Christopher Rowe (author)

Christopher Rowe
Born (1969-12-25) December 25, 1969 (age 55)
Columbia, Kentucky, US

Christopher Rowe (born December 25, 1969[1]) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, whose stories have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the World Fantasy Award.[2][3]

Career

Rowe's first professionally published short story was "Kin to Crows" (Realms of Fantasy, 1998).[4] His best-known story is "The Voluntary State" (Sci Fiction, 2004),[1] which was nominated for multiple major awards.[3] That story was followed by two sequels: "The Border State" (2017) and These Prisoning Hills (2022).[5]

His 2017 short-story collection Telling the Map received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly ("wild creativity, haunting imagery, and lyricism"), Kirkus Reviews (a "clutch of complex, persuasive visions of an alternate South"),[6] and Tor.com ("a stellar set of stories that mesh well together").[7]

Personal life

He lives in Lexington, Kentucky. He was married to fellow author Gwenda Bond, with whom he co-authored The Supernormal Sleuthing Service book series,[8] from 2004 to 2023.[9]

Bibliography

Short fiction

Collections
  • Rowe, Christopher (2017). Telling the map.
Stories[a]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
Kin to crows 1998 Realms of Fantasy
The Voluntary State 2004 Sci Fiction The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (ed. Gardner Dozois)
The unveiling 2015 Rowe, Christopher (January 2015). "The unveiling". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (1): 14–21.
The Border State 2017 Sequel to "The Voluntary State"
Knowledgeable Creatures 2019 Christopher Rowe. "Knowledgeable Creatures". Tor.com Original Fiction. Retrieved 6 October 2023. The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (ed. Rich Horton)
These Prisoning Hills 2022 Novella; sequel to "The Voluntary State" and "The Border State"
The Navigating Fox 2023 Novella; set in the same milieu as "Knowledgeable Creatures"

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Notes
  1. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.

References

  1. ^ a b Clute, John. "Rowe, Christopher". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Award Bibliography: Christopher Rowe". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Christopher Rowe". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Chronological Bibliography: Christopher Rowe". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "These Prisoning Hills". Macmillan Publishers. Macmillan. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Launch party for local author at Joseph-Beth Tue 11 July 2017". ColumbiaMagazine.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ^ Mandelo, Lee. "Already Home: Telling the Map by Christopher Rowe". Tor.com. Tor. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  8. ^ Cheryl Truman (25 July 2017). "New story collection sees Kentucky in science fiction, fantasy realms". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ Gwenda Bond. "Some Sad Personal News". Dear Reader. Retrieved 6 October 2023.