Kelly Link

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Kelly Link (* 19th July 1969 ) is an American science fiction - writer and publisher of mostly short stories . Some of their stories can be clearly assigned to a genre , but most of them can be described as Slipstream or Magical Realism . This is a mix of: science fiction, fantasy , horror , mystery and realism . Among other awards, she won a Hugo Award , three Nebula Awards and a World Fantasy Award ; In addition, she received in 2018 a grant from the MacArthur Fellowship Program.

biography

Link is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City and UNC Greensboro's MFA program . In 1995 she was a participant in the Clarion East Writing Workshop . She and her husband Gavin Grant ran Small Beer Press in Northampton Massachusetts. She was also co-editor with Ellen Datlow of St. Martin's Press' Anthologies Year's Best Fantasy and Horror for five years . She was also the slush reader for science fiction to be published by Datlow. Slush piles are manuscripts or excerpts that are sent unsolicited to a publisher or publisher. The task of the first reader is to assess whether such a manuscript has the potential for publication and then to pass it on to the publisher.

Link taught at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory , North Carolina in the spring 2006 semester. In addition, she taught or attended a variety of workshops and schools: Bard College , in Annandale-on-Hudson , New York ; Brookdale Community College , Lincroft , New Jersey ; Cleveland State University's Imagination Workshop ; New England Institute of Art & Communications, Brookline , Massachusetts ; Clarion East from Michigan State University ; Clarion West Writers' Workshop in Seattle , Washington ; Smith College , near where she lives in Northampton . She attended the Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the MFA Program for Poets & Writers .

Awards

Books

  • Get in Trouble : 2016 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
  • Pretty Monsters : 2008 World Fantasy Award and Locus Award Finalist
  • Magic for Beginners : 2006 Locus Award - Best Short Story Collection
  • Stranger Things Happen : Salon Book Awards, Village Voice Favorite ( as free download , under Creative Commons ).

Short stories

  • The Game of Smash and Recovery : 2016 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
  • The Summer People : 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel,
  • The Summer People : 2013 O Henry Prize
  • Pretty Monsters : 2009 Locus Award for Best Novel
  • Magic for Beginners : 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Faery Handbag : 2005 Hugo Award
  • The Faery Handbag : 2005 Nebula Award
  • The Faery Handbag : 2005 Locus Award
  • Stone Animals : 2005 Best American Short Stories
  • Louise's Ghost : 2001 Nebula Award
  • The Specialist's Hat : 1999 World Fantasy Award
  • Travels with the Snow Queen : 1997 James Tiptree, Jr. Award

Works

Collections

  • Stranger Things Happen , 2000
  • 4 Stories , 2000
  • The Elven Handbag , 2008, Magic for Beginners , 2005
  • Pretty Monsters , 2008
  • Origin Stories , 2012
  • Get in Trouble , 2015

published anthologies

  • 2 Creepy Stories , 2002 (with Ray Vukcevich )
  • Trampolines , 2003
  • The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror , 2004-2008
  • The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet , 2007 (with Gavin J. Grant )
  • Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories , 2011 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales , 2014 (with Gavin J. Grant)

In addition, she and her husband have been publishing the semi-annual fantasy magazine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet since 1997 .

Short stories

  • Water Off a Black Dog's Back , 1995
  • Travels with the Snow Queen , 1996
  • The Vanishing Trick , 2007, Vanishing Act , 1996
  • Flying Lessons , 1996
  • Survivor's Ball, or The Donner Party , 1998
  • Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose , 2005, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose , 1998
  • The Specialist's Hat , 1998
  • The Girl Detective , 1999
  • Miss Kansas on Judgment Day , 1999
  • Sea, Ship, Mountain, Sky , 2000 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • Swans , 2000
  • Shoe and Marriage , 2000
  • The Glass Slipper , 2000
  • Louise's Ghost , 2001
  • Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water , 2001
  • Lulled , 2008, Lull , 2002
  • The Cannon , 2008, The Cannon , 2003
  • Cat fur , 2008, Catskin , 2003
  • Hortlak , 2008, The Hortlak , 2003
  • Stone Animals , 2008 Stone Animals , 2004
  • The Elven Handbag , 2008, The Faery Handbag , 2004
  • Magic for Beginners , 2008, Magic for Beginners , 2005
  • A few zombie contingency plans , 2008, Some Zombie Contingency Plans , 2005
  • The Great Divorce , 2008, The Great Divorce , 2005
  • Monster , 2005
  • Origin Story , 2006
  • The Wizards of Perfil , 2006
  • Light , 2007
  • The Constable of Abal , 2007
  • The Wrong Grave , 2007
  • The Surfer , 2008
  • Pretty Monsters , 2008
  • The Cinderella Game , 2009
  • Secret Identity , 2009
  • Valley of the Girls , 2011
  • The Summer People , 2011
  • Two Houses , 2012
  • The New Boyfriend , 2014
  • I Can See Right Through You , 2014
  • The Lady and the Fox , 2014
  • The Lesson , 2015
  • The Game of Smash and Recovery , 2015

Essays

  • Summation 2003: Fantasy , 2004 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • You Could Do This Too , 2005 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • Summation 2004: Fantasy , 2005 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • On "Magic for Beginners" , 2006
  • Summation 2005: Fantasy , 2006 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • Summation 2006: Fantasy , 2007 (with Gavin J. Grant)
  • In Conversation: Logic & Loving Books , 2008 (with Laurie J. Marks )
  • Honorable Mentions: 2007 , 2008 (with Ellen Datlow and Gavin J. Grant)
  • Summation 2007: Fantasy , 2008 (with Gavin J. Grant)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laura Miller: An Interview with Kelly Link . In: Salon . November 19, 2001. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ Laura Miller: “Get in Trouble”: Go Back to the Strange and Wonderful World of Kelly Link ( en ) May 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Charles, Ron: Short story writer Kelly Link wins MacArthur Fellowship . In: The Washington Post , October 4, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2019. 
  4. ↑ Kelly Link - MacArthur Foundation .
  5. ^ World Fantasy Convention: Award Winners and Nominees . 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Link, Kelly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH 19th July 1969