Elizabeth Donald
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Elizabeth Donald | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Merced, California, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bryn Mawr School Westview High School University of Memphis University of Tennessee at Martin Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MFA) |
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| Spouse | Jim Gillentine |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Ralph Donald Patrice Stribling Nelson |
| Relatives | Michael Stribling (uncle) |
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Elizabeth Donald (born 1975) is an American author and journalist, best known for writing horror and science fiction, including the Nocturnal Urges vampire mystery series and Blackfire zombie series.
Life and career
Elizabeth Donald was born in
Her first novel, Nocturnal Urges, was published in 2004,
She works as a freelance editor and writing coach, editing anthologies and novels for small-press publishers and working with beginning writers on fiction projects.[4] In 2014, she launched a photography site, selling nature and art photography that has been licensed for book covers and other commercial purposes and has been featured in art shows and journals.
Elizabeth Donald was a reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat newspaper in Illinois from 2000 until 2018.[5] She has won multiple journalism awards, including the Southern Illinois Editorial Association and Illinois Press Association awards. She was vice president of the St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists for three years, and elected chapter president in 2015, and continues to serve. She has been a member of the national SPJ ethics commission since 2009, and was part of the team that rewrote the organization's code of ethics in 2014. In 2010, she was one of two initial recipients of the Terry Harper Memorial Fellowship from the national Society of Professional Journalists. She is a contributor to journalism trade magazines and guest lecturer on the subjects of journalism ethics and the changing nature of journalism in the 21st century.
Currently she teaches journalism at
Her uncle, Michael Stribling, is a new-age musician. She is married to author Jim Gillentine and has one son from a previous marriage. She is a lifelong member of the Episcopal church and resides in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Works
- Nocturnal Urges, 2004, novel, Ellora's Cave Publishing
- Winner of the 2005 Darrell Award[7]
- Finalist for the 2004 Prism Award
- Rereleased in 2005 by Cerridwen Press
- A More Perfect Union, 2005, novel, Ellora's Cave Publishing
- Finalist for the 2006 Darrell Award
- Rereleased in 2005 by Cerridwen Press
- Setting Suns, 2006, anthology, New Babel Books
- ISBN 0-9720197-6-6
- Winner of the 2007 Darrell Award for the story, "Wonderland"
- Tandem, 2006, ebook, Ellora's Cave Publishing
- Also appears in "Sultry Summer Fun," a print anthology published in May 2007
- Nocturne, 2006 Cerridwen Press (this is a compilation of Nocturnal Urges and A More Perfect Union)
- ISBN 1-4199-5404-0
- Abaddon, 2007, novel, Cerridwen Press
- ISBN 978-1-4199-1122-4(ebook)
- ISBN 978-1-4199-5797-0(2008 paperback)
- Winner of the 2008 Darrell Award
- "Bargaining With Spiders," 2007, short story, appeared in the anthology Twilight and Thorns by Circle Dark Publishing.
- "Weathergirl," May 2009, short story, appearing in the anthology Cover of Darkness by Sam's Dot Publishing.
- The Dreadmire Chronicles, 2009, Spellbinder Books
- The Cold Ones, 2009, Sam's Dot Publishing
- Blackfire, 2011, Sam's Dot Publishing
- Infinity, 2011 novella, Aardvark Productions
- Dreadmire, 2013 novel, Inkstained Succubus Press
- Gethsemane, 2014 novella, Aardvark Productions
- Nocturne Infernum, 2015 compendium of three novels, Seventh Star Press
- ISBN 978-1941706244
- Moonlight Sonata, 2017 collection, Dark Oak Press
- ISBN 978-1941754870
- Finalist for Imadjinn Awards, 2018 [8]
- "In Memoriam," October 2019, short story, appearing in the anthology Stories We Tell After Midnight by Crone Girls Press
- "Dear Katrina" and "Sergeant Curious", March 2020, short stories, appearing in literary magazine River Bluff Review.
- "Shiny People," March 2020, short story, appearing in the anthology Coppice and Brake by Crone Girls Press.
- Yanaguana, October 2020, novella, appearing in the collection Foul Womb of Night by Crone Girls Press.
References
- ^ "Bloody pulp fiction: For the love of 'things that go chomp in the night' - Lifestyles - Merced Sun-Star". December 10, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
- ^ "New Babel Books". June 18, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-06-18.
- ^ "Elizabeth Donald Joins the Seventh Star Press Family With Compendium of Nocturnal Urges Novels!". February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Editor". February 24, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24.
- ^ ""Closing the Loopholes for Incestuous Offenders" by Elizabeth Donald :: Protect :: Pro-Child :: Anti-Crime". September 7, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-09-07.
- ^ "Banning books about more than books, panel says". theintelligencer.com. 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Archived copy". freepages.misc.rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2018 Imadjinn Awards Finalists". Locus Online. 2018-09-10.