Graham Joyce
Graham Joyce (born October 22, 1954 in Keresley , West Midlands , † September 9, 2014 in Leicester ) was a British science fiction, fantasy and horror writer .
Life
Graham Joyce was born in 1954 and grew up near Coventry . After studying in Leicester , he first worked as a teacher and then became a writer. Since 1991 he has written short stories and several fantasy novels. He lived with his family in Leicester and taught creative writing at Nottingham Trent University .
Most recently, Joyce worked for the American game developer Id Software on the plot of the horror first- person shooter Doom .
Joyce won the British Fantasy Award for best novel six times (for Dark Sister , Requiem , The Tooth Fairy , Indigo , Some Kind of Fairy Tale and Memoirs of a Master Forger , which he published under the pseudonym William Heaney) and once for World Fantasy Award (for The Facts of Life ) presented.
He died on September 9, 2014 of complications from a lymphoma diagnosed in 2013 .
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The Web
Joyce wrote the fourth volume for the twelve-part youth book series The Web .
Single novels
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Dreamside , 1991
- Traumland , Bastei-Lübbe, 1996, ISBN 3-404-13824-4
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Dark Sister , 1992
- Bella's diary , Bastei-Lübbe, 1994, ISBN 3-404-13508-3
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House of Lost Dreams , 1993
- House of Lost Dreams , Bastei-Lübbe, 1995, ISBN 3-404-13615-2
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Requiem , 1995
- Requiem , Bastei-Lübbe, 1996, ISBN 3-404-13724-8
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The Tooth Fairy , 1996
- Companion of the night , Bastei-Lübbe, 1997, ISBN 3-404-13876-7
- The Stormwatcher , 1997
- Indigo , 1999
- Smoking Poppy , 2001
- The Facts of Life , 2002
- The Limits of Enchantment , 2005
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TWOC , 2005
- Frontal , Fischer, 1996, ISBN 3-596-16902-X
- Do the Creepy Thing , 2006
- Memoirs of a Master Forger (as William Heaney), 2008
- The Devil's Ladder , 2009
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The Silent Land , 2010
- Schneestille , Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-641-06613-0
- Some Kind of Fairy Tale , 2012
Collections
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Partial Eclipse and Other Stories , 2003
- "The Apprentice", 1993
- "Black Dust", 2002
- "Candia", 1999
- "The Careperson", 1992 ("The Social Worker")
- "Gap Sickness", 1993
- "Leningrad Nights", 1999
- "The Mountain Eats People," 1998
- "Partial Eclipse", 2000
- "Pinkland", 1997
- "Under the Pylon," 1993
- "Xenos Beach", 2000
Other short stories
- Monastic Lives , 1992
- Last Rising Sun , 1992
- The Ventriloquial Art , 1993
- Eat Reecebread , with Peter F. Hamilton , 1994
- The Reckoning , 1994
- Black Ball Game , 1995
- A Tip from Bobby Moore , 1996
- The White Stuff , with Peter F. Hamilton , 1997
- As Seen on Radio , 1998
- Incident in Mombassa , 1999
- Horrograph , 1999
- Coventry Boy , 2001
- Leningrad Nights , 2002
- The Coventry Boy , 2002
- First, Catch Your Demon , 2002
Web links
- Literature by and about Graham Joyce in the catalog of the German National Library
- Graham Joyce in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Graham Joyce (1954–2014) , short biography on locusmag.com (English)
- Graham Joyce - Obituary , obituary in The Daily Telegraph, September 11, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ ComputerAndVideogames.com: Doom 4 writer revealed ( Memento of March 6, 2009 on the Internet Archive ). January 16, 2009.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Joyce, Graham |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heaney, William (pen name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British science fiction, fantasy and horror writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Keresley , England |
DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2014 |
Place of death | Leicester , England |