissing Booth Girl. She lives near Philadelphia.Yang, Jy: - JY Yang is the author of the Tensorate series of novellas forthcoming from Tor.com (The Red Threads of Fortune, The Black Tides of Heaven). Their short stories have appeared in venues like Uncanny, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons. J graduated from the Clarion West class of 2013 and received their MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. They live in Singapore.Yu, E. Lily: - In the short time that E. Lily Yu has been writing speculative fiction, she has won the Campbell Award and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Nebula, and Locus awards. Her stories have appeared McSweeney's, Boston Review, Clarkesworld, F&SF, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. She lives in Seattle.Wong, Alyssa: - Alyssa Wong is still studying writing even though she already has a Nebula Award and has been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, Bram Stoker, Locus, and Shirley Jackson awards. Her work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Nightmares, Black Static, and Tor.com. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. |