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Tananarive Due

(b.1966)
Wife of Steven Barnes

Tananarive Due is the author of The Black Rose, My Soul to Keep and The Between, and was a collaborator on the best-selling novel, Naked Came the Manatee. Her short fiction was included in the groundbreaking Dark Matter, an anthology of black American science fiction and fantasy. A two-time finalist for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award, the former Miami Herald columnist lives in Washington state with her husband, novelist Steven Barnes.

Awards: WFA (2024), Jackson (2023), LA Times (2023), Stoker (2023) see all

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery

Series

African Immortals
   1. My Soul to Keep (1997)
   2. The Living Blood (2001)
   3. Blood Colony (2008)
   4. My Soul to Take (2011)

Tennyson Hardwick (with Steven Barnes)
   1. Casanegra (2007)
   2. In the Night of the Heat (2008)
   3. From Cape Town with Love (2010)
   4. South by Southeast (2012)

Devil's Wake (with Steven Barnes)
1. Devil's Wake (2012)
2. Domino Falls (2013)

Novels

   The Between (1995)
   Naked Came the Manatee (1997) (with others)
   The Black Rose (2000)
   The Good House (2003)
   Joplin's Ghost (2005)
   The Reformatory (2023)

Collections

   The Ancestors (2008) (with L A Banks and Brandon Massey)
   Ghost Summer (2015)
   Whose Future Is It? (2018) (with others)
   The Wishing Pool and Other Stories (2023)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Lake (2011)

Series contributed to

Marvel Black Panther
Black Panther: Sins of the King (2024) (with others)

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Books containing stories by Tananarive Due

The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction: 2023 (2024)
(Year's Best African Speculative Fiction)
edited by
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Chinaza Eziaghighalaby

The Best Horror of the Year Volume 16 (2024)
(Best Horror of the Year, book 16)
edited by
Ellen Datlow

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume Five (2024)
(Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, book 5)
edited by
Paula Guran

More books

Awards

	2024 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel : The Reformatory
	2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story : Incident at Bear Creek Lodge
	2023 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel : The Reformatory
	2023 Ray Bradbury Prize : The Reformatory
	2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel : The Reformatory
	2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection : Ghost Summer

Award nominations

	2024 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Suppertime
	2024 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
	2024 Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel (nominee) : The Reformatory
	2024 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : The Reformatory
	2023 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Incident at Bear Creek Lodge
	2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction (nominee) : Rumpus Room
	2015 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Herd Immunity
	1998 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : My Soul to Keep
	1997 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel (nominee) : My Soul to Keep
	1995 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee) : The Between

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Sky Full of Elephants (2024)
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Ruin Road (2024)
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Pay the Piper (2024)
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"A captivating triumph for horror fans."

Devils Kill Devils (2024)
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Ghostroots (2024)
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The Devil Takes You Home (2022)
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"The Devil Takes You Home is a wild ride through grief, faith, loss and monstrosity. Gabino Iglesias's sharp prose and visceral, haunting vision have birthed a riveting novel no reader will soon forget. Fresh and genuinely scary."

Creatures of Passage (2021)
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The Conductors (2021)
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The Lesson (2019)
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Bareback (2006)
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Dark Thirst (2004)
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