Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest | |
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Born | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | July 30, 1975
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Forest Lake Academy Southern Adventist University (BA) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (MA) |
Genre | Horror, Southern Gothic, Science fiction, steampunk |
Notable works | Boneshaker, Maplecroft |
Website | |
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Cherie Priest (born July 30, 1975) is an American
Biography
Priest is a Florida native, born in
Priest lived in
Although Priest was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church, she has no further contact with the church and claims no religious affiliation.[3][4]
In addition to her novels, Priest was a reviewer for the
Awards
- In March 2006, she won the Lulu Blooker Prize for Fiction for Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Tor Books, 2005), becoming the first ever winner in that category.[6]
- Her 2006 short story "Wishbones" was part of the Aegri Somnia anthology by Apex Digest, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.[7]
- Her 2009 novel Boneshaker won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award[8]
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced that Boneshaker made the final ballot for the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[9]
- Boneshaker was a 2010 Hugo Award nominee in the Best Novel category.[10]
- Boneshaker won the 2010 Locus Award in the Best Science Fiction Novel category.[11]
Bibliography
Novels
Booking Agent Series
- Grave Reservations, 2021, ISBN 9781982168902.[12]
- Flight Risk, 2022, ISBN 9781982168926.[13]
The Borden Dispatches
- Maplecroft, 2014, ISBN 9780451466976.
- Chapelwood, 2015, ISBN 9780451466983.
Eden Moore series
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds,
- Original edition, 2003, ISBN 978-1-892669-22-3.
- Re-released in a revised, much expanded, edition, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7653-1308-9.
- Issued in the United Kingdom, February 2012, ISBN 9780857687722
- Original edition, 2003,
- Wings to the Kingdom, October 2006, ISBN 978-0-7653-1309-6.
- Issued in the United Kingdom, May 2012, ISBN 9780857687739
- Issued in the United Kingdom, May 2012,
- ISBN 978-0-7653-1310-2.
- Publishers Weekly described this book as "a bit talky" but also as Cherie Priest's "most assured outing yet."[14]
Clockwork Century Universe
- ISBN 978-0-7653-1841-1.
- Clementine, July 2010, ISBN 978-1-59606-308-2.
- Dreadnought, September 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2578-5.
- Ganymede, September 2011, ISBN 978-0-7653-2946-2.
- The Inexplicables, November 2012, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2947-9.
- Fiddlehead, November 2013, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-3407-7 [15]
- Jacaranda, January 2015, Subterranean Press.[16]
Cheshire Red Reports series
- Bloodshot, January 2011,ISBN 978-0-345-52060-9.
- Issued in the United Kingdom, July 2011, ISBN 9780857686459.
- Issued in the United Kingdom, July 2011,
- Hellbent, September 6, 2011, ISBN 978-0-345-52062-3.
- Issued in the United Kingdom, September 2011, ISBN 9780857686466.
- Issued in the United Kingdom, September 2011,
The Cheshire Red Reports concern a vampire thief called Raylene Pendle. Although she prefers to work alone, she acquires a group of misfits who join her in her adventures. These are two young children, a blind vampire and an ex-Navy Seal/Drag Queen. Bloodshot also features the world of urban exploration. The Cheshire Red reports were originally only commissioned as a two book series. There is the possibility of a third book in this series provisionally entitled Sawbones if sufficient interest is expressed.[18]
Other novels
- Dreadful Skin, March 2007, ISBN 978-1-59606-080-7.
- Fathom, December 2008, ISBN 978-0-7653-1840-4.
- Those Who Went Remain There Still, December 2008, ISBN 978-1-59606-179-8.
- ISBN 978-0-545-62085-7.
- The Family Plot, September 2016, ISBN 9780765378248
- Brimstone, April 2017, ISBN 9781101990735.
- The Agony House, September 2018, ISBN 978-0-545-93429-9.[19]
- The Toll, July 2019, Tor Books. ISBN 9780765378231
Short stories and other work
- 'The Heavy', a short story. Published in Apex DigestIssue #12, March 2008.
- 'The Target Audience', a short story. Published in Noctem Aeternus January, 2008.
- 'Following Piper', a short story. Published in Subterranean Digest issue #6.
- 'Little Wards', a short story. Published in The Edge of Propinquity. June 2006
- 'The Immigrant', a short story, part of Mythic #2, October 2006 ISBN 978-0-8095-5756-1
- 'Bad Sushi', a short story. Published in Apex Digest, Issue #10. Republished in "New Cthulhu", ed. Paula Guran, November 2011.
- 'Wishbones', a short story, part of ISBN 978-0-9788676-3-8(hardback)
- 'Tanglefoot', a short story, published online by Subterranean Press, 2009. First release of the Clockwork Century universe.[20][21]
- 'Hell's Bells,' Grant’s Pass, Morrigan Books 2009
- 'The Catastrophe Box', a short story Son of Retro Pulp Tales, Subterranean Press 2010
- 'Reluctance', a short story, part of "The Mammoth Book of Steampunk", first published in the UK by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2012
Articles (non-fiction)
- 'Steampunk Wardrobe Customizations for the Lazy, the Poor, or the Crafty,' Tor, October 2009
- 'Steampunk for Beginners,' BookBrowse, October 2009
- 'Growing up Poe,' Weird Tales, January 2009
Video games
- Dead Space 3 (2013)[22]
References
- ^ a b c Trombi, Liza Groen, ed. (September 13, 2010). "Cherie Priest: Pornography & War". Locus.
- ^ Martini, Adrienne (October 17, 2007). "Bringing Out the Undead: Cherie Priest's Eden Moore Novels Are Perfect Complements to an October Night". Boston's City Paper. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ Davis, Brangien. "2010 Spotlight Award: Cherie Priest". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
"Born in Florida, Priest grew up with a penchant for horror and fantasy stories—perhaps because her mother, a Seventh-day Adventist, promised that the Second Coming could happen any minute.
- ^ Priest, Cherie (September 27, 2005). "Damn". CheriePriest.com. United States. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
Since those halcyon days of yore, I've more or less left the church and gone my own way …
- ^ Priest, Cherie. "The Urban Explorer's Guide to Gently Trespassing". Googobits.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
Trespassing, or "Urban Exploration" as it is sometimes euphemistically called, has been a hip leisure activity for years. Now this hobby has burgeoned into quite the popular pastime – though as with any field, the influx of trend-surfing amateurs tends to cause problems for the old pros.
- ^ Lulu Blooker Blog: And the Winners are Archived November 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Past Bram Stoker Nominees & Winners". Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2010 Book Awards". Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ "2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot". 19 February 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ "The 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award Nominees". AussieCon 4. April 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ^ "2010 Locus Awards Winners". 26 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ISBN 9781982168902.
- ISBN 9781982168926.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest, Author . Tor $14.95 (365p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1310-2". October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Cherie Priest - Fiddlehead cover art reveal!". Upcoming4.me. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Jacaranda (The Clockwork Century, #6)".
- ^ "Bloodshot by Cherie Priest". Retrieved Dec 7, 2010.
- ^ "This many things make a post - The Haunt*The Haunt*". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Kirkus Reviews, June 24, 2018, https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cherie-priest/the-agony-house/
- ^ "theclockworkcentury.com » The Stories". theclockworkcentury.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Tanglefoot - complete short story". Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ Slater, Maggie (4 June 2013). "Interview with Cherie Priest". Apex Magazine. Apex Book Company. Retrieved 4 February 2023.