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Bradley Denton

(Bradley Clayton Denton)

(b.1958)

Bradley Clayton Denton is an American science fiction author. He has also written other types of fiction, such as the black comedy of his novel Blackburn, about a sympathetic serial killer. He was born in Towanda, Kansas, and attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence and graduated with degrees in astronomy (B.A.) and English (M.A.).

Awards: Sturgeon (2005), WFA (1995), Campbell (1992) see all

Genres: Science Fiction

Novels

   Wrack and Roll (1986)
   Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede (1991)
   Blackburn (1993)
   A Conflagration Artist (1993)
   Lunatics (1996)
   One Day Closer to Death (1998)
   Blackburn's Lady (2001)
   Laughin' Boy (2005)

Collections

The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians (1993)
Sergeant Chip and Other Novellas (2014)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Territory (1992)

Series contributed to

Wild Cards
The Flight of Morpho Girl (2018) (with Caroline Spector)
Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed (2019)

Tor.Com Original
The Flight of Morpho Girl (2018) (with Caroline Spector)
Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed (2019)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Bradley Denton

Pairing Up (2023)
(Wild Cards, book 31)
edited by
George R R Martin

Devil and the Deep (2018)
Horror Stories of the Sea
edited by
Ellen Datlow

Rogues (2014)
edited by
Gardner Dozois and George R R Martin

More books

Awards

	2005 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : Sergeant Chip
	1995 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection : The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians
	1992 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede

Award nominations

	2012 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Adakian Eagle
	2012 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Adakian Eagle
	2007 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Blackburn and the Blade
	2005 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Sergeant Chip
	2005 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Sergeant Chip
	1999 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : One Day Closer to Death: Eight Stabs at Immortality
	1997 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Lunatics
	1993 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Territory
	1993 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Territory
	1993 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Territory
	1993 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Territory
	1993 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel (nominee) : Blackburn
	1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede
	1989 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians [short story]
	1989 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians
	1989 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians [short story]
	1987 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Wrack and Roll

Bradley Denton recommends

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