Daryl Gregory

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Daryl Gregory (2015)

Daryl Jon Gregory (born June 26, 1965 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American science fiction and comic book author. In 1988 Gregory completed the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop at Michigan State University , and in 2009 he won the Crawford Award for his novel Pandemonium .

Life

Daryl Gregory was born in Chicago , Illinois , where he grew up with his two sisters. In 1987 he graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in English and Drama . In the same year he married Kathleen Bieschke. After graduating, he taught at a high school in Michigan for three years before moving to Salt Lake City , where Bieschke got a position at the University of Utah . After Bieschke was hired by Penn State , the couple moved to State College , where Gregory worked for Minitab . Gregory has two children. In 2016 he moved to Oakland , California .

Career

Gregory sold his first short story, In the Wheels , to Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine in 1990 . His first novel, Pandemonium , was published by Del Ray Books in 2008 and won the Crawford Award for Best Fantasy Debut in 2009. Pandemonium was also nominated for the World Fantasy Award , the Mythopoeic Awards, and the Shirley Jackson Award . His second novel, The Devil's Alphabet , was published by Del Rey in 2009 and was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 2010 . In 2011, Del Ray published his third novel, Raising Stony Mayhall , which was named one of the best science fiction novels of the year by the Library Journal. In the same year, his collection of short stories, Unpossible and Other Stories, was published by Fairwood Press.

In 2010, Boom! Studios hired to co- write with Kurt Busiek Dracula: Company of Monsters . From August 2011 he co-wrote a “Planet of the Apes” comic for the film, which was published in German in 2014 under the title Planet of the Apes Comic Band: The Chronicles of Mak on Cross Cult . IDW hired Gregory to write The Secret Battles of Genghis Khan , a completed graphic novel that was published in March 2013.

In 2014 his science fiction novel Afterparty was published by Tor Books in the USA and Titan Books in Great Britain, and in January 2017 the novel was published in German by Fischer Tor under the same title. His novella We Are All Completely Fine was published by Tachyon Publications in August 2014, was a finalist at the Nebula Award and won the 2015 World Fantasy Award for best novel. His teenage horror novel Harrison Squared was published by Tor Books in March 2015, with further sequels planned for 2016 and 2017.

bibliography

Novels

  • Pandemonium (Del Rey Books, 2008)
  • The Devil's Alphabet (Del Rey Books, 2009)
  • Raising Stony Mayhall (Del Rey Books, 2011)
  • Afterparty, Fischer Tor January 2017 ISBN 978-3-596-03453-6 ( Afterparty , Tor Books , April 2014)
  • "We Are All Completely Fine" (Novelle, Tachyon Publications, 2014)
  • Harrison Squared ( Tor Books , 2015)
  • Spoonbenders (Knopf, 2017)

Short stories

  • Unpossible and Other Stories (Fairwood Press, 2011)
  • In the Wheels (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990)
  • Taking the High Road (Amazing Magazine, September 1991)
  • The Sound of Glass Breaking (Antietam Review, Spring 1992)
  • An Equitable Distribution (Hitchcock's Magazine, October 1997)
  • Free, and Clear (Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2004)
  • The Continuing Adventures of Rocket Boy (Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 2004)
  • Second Person, Present Tense (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 2005))
  • Gardening at Night (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, April 2006)
  • Damascus (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, December 2006)
  • Dead Horse Point (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 2007)
  • Unpossible (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, October 2007)
  • The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm (Eclipse 2, October 2008)
  • Glass (Technology Review Magazine, November / December 2008)
  • What We Take When We Take What We Need (Subterranean Magazine, 2009)
  • Message From the Bubblegum Factory (in the anthology Masked , previously known as With Great Power , 2010)
  • We Are All Completely Fine (Tachyon Publications, August 2014)
  • Even the Crumbs Were Delicious (in the The Starlit Wood collection , 2016)

comics

Titles featured on Boom! Studios published in English:

  • Dracula: Company of Monsters
    • Volume One (includes issues # 1–4, tpb, 2011)
    • Volume Two (contains issues # 5–8, tpb, 2011)
    • Volume Three (contains issues # 9–12, tpb, 2011)
  • Planet of the Apes
    • Volume One (includes issues # 1–4, tpb, 2011)
    • Volume Two (contains issues # 5–8, tpb, 2012)
    • Issues # 9-15, ongoing

German:

  • Planet of the Apes comic book: The Chronicles of Mak, Cross Cult May 2014

Titles published by IDW :

  • The Secret Battles of Genghis Khan (tpb, 2012)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aaron Hughes: Daryl Gregory Interview. In: Fantastic Reviews. November 2008, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Sci-Fi Scares . In: Town & Gown Magazine . Barash Publications, April 2012, pp. 74-80 ( issuu.com ).
  3. ^ A b Daryl Gregory: Unpossible and Other Short Stories . Fairwood Press, 2011.
  4. ^ Daryl Gregory: The Devil's Alphabet . Del Rey Books, 2009.
  5. ^ Daryl Gregory: Raising Stony Mayhall . Del Rey Books, 2011.
  6. ↑ Jackie Cassada: Library Journal Best Books 2011: Science Fiction / Fantasy. November 17, 2011, archived from the original on July 1, 2017 ; accessed on November 21, 2019 .
  7. ^ IDW Brings Genghis Khan to Comics. IDW Publishing , April 12, 2012, accessed November 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gregory, Daryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gregory, Daryl Jon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and comic book writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , USA