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This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy novel or novels voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. 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. ...
Smaug in his lair: an illustration for the fantasy The Hobbit Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ...
A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ...
The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. ...
Award winners and finalists
1975 The 1975 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Kirby McCauley. Judges were Ramsey Campbell, Edward L. Ferman, David G. Hartwell, Fritz Leiber and Gahan Wilson. “Providence†redirects here. ...
John Ramsey Campbell (born January 4, 1946 in Liverpool) is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. ...
Edward Ferman (born 1937) was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor and magazine publisher. ...
David Geddes Hartwell is an editor of science fiction and fantasy. ...
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ...
Gahan Wilson (born February 18, 1930) is an author, cartoonist, and illustrator in the United States. ...
Patricia A. McKillip (February 29, 1948—) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. ...
A Midsummer Tempest is an alternate history fantasy novel by Poul Anderson. ...
Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926–July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author of the genres Golden Age. ...
1976 The 1976 WFC, held in New York, New York, was chaired by Thom Anderson. Judges were Charles Collins, Basil Copper, Gordon R. Dickson, Stuart David Schiff and Gahan Wilson. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
Gordon Dickson lecturing. ...
Gahan Wilson (born February 18, 1930) is an author, cartoonist, and illustrator in the United States. ...
Bid Time Return is a 1975 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson. ...
Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction. ...
Salems Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King, written in 1975. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
1977 The 1977 WFC, held in Los Angeles, California, was chaired by Dennis Rickard. Judges were Robert Bloch, David Drake, Harlan Ellison, Charles L. Grant and Robert Weinberg. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government - Type Mayor-Council - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo - Governing body City Council Area - City 498. ...
Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917, Chicago-September 23, 1994, Los Angeles) was a prolific American writer. ...
David Drake David Drake (born September 24, 1945) is a successful author of science fiction and fantasy literature. ...
Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
William Kotzwinkle (1943- in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an author and screenwriter. ...
John Ramsey Campbell (born January 4, 1946 in Liverpool) is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. ...
Gordon Dickson lecturing. ...
Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939, in London, England) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ...
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. ...
Karl Edward Wagner (4 December 1945 – 13 October 1994) was an American writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. ...
1978 The 1978 WFC, held in Fort Worth, Texas, was chaired by Michael Templin. Judges were Charles N. Brown, Carl Jacobi, Stephen King, T. E. D. Klein and Karl Edward Wagner. Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country United States State Texas Counties Tarrant and Denton Government - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ...
Charles Nikki Brown is the founder of Locus, a magazine dealing with the Science fiction and Fantasy genres of literature. ...
Carl Jacobi (July 10, 1908 - August 25, 1997) was an author. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Theodore Eibon Donald Klein (born 1947) is an American horror writer and editor. ...
Karl Edward Wagner (4 December 1945 – 13 October 1994) was an American writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. ...
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ...
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever is a fantasy epic by Stephen R. Donaldson. ...
Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
1979 The 1979 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Bob Booth. Judges were Poul Anderson, Terry Carr, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth A. Lynn and Roy A. Squires. “Providence†redirects here. ...
Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926–July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author of the genres Golden Age. ...
Terry Carr (February 19, 1937 - April 7, 1987) was a science fiction author and editor. ...
Cover of Dennis Etchisons short story collection (Stealth Press, 2001) Dennis William Etchison (born March 30, 1943 in Stockton, California), is an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. ...
Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939, in London, England) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (born September 19, 1947) is a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. ...
1980 The 1980 WFC, held in Baltimore, Maryland, was chaired by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood. Judges were Stephen R. Donaldson, Frank Belknap Long, Andrew J. Offutt, Ted White and Susan Wood. Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ...
Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. ...
Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 - January 3, 1994) was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. ...
Andrew J. Offutt (born August 16, 1934) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Frank Frazettas cover illustration for Ted Whites Phoenix Prime Ted White (born February 4, 1938) is an American science fiction author and editor as well as a music critic. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
Patricia A. McKillip (February 29, 1948—) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. ...
Patricia Wrightson (b. ...
Chelsea Quinn Yarbo is one of only two women ever to be named as Grand Master of the World Horror Convention (2003). ...
1981 The 1981 WFC, held in Berkeley, California, was chaired by Jack Rems and Jeff Frane. Judges were Paul C. Allen, C. J. Cherryh, Gardner Dozois, Donald M. Grant and Arthur W. Saha. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ...
C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ...
Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American science fiction author and editor. ...
Donald M. Grant is a fantasy/ science fiction publisher in [[New Hampshire]. It is notable for publishing fantasy novels with beautiful illustrations. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
Parke Godwin is an author, known for his popular reinterpretations of the Robin Hood and King Arthur legends. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Peter Straub at the University of South Florida on February 15, 2007 Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ...
Ludovico Ariosto (September 8, 1474 _ July 6, 1533) was a Ferrarese poet, author of the epic poem Orlando furioso (1516), Orlando Enraged. He was born at Reggio, in Hungary in 1518, and wished Aniosto to accompany him. ...
Chelsea Quinn Yarbo is one of only two women ever to be named as Grand Master of the World Horror Convention (2003). ...
1982 The 1982 WFC, held in New Haven, Connecticut, was chaired by Norman Hood and Harold Kinney. Judges were Pat Cadigan, Virginia Kidd, Theodore Sturgeon, Douglas E. Winter and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Nickname: Location in Connecticut Coordinates: , NECTA New Haven Region South Central Region Settled 1638 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1895 Government - Type Mayor-board of aldermen - Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ...
Pat Cadigan (born 1953) is an American born science fiction author, whose work is sometimes described as part of the cyberpunk movement, although she does not classify herself in that way. ...
Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 Staten Island, New York – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ...
Chelsea Quinn Yarbo is one of only two women ever to be named as Grand Master of the World Horror Convention (2003). ...
Little, Big: or, The Fairies Parliament is a modern fantasy novel by John Crowley, published in 1981. ...
John Crowley (born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. ...
John Ramsey Campbell (born January 4, 1946 in Liverpool) is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. ...
Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939, in London, England) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ...
The White Hotel (ISBN 0-14-023173-0) is a novel written by the English poet, translator and novelist D. M. Thomas. ...
Donald Michael Thomas, known as D. M. Thomas (1935-), is an English novelist, poet, and translator. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
1983 The 1983 WFC, held in Chicago, Illinois, was chaired by Robert Weinberg. Judges were Bob Booth, John Coyne, Sharon Jarvis, Alan Ryan and Elizabeth Wollheim. Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 606. ...
Michael Shea (1943-) is an American fantasy author. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
George Raymond Richard Martin, sometimes called GRRM, born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey is an American author and screenwriter of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ...
Thomas Tessier (born 1947) is an American writer of horror novels and short stories. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
1984 The 1984 WFC, held in Ottawa, Ontario, was chaired by Rodger Turner and John Bell. Judges were Ellen Asher, Ginjer Buchanan, Les Daniels, Mimi Panitch and George H. Scithers. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ...
George H. Scithers (born 1929) is a science fiction author and editor. ...
The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History is a modern fantasy novel by John M. Ford, published in 1983. ...
John M. Ford portrait 2000 John Milo Mike Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 25, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Spoiler warning: R. A. MacAvoys Tea With the Black Dragon is a science fiction novel about a woman named Martha MacNamara who was brought west to San Francisco by her daughter Elizabeths disappearance. ...
Roberta Ann (R. A.) MacAvoy (born December 13th, 1949) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. ...
George Raymond Richard Martin, sometimes called GRRM, born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey is an American author and screenwriter of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ...
Lyonesse, Lyoness, or Lyonnesse is the sunken land believed in legend to lie off the Isles of Scilly, to the south-west of Cornwall. ...
John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. ...
1985 The 1985 WFC, held in Tucson, Arizona, was chaired by Randal Rau. Judges were Suzy McKee Charnas, Jo Fletcher, George R. R. Martin, Baird Searles and Terri Windling. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
Suzy McKee Charnas (born 1939 in New York City) is an American novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. ...
George Raymond Richard Martin, sometimes called GRRM, born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey is an American author and screenwriter of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ...
Terri Windling is an influential fantasy editor, artist, essayist, and author of the novel The Wood Wife (1996), winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for best novel. ...
Spoiler warning: Mythago Wood was originally published in the UK in 1984 and was written by the award winning author Robert Holdstock. ...
Robert Holdstock is an English fantasy author and was born in Kent in 1948 - he became a full-time writer in 1975 after studying Medical Zoology as a student. ...
Bridge of Birds is a fantasy novel by Barry Hughart, first published in 1984. ...
Barry Hughart (born March 13, 1934) is classified as a fantasy author. ...
Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Peter Straub at the University of South Florida on February 15, 2007 Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ...
Theodore Eibon Donald Klein (born 1947) is an American horror writer and editor. ...
1986 The 1986 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Robert Plante. Judges were Robert A. Collins, Ellen Datlow, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia A. McKillip and Charles de Lint. “Providence†redirects here. ...
Ellen Datlow (born 1949) is an American speculative fiction editor and anthologist. ...
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania) is a prolific and best-selling fiction author known primarily for his popular suspense novels. ...
Patricia A. McKillip (February 29, 1948—) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. ...
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. ...
Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Hyperion and its sequel The Fall of Hyperion. ...
Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist. ...
Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. ...
Peter Philip Carey (born May 7, 1943) is an Australian novelist. ...
Lisa Goldstein is a Nebula-, World Fantasy-, Arthur C. Clarke Award- and Hugo-nominated fantasy and science fiction writer. ...
The Vampire Lestat is a novel by Anne Rice, and the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the Vampire. ...
Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. ...
1987 The 1987 WFC, held in Nashville, Tennessee, was chaired by Maurine Dorris. Judges were John M. Ford, Paul Hazel, Tappan King, Michael McDowell and Melissa Ann Singer. Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area - City 526. ...
John M. Ford portrait 2000 John Milo Mike Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 25, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. ...
Michael McDowell (Irish: ;[1] born 1 May 1951) is a former Irish politician and a founding member of the Progressive Democrats political party. ...
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 1985 literary historical horror novel (originally published in German as Das Parfum) by German writer Patrick Süskind. ...
Patrick Süßkind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and film script author. ...
Terry Bisson (born February 12, 1942) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
It is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1986. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania) is a prolific and best-selling fiction author known primarily for his popular suspense novels. ...
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Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
1988 The 1988 WFC, held in London, United Kingdom, was chaired by Jo Fletcher and Stephen Jones. Judges were Mike Ashley, Scott Baker, Robert S. Hadji, Maxim Jakubowski and Donald A. Wollheim. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was a science fiction writer, editor, and publisher. ...
Replay is a novel by Ken Grimwood first published by Arbor House in 1987. ...
Kenneth Milton Grimwood (February 27, 1944 - June 6, 2003) was an American author of fantasy fiction combining themes of life-affirmation and hope with metaphysical concepts, themes found in his best-known novel, the highly popular Replay. ...
Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist. ...
The first book in Orson Scott Cards series The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987) is about Alvin Miller, the Seventh son of a seventh son. ...
The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...
John Crowley (born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. ...
Misery is a horror novel by Stephen King, published in 1987. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Robert R. McCammon is an American novelist. ...
Tim Powers at the Israeli ICon 2005 SF&F Convention Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
1989 The 1989 WFC, held in Seattle, Washington, was chaired by Robert Doyle. Judges were Susan Allison, Ed Bryant, Lisa Goldstein, Peter Dennis Pautz and Jon White. “Seattle†redirects here. ...
Lisa Goldstein is a Nebula-, World Fantasy-, Arthur C. Clarke Award- and Hugo-nominated fantasy and science fiction writer. ...
Peter Straub at the University of South Florida on February 15, 2007 Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ...
James P. Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. ...
Jonathan Samuel Carroll (b. ...
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Thomas Harris. ...
Joe R. Lansdale is an author from Texas. ...
1990 The 1990 WFC, held in Schaumburg, Illinois, was chaired by Robert Weinberg. Judges were Mike Dirda, Pat LoBrutto, Beth Meacham, Peter Straub and Rodger Turner. Coordinates: , Incorporated March 7, 1956 Government - Village President Al Larson Area - Village 49. ...
Peter Straub at the University of South Florida on February 15, 2007 Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ...
John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. ...
Jonathan Samuel Carroll (b. ...
Charles L(ewis) Grant (born September 12, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey) is a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he calls dark fantasy and quiet horror. ...
Tim Powers at the Israeli ICon 2005 SF&F Convention Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Hyperion and its sequel The Fall of Hyperion. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
1991 The 1991 WFC, held in Tucson, Arizona, was chaired by Randal Rau and Bruce Farr. Judges were Emma Bull, Orson Scott Card, Richard Laymon, Faren Miller and Darrell Schweitzer. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...
Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 - February 14, 2001[1]) was an American horror writer. ...
Darrell Schweitzer (born August 27, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. ...
James Morrow (born 1947) is an award-winning fiction author. ...
Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels. ...
Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. ...
Valerie Martin (born 1948, Missouri) is an American novelist and short story writer. ...
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a fantasy novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. ...
Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ...
Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ...
1992 The 1992 WFC, held in Pine Mountain, Georgia, was chaired by Richard Gilliam and Ed Kramer. Judges were Jill Bauman, Arthur Byron Cover, John Jarrold, Robert Sampson and Gene Wolfe. Pine Mountain is a town located in Harris County, Georgia. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
Robert R. McCammon is an American novelist. ...
A(lfred) A(ngelo) Attanasio, born on September 20, 1951 in Newark, New Jersey, is an author of fantasy and science fiction. ...
James P. Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. ...
Emma Bull (born 3rd January 1954) is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. ...
Jonathan Samuel Carroll (b. ...
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. ...
1993 The 1993 WFC, held in Bloomington, Minnesota, was chaired by Greg Ketter. Judges were Roland J. Green, Barbara Hambly, Kathryn Ptacek, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Brian Thomsen. location in Hennepin County, Minnesota Coordinates: Country United States State Minnesota County Hennepin Founded 1843 Incorporated 1858 Mayor Gene Winstead Area - City 99. ...
Roland J. Grenn is a Chicago native and science-fiction and fantasy writer and editor. ...
Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an award winning and prolific American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction. ...
Kathryn Ptacek (b: 19??, Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author and editor. ...
Steve Rasnic Tem (1950 - ) Steve Rasnic Tem was born in Jonesville, Virginia, which is in the heart of Appalachia. ...
Last Call (1992) is a fantasy novel by Tim Powers. ...
Tim Powers at the Israeli ICon 2005 SF&F Convention Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
The Anno Dracula series by Kim Newman is a work of fantasy depicting an alternate history in which vampires are a common and more-or-less accepted part of society (as a result of Draculas successful conquest of England, depicted in Anno Dracula, the first in the series). ...
Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. ...
Was (or in the UK edition) is a 1992 novel by Geoff Ryman focussing on the (in some cases, tragic) lives of disparate individuals linked to one another by L. Frank Baums The Wizard of Oz, and the musical film version. ...
Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. ...
Critic, journalist, novelist Steve Szilagyi is the author of Photographing Fairies (Ballantine, 1992), and co-author, with Bill Mesce, Jr. ...
Jane Yolens Wizards Hall Jane Yolen (born February 11, 1939 in New York City) is an American author, and editor of almost 300 books. ...
1994 The 1994 WFC, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, was chaired by Tom Hanlon. Judges were Stefan Dziemianowicz, James R. Frenkel, Mary Gentle, Lisa Tuttle and Chet Williamson. Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area - City 350. ...
Mary Rosalyn Gentle (1956—) is a UK science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Lewis Shiner (December 30, 1950, Eugene, Oregon) is an American writer. ...
Peter Soyer Beagle (born in 1939) is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays. ...
Drawing Blood is a 1993 novel, the second novel from horror author Poppy Z. Brite. ...
Photo of Poppy Z. Brite by J.K. Potter. ...
Kathe Koja (born 1960) is an American writer. ...
Peter Straub at the University of South Florida on February 15, 2007 Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. ...
The Iron Dragons Daughter is a fantasy and science fiction novel by writer Michael Swanwick. ...
At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. ...
Judith Tarr, (1955 - ) has a B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and Ph. ...
1995 The 1995 WFC, held in Baltimore, Maryland, was chaired by Michael J. Walsh. Judges were Terry Bisson, Jean-Daniel Breque, Jane Johnson, Kathe Koja and Brian Stableford. Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ...
Terry Bisson (born February 12, 1942) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Kathe Koja (born 1960) is an American writer. ...
Brian Stableford (born July 25, 1948) is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 50 novels. ...
James Morrow (born 1947) is an award-winning fiction author. ...
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop (First Edition) / Bantam Books, 1994 (Cover art by Michael Dudash) Michael Lawson Bishop (born November 12, 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an award-winning American writer. ...
Jonathan Samuel Carroll (b. ...
John Crowley (born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. ...
Elizabeth Hand (b. ...
1996 The 1996 WFC, held in Schaumburg, Illinois, was chaired by Nancy Ford, Phyllis Weinberg and Tina Jens. Judges were Bryan Cholfin, Kathryn Cramer, Moshe Feder, Roz Kaveney and Christopher Shelling. Coordinates: , Incorporated March 7, 1956 Government - Village President Al Larson Area - Village 49. ...
Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer (April 16, 1962) is a science fiction author, editor, and literary critic. ...
Roz Kaveney is British writer and editor. ...
The Prestige is a novel by British writer Christopher Priest. ...
Christopher Priest (born 1943) is an English science fiction writer, whose notable works include Inverted World[1974], Fugue for a Darkening Island[1973] (US title Darkening Island, The Prestige[1975], and The Separation[2002]. His novels have won the BSFA award (three times), the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the...
James P. Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. ...
Vikram Chandra, is an emerging Indian writer who has won awards and critical acclaim for his novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, and a collection of short stories, Love & Longing in Bombay. ...
Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955) is an American fantasy writer. ...
Graham Joyce is an English writer of speculative fiction. ...
Tim Powers at the Israeli ICon 2005 SF&F Convention Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
1997 The 1997 WFC, held in London, United Kingdom, was chaired by Jo Fletcher. Judges were Paul Barnett, Nancy A. Collins, Rachel Holmen, Joe R. Lansdale and Diana L. Paxson. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Nancy A. Collins (born 1959) is a horror fiction writer that is best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonia Blue. ...
Joe R. Lansdale is an author from Texas. ...
Diana L. Paxson (born 1943) is a writer, primarily of fantasy and historical fiction novels and short stories. ...
Rachel Pollack (born 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and Tarot expert. ...
William Kotzwinkle (1943- in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an author and screenwriter. ...
The 37th Mandala is a horror novel written by Marc Laidlaw and published in 1996. ...
Marc Laidlaw (born 1960) is an American writer of science fiction and horror and also a computer game designer with Valve Software. ...
A Song of Ice and Fire (commonly abbreviated as ASoIaF) is a series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. ...
George Raymond Richard Martin, sometimes called GRRM, born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey is an American author and screenwriter of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ...
Melanie Rawn is an author of fantasy literature and was born 1954. ...
Jennifer Roberson is an author of fantasy and historical literature. ...
Kate Elliott is the pen name of writer Alis A. Rasmussen. ...
1998 The 1998 WFC, held in Monterey, California was co-chaired by Linda McAllister and Bryan Barrett. Judges were Peter Crowther, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Peter Schneider, Dave Truesdale and Janeen Webb. Nickname: Location of Monterey, California County Monterey Government - Mayor Chuck Della Sala Area - City 30. ...
Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the Fantastic genre tradition, although his works have been described as spanning both Fantasy and Science Fiction. ...
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. ...
Eric S. Nylund was born in 1964 though his writing career didnt seem to begin until 1995. ...
1999 The 25th World Fantasy Convention, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was co-chaired by Chip Hitchcock and Davey Snyder. Judges were Gregory Frost, Don Hutchison, MichaelKandel, Rebecca Ore, and Al Sarrantonio. “Providence†redirects here. ...
Al Sarrantonios Hallows Eve Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952, in New York City, New York) is an American horror and science fiction author who has published, over the past twenty-five years, more than forty books and sixty short stories. ...
Karen Louise Erdrich (born June 7, 1954) is a Native American (Chippewa) author of novels, poetry, and childrens books. ...
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. ...
Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. ...
Sean Stewart (b. ...
Tom Sullivan is the commonly-used name of more than one person: Tom Sullivan (singer) (born March 27, 1947) is a blind singer/composer/author/actor Thomas M. Sullivan is a broker and media personality in Sacramento, California This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the...
2000 WFC 2000, held in Corpus Christi, Texas, was chaired by Fred Duarte. Judges were Suzi Baker, W. Paul Ganley, Tim Holman, Marvin Kaye, and Melissa Scott. Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Counties Nueces County Government - Mayor Henry Garrett Area - City 1,192. ...
Thraxas is a series of fantasy novels written by Martin Scott. ...
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Peter Soyer Beagle (born in 1939) is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays. ...
James P. Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. ...
Steven Erikson (born October 7, 1959) is a pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and author. ...
Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955) is an American fantasy writer. ...
2001 WFC 2001, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was chaired by Bruce Farr. Judges were Steven Erikson, Paula Guran, Diana Wynne Jones, Graham Joyce, and Jonathan Strahan. This article needs cleanup. ...
Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. ...
Jonathan Strahan (1964 in Belfast - ) is an editor and publisher of science fiction. ...
Tim Powers at the Israeli ICon 2005 SF&F Convention Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Sean Stewart (b. ...
Paula Volsky is an American fantasy author. ...
The trilogy (U.K versions), in order of succession from left to right. ...
Philip Pullman CBE (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer. ...
Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. ...
China Miéville China Tom Miéville (born September 6, 1972, Norwich) is a British writer of fantastic fiction. ...
2002 WFC 2002, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was chaired by Greg Ketter. Judges were Peter Adkins, Meg Davis, Jason Van Hollander, Michele Sagara West, and F. Paul Wilson, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz. “Minneapolis†redirects here. ...
The Other Wind is the Sixth and (so far) last of a series of books written by Ursula K. Le Guin and set in her fantasy archipelago of Earthsea. ...
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [ˌɜɹsələ ˌkɹobɜɹ ləˈgWɪn] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ...
American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman. ...
Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ...
The Curse of Chalion is a 2001 fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. ...
Lois McMaster Bujold (November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. ...
Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ...
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. ...
Jonathan Samuel Carroll (b. ...
2003 WFC 2003, held in Washington, DC, was chaired by Michael J. Walsh. Judges were Justin Ackroyd, Les Edwards, Laura Anne Gilman, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Jane Yolen, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is the pseudonym of American fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans. ...
Jane Yolens Wizards Hall Jane Yolen (born February 11, 1939 in New York City) is an American author, and editor of almost 300 books. ...
Graham Joyce is an English writer of speculative fiction. ...
Patricia A. McKillip (February 29, 1948—) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. ...
Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the Fantastic genre tradition, although his works have been described as spanning both Fantasy and Science Fiction. ...
Greg Frost (photograph by Keyan Bowes) Gregory Frost is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a Fiction Writing Workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Iowa. ...
The Scar is the third novel written by China Miéville, a self-described weird fiction writer from London, England. ...
China Miéville China Tom Miéville (born September 6, 1972, Norwich) is a British writer of fantastic fiction. ...
2004 WFC 2004 was held in Tempe, Arizona. Judges were John Clute, Sherwood Smith, Michael Stackpole, Alain Nevant, and Scott Wyatt. Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated November 29, 1894 Government - Mayor Hugh Hallman Area - City 39. ...
John [Frederick] Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who lives in Britain. ...
Michael Stackpole (born 1957) is, among other things, a science-fiction author best known for his Star Wars and Battletech books. ...
Tooth and Claw is a fantasy novel written by Jo Walton and published by Tor Books in 2003. ...
Jo Walton (born in 1964) is a fantasy and science fiction writer. ...
Kirsten J. Bishop (born 1972) is an Australian writer and artist. ...
Fudoki (風土記) are ancient records of the culture and geography of provinces of Japan. ...
Kij Johnson (born 1960 in Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy. ...
Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956) was born in Solihull, United Kingdom. ...
Veniss Underground is a 2003 New Weird novel by Jeff Vandermeer, following the lives of three different protagonists across a short period of time in the hellish, surreal city of Veniss, which is situated above a vast underground labyrinth of hovels and mines ruled over by the amoral crime-lord...
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (July 7, 1968—) is an American writer, although he has pursued careers in editing and publishing. ...
2005 WFC 2005 was held in Madison, Wisconsin and chaired by Meg Turville-Heitz. Judges were Alis Rasmussen (Kate Elliott), Jeffrey Ford, Tim Lebbon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Nickname: Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Coordinates: , Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Government - Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area - City 219. ...
Kate Elliott is the pen name of writer Alis A. Rasmussen. ...
Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the Fantastic genre tradition, although his works have been described as spanning both Fantasy and Science Fiction. ...
Patrick Nielsen Hayden is a science fiction editor and fanzine writer. ...
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the award-winning debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. ...
At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 with a Hugo award Susanna Clarke (b. ...
Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist. ...
Iron Council Iron Council (2004) is the fourth novel by China Miéville, set in the same universe as his previous books Perdido Street Station (2000) and The Scar (2002), although they can all be read independently of each other. ...
China Miéville China Tom Miéville (born September 6, 1972, Norwich) is a British writer of fantastic fiction. ...
Perfect Circle is a novel by Sean Stewart that was nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2004. ...
Sean Stewart (b. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
2006 WFC 2006 was held in Austin, Texas and chaired by Renee Babcock and Fred Duarte. Judges were Steve Lockley, Barbara Roden, Victoria Strauss, Jeff VanderMeer, and Andrew Wheeler. Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country United States State Texas Counties Travis County Government - Mayor Will Wynn Area - City 296. ...
Victoria Strauss is a fantasy author. ...
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (July 7, 1968—) is an American writer, although he has pursued careers in editing and publishing. ...
Kafka on the Shore ) is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami (2002). ...
Haruki Murakami , born January 12, 1949) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. ...
Vellum (from the Old French Vélin, for calfskin[1]) is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, characterized by its thin, smooth, durable properties. ...
Hal Duncan is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy writer based in Glasgow. ...
Lunar Park is a combined semi-autobiographical novelization of the life of Bret Easton Ellis and is a ghost story in the vein of Stephen King. ...
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. ...
Graham Joyce is an English writer of speculative fiction. ...
Patricia A. McKillip (February 29, 1948—) is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. ...
Paul Park (b. ...
2007 WFC 2007 will be held in Saratoga Springs, New York on November 1-4, 2007 and chaired by Joseph T. Berlant. Judges are Gavin Grant, Ed Greenwood, Jeremy Lassen, Jeff Mariotte and Carsten Polzin. The current nominees are: Saratoga Springs redirects here. ...
Gavin J. Grant is a writer and the editor and publisher of Small Beer Press, as well as a reviewer. ...
Ed Greenwood displays his novel Elminsters Daughter. ...
Night Shade Books is an independent publishing company, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and cross-genre novels. ...
Jeff Mariotte is an author who currently lives in Arizona. ...
Liseys Story. ...
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ...
Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels. ...
The Lies of Locke Lamora is a fantasy novel by Scott Lynch. ...
Scott Lynch is a chief operating officer at Valve Software. ...
Catherynne M. Valente (born May 5, 1979, Seattle, Washington) is an American poet, novelist and literary critic. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
See also This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy novella or novellas voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy short story voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy anthology voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy fiction collection voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is given to the artist voted best in the fantasy field by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is presented to individuals for their outstanding service to the fantasy field, and decided by a panel of judges at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
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 World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. ...
This special World Fantasy Award is given for peerless contributions to the fantasy genre, and presented (though not every year) at the annual World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is presented to individuals for their outstanding professional work in the fantasy field, and voted by a panel of judges at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
This World Fantasy Award is presented to individuals for outstanding non-professional work in the fantasy field, and voted by a panel of judges at the World Fantasy Convention. ...
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