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Avram Davidson


USA flag (1923 - 1993)

Avram Davidson was an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, and a Queen's Award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Davidson edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964. His last novel The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil was completed by Grania Davis and was a Nebula Award finalist in 1998.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
 
Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
   King's Evil (2014)
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Anthologies edited
   Magic for Sale (1983)
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Non fiction show
 
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Anthologies containing stories by Avram Davidson
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
Hugo Best Short Story winner (1958) : Or All the Seas with Oysters [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1966) : The House the Blakeneys Built
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1966) : Rogue Dragon
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1966) : Rogue Dragon [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1967) : Clash of Star Kings
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1976) : Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman
World Fantasy Best Collection winner (1976) : The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1978) : Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1979) : Naples
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1979) : The Redward Edward Papers
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1979) : Sleep Well of Nights
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement nominee (1980)
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1981) : There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement nominee (1981)
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1985) : Young Doctor Esterhazy
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner (1986)
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1986) : The Slovo Stove
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1988) : Vergil in Averno
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1999) : The Boss In the Wall [short story]


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