Kelly Link
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
- 2018 MacArthur Fellowship
- 2017 World Fantasy Award nomination
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
- Literature by and about Kelly Link in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kelly Link in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Kelly Link at Open Library
- official website
- Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
- Kelly Link's Awards and Nominations in the Science Fiction Awards Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laura Miller: An Interview with Kelly Link . In: Salon . November 19, 2001. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008.
- ↑ Laura Miller: “Get in Trouble”: Go Back to the Strange and Wonderful World of Kelly Link ( en ) May 24, 2019.
- ↑ Charles, Ron: Short story writer Kelly Link wins MacArthur Fellowship . In: The Washington Post , October 4, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ↑ Kelly Link - MacArthur Foundation .
- ^ World Fantasy Convention: Award Winners and Nominees . 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
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SURNAME | Link, Kelly |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction and fantasy writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th July 1969 |