Jonathan Strahan
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Jonathan Strahan is an editor
and publisher of science fiction
. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia
in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986.
In 1990 he co-founded Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and worked on it as co-editor and co-publisher until 1999. He was also co-publisher of Eidolon Books which published Robin Pen's The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters, Howard Waldrop
's Going Home Again, Storm Constantine
's The Thorn Boy, and Terry Dowling
's Blackwater Days.
In 1997 Jonathan worked in Oakland, California for Locus
: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field as an assistant editor and wrote a regular reviewer column for the magazine until March 1998 when he returned to Australia. In early 1999 Jonathan resumed reviewing and copyediting for Locus, and was then promoted to Reviews Editor (January 2002 – present). Other reviews have appeared in Eidolon, Eidolon: SF Online, and Foundation. Jonathan has won the Aurealis Award, the William J Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review, the Australian National Science Fiction Convention's "Ditmar Award
", and the Peter McNamara Achievement Award.
A three-timeHugo Award
nominee, Strahan won the World Fantasy Award
(Special - Professional) in 2010 for his work as an editor.
As a freelance editor, Jonathan has edited or co-edited ten original anthologies, seventeen reprint anthologies, and ten single-author story collections which have been published in Australia and the United States.
In 1999 Jonathan founded The Coode Street Press, which published the one-shot review 'zine The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction and co-published Terry Dowling's Antique Futures. The Coode Street Press is currently inactive.
Jonathan currently co-hosts the weekly Coode Street Podcast with Gary K. Wolfe.
Jonathan married former Locus Managing Editor Marianne Jablon in 1999 and they live in Perth, Western Australia with their two daughters, Jessica and Sophie.
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
and publisher of science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986.
In 1990 he co-founded Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and worked on it as co-editor and co-publisher until 1999. He was also co-publisher of Eidolon Books which published Robin Pen's The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters, Howard Waldrop
Howard Waldrop
Howard Waldrop is a science fiction author who works primarily in short fiction.Waldrop's stories combine elements such as alternate history, American popular culture, the American South, old movies , classical mythology, and rock 'n' roll music. His style is sometimes obscure or elliptical...
's Going Home Again, Storm Constantine
Storm Constantine
Storm Constantine is a British science fiction and fantasy author, primarily known for her Wraeththu series.- Life and work :Since the late 1980s Constantine has written more than 20 novels, plus several non-fiction books...
's The Thorn Boy, and Terry Dowling
Terry Dowling
Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...
's Blackwater Days.
In 1997 Jonathan worked in Oakland, California for Locus
Locus (magazine)
Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field as an assistant editor and wrote a regular reviewer column for the magazine until March 1998 when he returned to Australia. In early 1999 Jonathan resumed reviewing and copyediting for Locus, and was then promoted to Reviews Editor (January 2002 – present). Other reviews have appeared in Eidolon, Eidolon: SF Online, and Foundation. Jonathan has won the Aurealis Award, the William J Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review, the Australian National Science Fiction Convention's "Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
", and the Peter McNamara Achievement Award.
A three-timeHugo Award
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
nominee, Strahan won the World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
(Special - Professional) in 2010 for his work as an editor.
As a freelance editor, Jonathan has edited or co-edited ten original anthologies, seventeen reprint anthologies, and ten single-author story collections which have been published in Australia and the United States.
In 1999 Jonathan founded The Coode Street Press, which published the one-shot review 'zine The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction and co-published Terry Dowling's Antique Futures. The Coode Street Press is currently inactive.
Jonathan currently co-hosts the weekly Coode Street Podcast with Gary K. Wolfe.
Jonathan married former Locus Managing Editor Marianne Jablon in 1999 and they live in Perth, Western Australia with their two daughters, Jessica and Sophie.
Edited by Jonathan Strahan
- The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume: 1, (with Jeremy G Byrne), HarperCollins Publishers Australia, Sydney 1997, tpb
- The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume: 2, (with Jeremy G Byrne), HarperCollins Publishers Australia, Sydney 1998, pb
- Science Fiction: Best of 2003, (with Karen Haber), ibooks, New York 2004, pb
- The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction,(with Charles N. Brown), HarperCollins Publishers Australia, Sydney 2004, tpb
- Best Short Novels: 2004, Bookspan Inc/The Science Fiction Book ClubBook of the Month ClubThe Book of the Month Club is a United States mail-order book sales club that offers a new book each month to customers.The Book of the Month Club is part of a larger company that runs many book clubs in the United States and Canada. It was formerly the flagship club of Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc...
, New York, 2004, hc - Science Fiction: Best of 2004, (with Karen Haber), ibooks, New York 2005, pb
- Fantasy: Best of 2004, (with Karen Haber), ibooks, New York 2005, pb
- Best Short Novels: 2005, Bookspan Inc/The Science Fiction Book Club, New York, 2005, hc
- Best Short Novels: 2006, Bookspan Inc/The Science Fiction Book Club, New York, June 2006, hc
- Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005, The Locus Press, Oakland, California,. September 2006
- Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005, The Locus Press, Oakland, California, September 2006
- Eidolon 1, (with Jeremy G Byrne), Eidolon Books, Perth August 2006, tpb
- The Jack Vance Treasury, (with Terry Dowling), Subterranean Press, January 2007, hc
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1, Jonathan Strahan ed., Night Shade Books, March 2007, tpb
- Best Short Novels: 2007, Bookspan Inc/The Science Fiction Book Club, New York, May 2007, hc
- The New Space Opera, (with Gardner Dozois), HarperCollins Publishers, New York June 2007; HarperCollins Publishers Australia, Sydney June 2007, tp
- Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling, Bruce Sterling, Subterranean Press, Summer 2007, hc
- Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, Night Shade Books, October 2007, tpb
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 2, Night Shade Books, March 2008, tpb
- The Starry Rift, Viking Penguin, New York, Spring 2008, hc
- The Jack Vance Reader, Terry Dowling & Jonathan Strahan eds, Subterranean Press, Summer 2008, hc
- Eclipse Two: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan ed, Night Shade Books, October 2008, tpb
- Wild Thyme, Green Magic: Stories by Jack Vance, Terry Dowling & Jonathan Strahan eds., Subterranean Press, Summer 2009, hc
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 3, Jonathan Strahan ed., Night Shade Books, June 2009, tpb
- The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan eds., HarperCollins Publishers, New York July 2009, tp
- Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan ed, Night Shade Books, October 2009, tp
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 4 (Night Shade Books, March 2010)
- Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S. Beagle (Subterranean Press, March 2010)
- Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories (ed with Charles N. Brown) (Night Shade Books, April 2010)
- The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories, Walter Jon Williams (Night Shade Books, April 2010)
- Subterranean Online, Spring Issue (April 2010)
- Hard Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance (ed. with Terry Dowling) (Subterranean Press, June 2010)
- Legends of Australian Fantasy (ed. with Jack Dann) (HarperCollins Publishers Australia, July 2010)
- Wings of Fire (ed. with Marianne S. Jablon) (Night Shade Books, May 2010)
- Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery (ed. with Lou Anders) (Harper Eos, July 2010)
- The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson (Night Shade Books, August 2010)
- Godlike Machines (The Science Fiction Book Club, September 2010)
- The Best of Larry Niven (Subterranean Press, December 2010)
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 5 (Night Shade Books, February 2011)
Awards
- Winner, World Fantasy AwardWorld Fantasy AwardThe World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
Special Award - Professional, 2009 (2009 Award, presented in 2010) - Nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
- Winner, Peter McNamara Award, 2005