Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born May 26, 1964 in Skerries, Dublin, Ireland) is the author of numerous science fiction and dark fantasy works, including many comics, more than seventy published short stories, and numerous scientific papers. Image File history File links Crk. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Dark fantasy has yet to be solidly connected to its own particular subgenre of Fantasy. ... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ...

Overview

As a small child, she moved to the United States with her mother. Much of her childhood was spent in the small town of Leeds, Alabama, and her early interests included herpetology, paleontology, and fiction writing. As a teenager, she lived in Trussville, Alabama, and, in high school, began doing volunteer work at a small geological museum in Birmingham, Alabama and spending summers on her first archeological and paleontological digs. Kiernan attended college at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Colorado at Boulder, studying geology and vertebrate paleontology, and she held both museum and teaching positions before finally turning to fiction writing in 1992. In 1988, she described the new genus and species of mosasaur, Selmasaurus russelli. Her first novel, The Five of Cups, was written between June '92 and early '93, though it wasn't published until 2003. Her first published short story was "Persephone," a dark science-fiction tale, released in 1995. Her most recent scientific publication is a paper on the biostratigraphy of Alabama mosasaurs, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2002). Leeds is a city located in Jefferson County, Alabama. ... Herpetology (Greek herpeton = to creep, to ramp and logos = in this context explanation or reason) is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of reptiles and amphibians. ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... Trussville is a city located in Jefferson County, Alabama. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The University of Alabama at Birmingham (also known as UAB) is a public, coeducational university located in Birmingham, Alabama. ... The CU Boulder campus. ... The Blue Marble: The famous photo of the Earth taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Subfamilies Mosasaurinae Plioplatecarpinae Tylosaurinae Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa, the Meuse river where the fossils were first discovered + Greek sauros, lizard) were serpentine marine reptiles, more closely related to snakes than to monitor lizards (Lee 1997). ... Description Selmasaurus is a genus of medium-sized plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk Formation (Campanian) of western Alabama (United States). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Biostratigraphy is the science of dating rocks by using the fossils contained within them. ... Subfamilies Mosasaurinae Plioplatecarpinae Tylosaurinae Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa, the Meuse river where the fossils were first discovered + Greek sauros, lizard) were serpentine marine reptiles, more closely related to snakes than to monitor lizards (Lee 1997). ...

Her novels include Silk (1998), Threshold (2001), Low Red Moon (2003), The Five of Cups (2003), Murder of Angels (2004), and The Dry Salvages (2004). Her short fiction has been selected for The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, and The Year's Best Science Fiction, and has been collected in Tales of Pain and Wonder (2000), Wrong Things (2001; with Poppy Z. Brite), From Weird and Distant Shores (2002), To Charles Fort, With Love (2005), and Frog Toes and Tentacles (2005). Her comics, scripted for DC/Vertigo, include The Dreaming, The Girl Who Would Be Death, and, most recently, Bast: Eternity Game. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover art by Richard A. Kirk Tales of Pain and Wonder (2000) is Caitlin R. Kiernans first short-story collection. ... Cover art by Richard A. Kirk Wrong Things is a collaborative short-fiction collection by Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan, released by Subterranean Press in 2001. ... Photo of Poppy Z. Brite by J.K. Potter. ... Cover art by Bob Eggleton. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Cover art by Ryan Obermeyer To Charles Fort, With Love is a short-story collection by fantasist Caitlin R. Kiernan, published by Subterranean Press in 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She has recently completed her seventh novel, Daughter of Hounds. As of 2002, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with her partner, photographer Kathryn A. Pollnac. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL Location in Fulton and DeKalb counties in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ...

Music

Between 1996 and 1997, Kiernan also fronted an Athens, Georgia-based "goth-folk-blues" band," Death's Little Sister [1], named for Neil Gaiman's character, Delirium. She was the band's vocalist and lyricist, and the group enjoyed some success on local college radio and played shows in Athens and Atlanta. Kiernan has said in interviews that she left the band in February 1997 because of her increased responsibilities writing for DC Comics and because her novel Silk had recently sold. She was briefly involved in Crimson Stain Mystery, a studio project, two years later. CSM produced one EP to accompany a special limited edition of Silk, illustrated by Clive Barker (Gauntlet Press, 2000). 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NYC goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985). ... Neil Gaiman (November 2004) Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is an English Jewish author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many graphic novels. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... An extended play (or EP), is typically the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to be called singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952, Liverpool) is an English author, film director and visual artist. ...

Awards

International Horror Guild Award, Best First Novel 1998 (Silk)

Barnes and Noble Maiden Voyage Award, Best First Novel 1998 (Silk)

International Horror Guild Award, Best Novel 2001 (Threshold)

International Horror Guild Award, Best Short Story 2001 ("Onion")

• Nominations (partial list)
  • Bram Stoker Award 1995, Best Short Story ("Persephone")
  • Bram Stoker Award, Best First Novel 1998 (Silk)
  • British Fantasy Award, Best First Novel 1998 (Silk)
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Award, Best Graphic Novel 1998 (The Girl Who Would Be Death)
  • International Horror Guild Award, Best Collection (Tales of Pain and Wonder)
  • Bram Stoker Award, Best Graphic Novel 2001 (The Dreaming #56, "The First Adventure of Miss Caterina Poe")
  • International Horror Guild Award, Best Graphic Novel 2001 (The Dreaming #56, "The First Adventure of Miss Caterina Poe")
  • International Horror Guild Award, Best Short Form 2002 ("The Road of Pins")

Bibliography

Image File history File links Silkcov. ... Image File history File links Thresholdcov. ... Image File history File links Lowredmoon. ... Image File history File links Murderofangels. ...

Novels

• Silk (1998; Penguin-Putnam)
• Threshold (2001; Penguin-Putnam)
• The Five of Cups (2003; Subterranean Press)
• Low Red Moon (2003; Penguin-Putnam)
• Murder of Angels (2004; Penguin-Putnam)

Short Fiction Collections

• Tales of Pain and Wonder (2000; Gauntlet Press)
  • " Anamorphosis"
  • "To This Water ((Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1889)"
  • "Bela' Plot"
  • "Tears Seven Times Salt"
  • "Superheroes"
  • "Glass Coffin"
  • "Breakfast in the House of the Rising Sun"
  • "Estate"
  • "The Last Child or Lir"
  • "A Story for Edward Gorey"
  • "Salammbô"
  • "Postcards from the King of Tides"
  • "Rats Live on No Evil Star"
  • "Salmagundi"
  • "Paedomorphosis"
  • "In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)"
  • "The Long Hall on the Top Floor"
  • "San Andreas"
  • "Angels You Can See Through"
  • "Lafayette"
  • "...Between the Gargoyle Trees"
  • Epilogue: "Zelda Fitzgerald in Ballet Attire" (poem)
• Wrong Things (with Poppy Z. Brite; 2001; Subterranean Press)
  • "The Crystal Empire" (by Poppy Z. Brite)
  • "Onion"
  • "The Rest of the Wrong Thing" (written with Poppy Z. Brite)
• From Weird and Distant Shores (2002; Subterranean Press)
  • Preface—"Playing God in Other People's Sandboxes"
  • "Escape Artist"
  • "The Comedy of St. Jehanne d'Arc"
  • "Giants in the Earth"
  • "Found Angels"
  • "Two Worlds and In Between"
  • "The King of Birds"
  • "By Turns"
  • "Persephone"
  • Between the Flatirons and the Deep Green Sea"
  • "Hoar Isis"
  • "Night Story 1973" (with Poppy Z. Brite)
• To Charles Fort, With Love (2005; Subterranean Press)
  • Preface—"Looking for Innsmouth"
  • "Valentia"
  • "Spindleshanks (New Orleans, 1956)"
  • "So Runs the World Away"
  • "Standing Water"
  • "La Mer des Rêves"
  • "The Road of Pins"
  • "Onion"
  • "Apokatastasis"
  • "La Peau Verte"
  • "The Dead and the Moonstruck"
    • The Dandridge Cycle:
      • "A Redress for Andromeda"
      • "Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea"
      • "Andromeda Among the Stones"
• Alabaster (2006; Subterranean Press; illustrated by Ted Naifeh)
  • Author's Preface
  • "Les Fleurs Empoisonnées"
  • "The Well of Stars and Shadow"
  • "Waycross"
  • "Alabaster"
  • "Bainbridge"
  • Afterword: "On the Road to Jefferson"

Cover art by Richard A. Kirk Tales of Pain and Wonder (2000) is Caitlin R. Kiernans first short-story collection. ... An anamorphism is a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner. ... Edward St. ... Paedomorphosis is a biological term describing the retention of ancestral infantile or juvenile traits in an adult organism. ... Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24, 1900 - March 10, 1948), born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom she married in 1920. ... Cover art by Richard A. Kirk Wrong Things is a collaborative short-fiction collection by Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan, released by Subterranean Press in 2001. ... Photo of Poppy Z. Brite by J.K. Potter. ... Cover art by Bob Eggleton. ... Persephone, the Maiden: the late Archaic Kore of Antenor from the Acropolis, Athens In Greek mythology, Persephone (Greek Περσεφόνη, Persephónē) was the queen of the Underworld, the Kore or young maiden, and the daughter of Demeter. ... Cover art by Ryan Obermeyer To Charles Fort, With Love is a short-story collection by fantasist Caitlin R. Kiernan, published by Subterranean Press in 2005. ... Innsmouth is a fictional town in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft and is also part of the Cthulhu Mythos. ... External Links Article on Theandros - Eschatology and final restoration (apokatastasis) in Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Maximos the Confessor Stoic/Astrological conception of apokatastasis ... Ted Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist that gained notoriety for his elegant illustrations in the goth romance comic Gloomcookie. ...

Uncollected short fiction (excluding chapbooks)

• "The Drowned Geologist" (Shadows Over Baker Street, 2003; Del Rey)
• "Riding the White Bull" (Argosy #1, 2004; Coppervale International. Also: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection, 2005; St. Martin's Griffin)
• "From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6" (Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth, 2005; Fedogan and Bremer)
• "Faces in Revolving Souls" (Outsiders, 2005; Roc)
• "The Pearl Diver" (Futureshocks, 2005; Roc)
• "Bradbury Weather" (Subterranean #2, 2005; Subterranean Press)
• "Madonna Littoralis" (Fantasy Magazine #2, 2006; Wildside Press)

Chapbooks

• Candles for Elizabeth (1998; Meisha Merlin Publishing)
• A Study for "Estate" (2000; Gauntlet Press)
• On the Road to Jefferson (2002; Subterranean Press)
• Waycross (2002; Subterranean Press)
• Trilobite: The Writing of Threshold (2003; Subterranean Press)
• Embrace the Mutation (with J. K. Potter; 2003; Subterranean Press)
• Alabaster (2003; Camelot Books)
• Mercury (2004; Subterranean Press)
• The Worm in My Mind's Eye (2004; Subterranean Press)
• False Starts (2005; Subterranean Press)
• A Little Damned Book of Days (2005; Subterranean Press)
• The Merewife: A Prologue (2005; Subterranean Press)
• Highway 97 (2006; Subterranean Press)

Cover art by Ken Meyer, Jr. ... Orders Agnostida Redlichiida Corynexochida Lichida Phacopida Proetida Asaphida Harpetida Ptychopariida doubtful order Nektaspida Trilobites are extinct arthropods in the class Trilobita. ...

Short Hardbacks

• In the Garden of Poisonous Flowers (2002; Subterranean Press)
• The Dry Salvages (2004; Subterranean Press)
• Frog Toes and Tentacles (2005; Subterranean Press; illustrations by Vince Locke)
  • "Pages Found Among the Effect of Miss Edith Teller"
  • "Untitled 4"
  • "Untitled 7"
  • "Flicker"
  • "Pump Excursion"
  • "Untitled 11"
  • "Untitled 12"
  • "'Ode' to Katan Amano"
  • Afterword
  • "Los Angeles, 2162 (December)"

Vincent Locke is an accomplished artist who began work in 1986 illustrating Deadworld, a zombie horror comic that soon became an underground hit. ...

Comics/Graphic Novels

• The Dreaming (August 1997- May 2001)
• The Girl Who Would Be Death (four-issue miniseries; 1998-1999)
• Bast: Eternity Game (three-issue miniseries; 2002)

The Dreaming is a fictional place, the domain of Dream of the Endless in Neil Gaimans The Sandman comic book series. ...

Scientific Publications

• Kiernan, C. R., and Schwimmer, D. R. 2004. First record of a velociraptorine theropod (Tetanurae, Dromaeosauridae) from the Eastern Gulf Coastal United States. The Mosasaur 7:89-93.
• Kiernan, C. R. 2002. Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):91-103.
• Schwimmer, D. R. and Kiernan, C.R. 2001. Eastern Late Cretaceous theropods in North America and the crossing of the Interior Seaway. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):99A.
• Kiernan, C. R. 1992. Clidastes Cope, 1868 (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed designation of Clidastes propython Cope, 1869 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49:137–139.

External links

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• Caitlín R. Kiernan's personal web site
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  • Caitlín R. Kiernan's blog, mirrors the LiveJournal

Interviews: Image File history File links Wikiquote-logo-en. ... Wikiquote logo Wikiquote is a sister project of Wikipedia, using the same MediaWiki software. ...

• An Interview with Caitlin R. Kiernan at Bookslut (November 2004)
• An interview with Caitlín R. Kiernan: Author of 'Silk' and 'The Dreaming' (Nov. 14, 1999)
• Dreamweaver: An Interview with Caitlin R. Kiernan
• Pain, Wonder, and Really Old Things: An Interview with Caitlin R. Kiernan
• What Are You Afraid Of? An Interview with Caitlín R. Kiernan (December 2005)
• Traveling Through Dreams: Sequential Tart interview with Caitlín R. Kiernan (February 1999)

Other:

• Revelations - The Official Clive Barker Resource See Clive's original photo-art for the limited edition of Silk...