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Avram Davidson


USA flag (1923 - 1993)

Avram Davidson was an American Jewish writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, and a Queen's Award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. Davidson edited The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1962 to 1964. His last novel The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil was completed by Grania Davis and was a Nebula Award finalist in 1998.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
 
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Novellas and Short Stories
   King's Evil (2014)
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Anthologies edited
   Magic for Sale (1983)
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Books containing stories by Avram Davidson
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The Last Dangerous Visions (2024)
(Dangerous Visions, book 3)
edited by
Harlan Ellison
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
1958 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Or All the Seas with Oysters [short story]
1965 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The House the Blakeneys Built
1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Rogue Dragon
1965 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Rogue Dragon [short story]
1966 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Clash of Star Kings
1975 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman
1976 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection : The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy
1978 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight
1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Naples
1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Redward Edward Papers
1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Sleep Well of Nights
1980 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me
1980 World Fantasy Award - Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1981 World Fantasy Award - Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1984 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Young Doctor Esterhazy
1986 World Fantasy Award - Lifetime Achievement
1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Slovo Stove
1987 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Vergil in Averno
1998 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Boss In the Wall [short story]


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