Lewis Shiner

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Lewis Shiner
Born (1950-12-30) December 30, 1950 (age 73)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSouthern Methodist University
OccupationWriter

Lewis Shiner (born December 30, 1950, in Eugene, Oregon) is an American writer.

Shiner began his career as a

magical realism and fantasy elements. He was formerly a resident of Texas (and a member of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop), and now lives in North Carolina
.

Life and career

Shiner graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1973.[1]

Several of his novels have

anarchist culture. Perhaps because novels with music as a major theme are not generally considered mainstream genre material, his work has frequently been overlooked.[citation needed
]

He is a contributing author to the

Wild Cards, notably creating that universe's most powerful character, the tantric sex magic wielding pimp, Fortunato
.

In July 2007 Shiner created the web site Fiction Liberation Front (FLF) as a venue for his short stories. The stories are released under the Creative Commons license and are available in HTML and PDF formats.[2]

Since 2006, Shiner has been a card-carrying member of the Industrial Workers of the World.[3]

On July 22, 2007, The News & Observer began publishing a weekly column by Shiner, titled "Graphic Scenes", about comics.[4]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Frontera. Riverdale, NY, US: Baen, 1984 (paper).
  • Deserted Cities of the Heart. New York, NY, US: Doubleday, 1988.
  • Slam. New York, NY, US: Doubleday, 1990.
  • Glimpses. New York, NY, US: William Morrow & Co., 1993.
  • Say Goodbye. New York, NY, US: St Martin's, 1999.
  • Black & White. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2008.
  • Dark Tangos. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2011.
  • Outside the Gates of Eden. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2019.

Collections

Wild Cards

  • Wild Cards I: Wild Cards
    - contains the short stories "The Long Dark Night of Fortunato" and "Epilogue: Third Generation" written by Shiner in 1986
  • Wild Cards II: Aces High
    - contains the short story "Pennies from Hell" written by Shiner in 1987
  • Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild
    - contains segments of the character "Fortunato" written by Shiner in 1987
  • Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
    - contains the short story "Zero Hour" written by Shiner in 1988

Editor

Comics

References

  1. ^ "Marshall Terry: 50 Years of Vision". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  2. ^ "Fiction Liberation Front--Manifesto". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  3. ^ "Industrial Worker - Issue #1742, January/February 2012 | PDF | Industrial Workers of the World | Unemployment".
  4. ^ Shiner, Lewis (July 22, 2007). "Graphic Scenes". The News & Observer. pp. 4G.[dead link]
  5. ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.

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