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Jeff VanderMeer

(b.1968)

Jeff VanderMeer, a winner of the World Fantasy Award, has seen his fiction published in over twenty different countries -- including the highly praised CITY OF SAINTS & MADMEN.

Awards: Jackson (2015), Nebula (2014), WFA (2000) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror

New and upcoming books

October 2024

Absolution
(Southern Reach, book 4)

Series

Ambergris
   1. City of Saints and Madmen (1997)
   2. Shriek (2006)
   3. Finch (2009)

Southern Reach
   1. Annihilation (2014)
   2. Authority (2014)
   3. Acceptance (2012)
   4. Absolution (2024)

Borne
   1. Borne (2017)
   The Strange Bird (2017)
   2. Dead Astronauts (2019)
   Three Dead Astronauts (2021)

Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead
1. A Peculiar Peril (2020)

Novels

   Dradin, in Love (1996)
   Veniss Underground (2003)
   The Situation (2008)
   Hummingbird Salamander (2021)

Collections

   The Book of Frog (1989)
   The Book of Lost Places (1996)
   Breaking Windows (2003) (with others)
   The Day Dali Died (2003)
   Secret Life (2004)
   Secret Lives (2006)
   The Surgeon's Tale (2007) (with Cat Rambo)
   The Third Bear (2010)
   The Compass of His Bones (2011)

Novellas and Short Stories

   The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod (2010)
   Balzac's War (2011)
   Komodo (2015)

Anthologies edited

Anthology series

The Time Traveler's Almanac (with Ann Vandermeer)
   The Time Traveller's Almanac (2013)
   1. Experiments (2014)
   2. Reactionaries & Revolutionaries (2014)
   3. Mazes & Traps (2014)
   4. Communiques (2014)

Series contributed to

Best American Fantasy
1. Best American Fantasy (2007) (with Ann Vandermeer)
2. Best American Fantasy 2 (2008) (with Ann Vandermeer)

Predator
South China Sea (2008)

HALO Collections
Evolutions (2009) (with others)

Tor.Com Original
Errata (2010)
This World is Full of Monsters (2017)

Trespass collection
2. Wildlife (2022)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Jeff VanderMeer

Worlds Seen in Passing (2018)
Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction
edited by
Irene Gallo

More Human Than Human (2017)
Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured Humanity
edited by
Neil Clarke

Mixed Up (2017)
Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader)
edited by
Nick Mamatas and Molly Tanzer

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Awards

	2017 Locus Award for Best Anthology : The Big Book of Science Fiction
	2015 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel : Annihilation
	2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Annihilation
	2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : The Transformation of Martin Lake

Award nominations

	2022 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Hummingbird Salamander
	2021 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Hummingbird Salamander
	2021 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : A Peculiar Peril
	2021 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Big Book of Modern Fantasy
	2021 Dragon Award for Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel (nominee) : A Peculiar Peril
	2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Dead Astronauts
	2020 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Big Book of Classic Fantasy
	2020 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Dead Astronauts
	2018 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Borne
	2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Borne
	2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Borne
	2015 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Annihilation
	2015 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Time Traveller's Almanac
	2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Annihilation
	2012 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
	2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Third Bear
	2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection (nominee) : The Third Bear
	2011 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Third Bear
	2010 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Finch
	2010 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Finch
	2010 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Best American Fantasy
	2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Situation
	2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology (nominee) : Fast Ships, Black Sails
	2009 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Finch
	2008 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : The Third Bear
	2007 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Shriek: An Afterword
	2005 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Secret Life
	2004 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Veniss Underground
	2004 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Veniss Underground
	2003 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergris
	2003 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel (nominee) : Veniss Underground
	2002 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Leviathan 3
	2002 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergris
	1997 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Dradin, in Love

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Hum (2024)
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"An indelible family portrait and a narrative tour de force, Hum generates almost unbearable tension and unease from start to end. Stunning, strangely beautiful, and written from a place of deep compassion but also a clear and analytical eye. Helen Phillips, in typical bravura fashion, has found a way to make visible uncomfortable truths about our present by interrogating the near-future. I loved it."

Ghostroots (2024)
'Pemi Aguda
"Ghostroots is the kind of collection you dream of discovering and reading-from one of my favorite living writers."

Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind (2023)
Molly McGhee
"An exuberant, poignant, freewheeling debut full of complication and surprise. It is also often very funny."

Termush (2023)
Sven Holm
"A classic: stunning, dangerous, darkly beautiful."

Tiny Arrows (2022)
Rhys Hughes
"It's a crime that Rhys Hughes is not as widely known as Italo Calvino and other writers of that stature. Brilliantly written and conceived, Hughes' fiction has few parallels anywhere in the world. In some alternate universe with a better sense of justice, his work triumphantly parades across all bestseller lists."

The Mountain in the Sea (2022)
Ray Nayler
"The Mountain in the Sea is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive. The book poses profound questions about artificial and nonhuman intelligence, and its answers are tantalizing and provocative."

The Splendid City (2022)
Karen Heuler
"Heuler continues to delight with her thoughtful brand of modern surrealism / magic realism - a criminally underrated writer."

January Fifteenth (2022)
Rachel Swirsky
"Rachel Swirsky is among the most talented science fiction/fantasy short story writers working today-one of the new generation that's transforming the genre through a combination of inspiration, renovation, and fresh approaches."

Something New Under the Sun (2021)
Alexandra Kleeman
"A magnificent and stunning novel, by turns hilarious, satirical, moving, and so very, very much what we need in these uncertain times."

Once There Were Wolves (2021)
Charlotte McConaghy
"So damn good. A page-turner that makes you think and has a huge emotional impact."

The Rock Eaters (2021)
Brenda Peynado
"A stunning debut collection comprised of provocative stories that are oddly healing and horizon-expanding. An exciting new voice."

Road Out of Winter (2020)
Alison Stine
"A warning about who we become and who we want to be in an uncertain future. Beautifully written and essential."

Velocities (2020)
Kathe Koja
"A modern genius of weird and dark fiction, Kathe Koja once again proves with Velocities that she’s adept at plunging the reader into strange and unexpected places. One of my favorite collections of the year."

Little Digs (2020)
Lisa L Hannett
"Here at the beginning of her career, Hannett shows a stylistic flair and depth of story rare in even established writers. Her fiction in this collection is smart, confident, and in her own voice."

Wilder Girls (2019)
Rory Power
"Wilder Girls is so sharp and packs so much emotion in such wise ways. I'm convinced we're about to witness the emergence of a major new literary star."

Infinite Detail (2019)
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"A singular speculative debut, Infinite Detail asks crucial questions about the nature of our relationship to technology. A lively and provocative novel particularly equipped for the challenges of our moment."

The Study of Animal Languages (2019)
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"A fascinating, original meditation on a human relationship and the non-human world from a very talented new writer. Quietly provocative."

The Bus on Thursday (2018)
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"Bursting with raucous energy, while anchored in seriousness, The Bus on Thursday is an intoxicating horror-humor romp."

Missing Signal (2018)
(City-States Cycle)
Seb Doubinsky
"Seb Doubinsky is a great writer, both rambunctious and subtle, who can do anything...Read his work."

Lost Objects (2018)
Marian Womack
"An intriguing and illuminating first collection, chock-full of interesting ideas about the natural world and ourselves."

Everything Under (2018)
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"A stunning debut novel. [B]lending a deep understanding of character and storytelling examination … the result reminds me of Iris Murdoch. … Johnson’s affinity for the natural world is extraordinary."

Apocalypse Nyx (2018)
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"A brave, unflinching, truly original writer."

Theory of Bastards (2018)
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"The novel I can't get out of my head is Audrey Schulman's mid-Collapse Theory of Bastards, with its nuanced confluence of the personal and the epic, the human and the nonhuman."

Creatures of Will & Temper (2017)
(Creatures , book 1)
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"A delightful, dark, and entertaining romp with serious intent behind it. The writing is so smart and sharp--Molly Tanzer is at the top of her form in this beautifully constructed novel. Sure to be a favorite of readers and critics alike."

The Rift (2017)
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"Unique and fascinating."

The Five Daughters of the Moon (2017)
(Waning Moon Duology, book 1)
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"By turns rambunctious, lively, strange, and at times melancholy in the best ways, Leena Likitalo's wonderful novel marks the debut of a major new talent."

Amatka (2017)
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"Karin Tidbeck’s Amatka is a stunning, truly original exploration of the mysteries of reality and what it means to be human. It’s brutally honest and uncompromising in its vision - a brilliant short story writer has been revealed as an even more brilliant novelist. One of my favorite reads of the past few years, an instant classic."

The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (2017)
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"This definitive collection of Carrington's fiction is a treasure and a gift to the world. A stunning achievement."

The Warren (2016)
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"A creepy, mind-bending quest of identity and mystery, told with a master's skill. No one explores inner Landscapes quite like Brian Evenson."

Sterling City (2014)
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"Sterling City is mesmerizing, horrifying, strange, and you canâ€™t put it down. It has a kind of stark poetry in the concision and clarity of its prose. Another great example of why you should be reading Stephen Graham Jones."

The Moon King (2013)
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"Beautifully written and thoughtful...one of the best debuts of this or any other year."

Starve Better (2011)
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"Mamatas offers up a no-nonsense guide that should be required reading for all writers. Prepare to have some illusions shattered, because you need them shattered."

The Enterprise of Death (2011)
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"An amazing new talent."

Gears of the City (2008)
(Thunderer, book 2)
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"Incredibly imaginative - a brilliant new author."

The Reef (2008)
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"A promising new writer whose prose is dynamic and whose imagination is often startling."

Trial of Flowers (2006)
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"Modern decadence with an intent both sinister and sublime, Trial of Flowers is a strange and often beautiful novel. Jay Lake continues to expand the limits of his idiosyncratic talent."

Trujillo (2004)
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