Grania Davis

Grania Davis
Born	(1943-07-17)July 17, 1943 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died	April 28, 2017(2017-04-28) (aged 73)
Occupation	Author, editor
Notable works	The Boss in the Wall
Spouse	Avram Davidson

Grania Davis (July 17, 1943 - April 28, 2017) was an American author and editor of science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. She was the primary editor of the posthumously published work of her former husband, Avram Davidson. Her short stories have appeared in various genre magazines, anthologies, and "best of" collections. The Boss in the Wall (1998, Tachyon Publications with Avram Davidson) was nominated for a Nebula Award in the Best Novella category.

She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in Hollywood, California. She lived in San Rafael, California for many years. She died on April 28, 2017.

Bibliography

As author

• Proud Peacock and the Mallard (1976)
• Doctor Grass (1978)
• The Rainbow Annals (1980)
• The Great Perpendicular Path(1980)
• Moonbird (1986)
• Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (with Avram Davidson, 1998)
• The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil (with Avram Davidson, 1998)
• Tree of Life, Book of Death: The Treasures of Grania Davis (short story collection, 2013)

As editor

• The Scarlet Fig: Or Slowly Through a Land of Stone (co-editor, with Henry Wessells, 2005)
• The Avram Davidson Treasury (co-editor, with Robert Silverberg, 1998)
• The Investigations of Avram Davidson (co-editor, with Richard A. Lupoff, 1999)
• Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven: Essential Jewish Tales of the Spirit (co-editor, with Jack Dann, 2000)
• The Other 19th Century (co-editor, with Henry Wessells, 2001)
• ¡Limekiller! (co-editor, with Henry Wessells, 2003)
• Speculative Japan (co-editor, with Gene Van Troyer, 2007)

External links

• Grania Davis on Nippon 2007
• Grania Davis on Fantastic Fiction
• Grania Davis at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database