Jonathan Samuel Carroll (b. January 26, 1949) is an American author of horror and fantasy fiction. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... For other definitions of fantasy see fantasy (psychology). ...

Carroll was born in New York City to Sidney Carroll, a film writer whose credits included The Hustler, and June (née Sillman), an actress and lyricist who appeared in numerous Broadway shows and two films. His parents were Jewish but Carroll was raised in the Christian Science religion. A self-described "troubled teenager," he finished primary education at the Loomis School in Connecticut and graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1971, marrying artist Beverly Schreiner in the same year. He relocated to Vienna, Austria a few years later and began teaching at the American International School, and has made his home in Austria ever since. Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham [2], Metropolis Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... The Novel The Hustler was a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, which tells the story of a young pool player who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats but loses, sending his life into a tailspin. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Christian Science is a teaching regarding the efficacy of spiritual healing according to the interpretation of the Bible by Mary Baker Eddy, in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. ... Vienna (German: Wien ; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... The American International School The American International School, abbreviated AIS, is an exclusive privately-owned school in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ...

His first novel, The Land of Laughs (1980), is indicative of his general style and subject matter. Told in a very realistic first-person, the novel portrays a young schoolteacher searching for meaning through researching the life of a favorite children's book author of his youth. Warmly, and strange to his expectations, greeted by the author's grown-up daughter, everything seems fine until the dog begins talking to him, as the line between the fantasy world created by his research subject and the reality of the schoolteacher's life, while the reader begins to wonder just how much trust can be placed in this narrator. Subsequent novels would expand on these themes, but often contain unreliable narrators in a world where magic is viewed as natural. (One commentator claimed that Carroll would have been considered a magic realist had he been born in South America and had a Spanish surname.) 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Magic realism (or magical realism) is a literary genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting. ...

His short story, "Friend's Best Man", won a World Fantasy Award, and Carroll's work has frequently been short-listed for that award and the Bram Stoker Award for horror literature. His collection of short-stories, The Panic Hand, won the Bram Stoker Award in 1995 for Best Fiction Collection. Both The Land of Laughs and From The Teeth of Angels won the French "Prix Imaginaire". Outside the Dog Museum won The British Fantasy Award for best novel. First awarded in 1975, the World Fantasy Awards are handed out annually at the World Fantasy Convention (WFC) to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. ... The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for superior achievement in horror writing. ... The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for superior achievement in horror writing. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually. ...

Bibliography

• The Land of Laughs (1980)
• Voice of Our Shadow (1983)
• The Answered Prayers' sextet
  • Bones of the Moon (1987) (a slightly different version was published in the U.S. in 1988)
  • Sleeping in Flame (1988)
  • A Child Across the Sky (1989)
• Black Cocktail (1990) (a novella)
• Outside the Dog Museum (1991)
• After Silence (1992)
• From the Teeth of Angels (1993)
• The Panic Hand (1995) (a collection of short stories originally published in 1989 in Germany)
• The Crane's View Trilogy
  • Kissing The Beehive (1997)
  • The Marriage of Sticks (2000)
  • The Wooden Sea (2001) A New York Times Notable Book
• The Heidelberg Cylinder (1999-2000) (1000 copy limited edition, all signed by Jonathan Carroll and Dave McKean. Some leftover copies without the autographs were sold as well.)
• White Apples (2002)
• Glass Soup (2005)
• Oko Dnia (Eye Of The Day, 2006) - only in Polish

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bones of the Moon is a novel by Jonathan Carroll, depicting the real and dream life of a young woman, Cullen James. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Cages (1998) by Dave McKean David Tench McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, England) is an illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, filmmaker and musician. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Interviews

• Interview with Jonathan Carroll on wotmania.com
• A conversation with Jonathan Carroll on SF Site
• The Complete Rain Taxi Interview with Jonathan Carroll

External links

• Official Jonathan Carroll Website
• White Apples - the official website for his novel
• Glass Soup - the official website for his novel, art design by Ryder Carroll--- www.rydercarroll.com
• Jonathan Carroll at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Jonathan Carroll Yahoo Group