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Peter S Beagle


(Peter Soyer Beagle)
USA flag (b.1939)

Peter S. Beagle is the internationally bestselling and much-beloved author of numerous classic fantasy novels and collections, including The Last Unicorn, A Fine & Private Place, The Overneath, The Line Between, Sleight of Hand, Summerlong, and In Calabria. Beagle is the recipient of the Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Locus awards, as well as the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire. He is the editor of The Secret History of Fantasy and the co-editor of The Urban Fantasy Anthology. Beagle lives in Richmond, California, where he is working on too many projects to even begin to name.
 

Awards: Nebula (2018), WFA (2011), Hugo (2006), Mythopoeic (2000)  see all

Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
 
Novels
   A Fine and Private Place (1960)
   The Folk of the Air (1986)
   The Innkeeper's Song (1993)
   The Unicorn Sonata (1996)
   Tamsin (1999)
   Sweet Lightning (2008)
   I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (2008)
   Summerlong (2016)
   In Calabria (2017)
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Collections
   Giant Bones (1996)
     aka The Magician of Karakosk and Other Stories
   The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances (1997)
   The Line Between (2006)
   Strange Roads (2008)
   We Never Talk About My Brother (2009)
   Mirror Kingdoms (2010)
   Sleight of Hand (2011)
   The Overneath (2017)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
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Awards
2018 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
2011 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
2007 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : Two Hearts
2006 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Two Hearts
2000 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature : Tamsin
1994 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel : The Innkeeper's Song
1987 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award : The Folk of the Air

Award nominations
2024 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories
2024 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories
2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : In Calabria
2018 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : In Calabria
2018 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Overneath
2017 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Summerlong
2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Underbridge
2012 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Sleight of Hand
2011 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Trinity County, CA
2011 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : La Lune T'Attend
2011 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Mirror Kingdoms
2010 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : We Never Talk About My Brother
2010 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : We Never Talk About My Brother
2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel
2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Strange Roads
2007 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : The Line Between
2007 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Line Between
2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Two Hearts
2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Tamsin
2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Tamsin
1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Giant Bones
1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : Giant Bones
1998 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Giant Bones
1998 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances
1998 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Giant Bones
1997 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Unicorn Sonata
1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Innkeeper's Song
1994 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee) : The Innkeeper's Song
1987 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Folk of the Air


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