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Jeff VanderMeer

USA  (1968 - )
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About Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer, a winner of the World Fantasy Award, has seen his fiction published in over twenty different countries -- including the highly praised CITY OF SAINTS & MADMEN.
 
Series contributed to
South China Sea
 
Halo (with Tobias S Buckell, B K Evenson, Jonathan Goff, Kevin Grace, Tessa Kum, Fred Van Lente, Eric Nylund, Frank O'Connor, Eric Raab and Karen Traviss)
0. Evolutions (2009)
Evolutions
 
Anthologies edited
Leviathan 2Leviathan 3The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited DiseasesMapping the Beast: The Best of Leviathan
Best American FantasyPollutoThe New WeirdSteampunk
Best American Fantasy 2Fast Ships, Black SailsLast Drink Bird Head: A Flash Fiction Anthology for CharitySteampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of CuriositiesThe Weird: A Compendium of Dark and Strange Stories
 
Non fiction
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st Century WriterKosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey DialoguesThe Infernal Desire Machines of Angela Carter
Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy through Essays, Articles and ReviewsThe Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange LiteratureWonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
 
Anthologies containing stories by Jeff VanderMeer
Dark Voices 5: The Pan Book of HorrorDark TerrorsNebula Awards 30The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Seven
 
Short stories
So the Dead Walk Slowly (1989)
The Color of Chance is Green (1990)
Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over (1993)
La Siesta del Muerte (1993)
At the Crossroads, Burying the Dog (1995)
The Bone-Carver's Tale (1995)
The Transformation of Martin Lake (1999)British Fantasy Society (nominee)


Awards
British Fantasy Society Best Short story nominee (1999) : The Transformation of Martin Lake
World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (2003) : City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergris
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (2004) : Veniss Underground


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Jeff VanderMeer recommends
Trujillo
Trujillo (2004)
Lucius Shepard
"Lucius Shepard has been among the most respected and unclassifiable of American fiction writers. His prodigious output... may be unmatched for its sheer range and quality."
Trial of Flowers
Trial of Flowers (2006)
(City Imperishable, book 1)
Jay Lake
"Modern decadence with an intent both sinister and sublime, Trial of Flowers is a strange and often beautiful novel. Jay Lake continues to expand the limits of his idiosyncratic talent."
The Reef
The Reef (2008)
Mark Charan Newton
"A promising new writer whose prose is dynamic and whose imagination is often startling."
Gears of the City
Gears of the City (2008)
Felix Gilman
"Incredibly imaginative - a brilliant new author."
God's War
God's War (2010)
(Bel Dame Apocrypha, book 1)
Kameron Hurley
"Kameron Hurley's a brave, unflinching, truly original writer with a unique vision - her fiction burns right through your brain and your heart."
The Enterprise of Death
The Enterprise of Death (2011)
Jesse Bullington
"An amazing new talent."
Starve Better
Starve Better (2011)
Nick Mamatas
"Mamatas offers up a no-nonsense guide that should be required reading for all writers. Prepare to have some illusions shattered, because you need them shattered."



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