Laura Anne Gilman is an American fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 author.

Biography

Laura Anne Gilman was born in 1967 in suburban New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

. She received a Liberal Arts education from the Skidmore College

Skidmore College

Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....

 in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history.The society is a charter member of the Association of College Honor Societies and has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.-...

 honors society. She started her career in publishing as an editorial assistant in New York City.

After publishing several short stories (her first professional fiction sale was 1994 to Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...

), some media tie-ins, and a job as an executive editor she published her first original novel Staying Dead, a "Cosa Nostradamus"-universe "Retrievers" book. The first book of a second series in this universe named "Paranormal Scene Investigations", Hard Magic, was published in Spring 2010, and a second should follow in Spring 2011. Flesh and Fire, the first novel in the "Vineart War" series, was released in 2009. The "Vineart War" series deviates from the urban fantasy

Urban fantasy

Urban fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times and contain supernatural elements. However, the stories can take place in historical, modern, or futuristic periods...

 setting of the Cosa Nostradamus books, having more of a traditional fantasy feel. Flesh and Fire was nominated for the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novel

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.- Winners and other nominees :...

.

She currently lives in New York City, where she also runs d.y.m.k. Productions. Laura Anne Gilman is a member of the BookView Cafe, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA is a nonprofit association of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. It was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. and it retains the acronym SFWA after a very brief use of the SFFWA...

, and Novelists, Inc.

Laura Anne Gilman has done multiple signings in a variety of venues with a group of fantasy authors who refer to themselves as the "Magnificent 7". This group is made up of Laura Anne Gilman, Patricia Bray, Joshua Palmatier, Jackie Kessler, S.C. Butler, Anton Strout, and Barbara Campbell.

Retrievers

1. Staying Dead, Luna (July 2004) ISBN 0-373-80209-9
2. Curse the Dark, Luna (July 2005) ISBN 0-373-80227-7
3. Bring It on, Luna (July 2006), ISBN 0-373-80240-4
4. Burning Bridges, Luna (June 2007), ISBN 0-373-80274-9
5. Free Fall, Luna (May 2008), ISBN 0-373-80267-6
6. Blood from Stone, Luna (April 2009), ISBN 0-373-80297-8

Paranormal Scene Investigations

1. Hard Magic, Luna (2010), ISBN 0-373-80313-3
2. Pack of Lies, Luna (2011)

Grail Quest

1. The Camelot Spell, HarperCollins (March 2006), ISBN 0-060-77279-4
2. Morgain's Revenge, HarperCollins (July 2006), ISBN 0-060-77282-4
3. The Shadow Companion, HarperCollins (November 2006), ISBN 0-060-77286-7

The Vineart War

1. Flesh and Fire, Pocket Books (October 2009), ISBN 978-1-4391-0141-4
2. Weight of Stone, Gallery (October 2010), ISBN 978-1-4391-0145-2

Quantum Leap

• Double or Nothing (with C. J. Henderson), Boxtree Ltd (July 1995), ISBN 0-752-20682-6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Visitors
  Visitors (Buffy novel)
  Visitors is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tagline: "The slayer is being stalked".-Plot summary:...
  
  , (with Josepha Sherman
  Josepha Sherman
  Josepha Sherman is an American author. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon.-Buffyverse:*Visitors *Deep Water ...
  
  ), Pocket Books (May 1999), ISBN 0-671-02628-3
• Deep Water
  Deep Water (Buffy novel)
  Deep Water is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot summary:After an oil spill on a nearby Sunnydale beach, Willow discovers a 'selkie'; that is, a girl that can turn into a seal with her sealskin. The selkie, dubbed Ariel by the gang, cannot return to...
  
  , (with Josepha Sherman), Pocket Books (February 2000), ISBN 0-671-03919-9

Poltergeist: The Legacy

• The Shadows Between as L.A. Liverakos, Ace Books (October 2000), ISBN 0-441-00703-1

Anthologies edited

• Treachery and Treason, with Jennifer Heddle (ed.), ROC Books (March 2000), ISBN 0-451-45778-1
• Otherwere: Stories of Transformation, with Keith R. A. DeCandido
  Keith R. A. DeCandido
  Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and musician, who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video games, including numerous media tie-in books for properties such as Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Supernatural,...
  
   (ed.), Ace Books (September 1996), ISBN 0-441-00363-X

Nonfiction

• Coping with Cerebral Palsy
  Cerebral palsy
  Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
  
  , Rosen Publishing Group (April 2001), ISBN 0-823-93150-1
• Yeti
  Yeti
  The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology...
  
  , the Abominable Snowman, (Unsolved Mysteries), Rosen Publishing Group (December 2001), ISBN 0-823-93565-5
• Economics
  Economics
  Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
  
  : How Economics Works, Lerner Publications (January 2006), ISBN 0-822-55757-6

Short fiction

• "Along Came a Spider"
• "Apparent Horizon"
• "Catseye"
• "Clean Up Your Room!" in Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear Jody Lynn Nye
  Jody Lynn Nye
  Jody Lynn Nye is an American science fiction writer. She has frequently collaborated as a co-author or the author of a sequel....
  
   (ed.), Baen Books (July 1, 1996), ISBN 0-671-87732-1
• "A Day in the Life," in The Day the Magic Stopped, Baen Books (October 1995), ISBN 0-671-87690-2
• "Dispossession" (Maynstream/ghost story) in Spooks, Tina Jens (ed.), Twilight Tales Press
• "Don't You Want To Be Beautiful?"
• "Dragons"
• "Every Comfort of Home"
• "Exposure" in Blood Muse: Timeless Tales of Vampires in the Arts, Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
   (ed.), Dutton Adult (December 1, 1995), ISBN 1-556-11470-2
• "Harvey and Fifth"
• "His Essential Nature" in The Best of Dreams of Decadence, Roc Books (2003), ISBN 0-451-45918-0
• "In the Night"
• "KidPro" in Wizards, Inc., DAW (6. November 2007), ISBN 0-756-40439-8
• "Overrush" in Murder by Magic, Rosemary Edghill
  Rosemary Edghill
  Rosemary Edghill is an American writer and editor, who has often used that pseudonym in place of her legal name, eluki bes shahar...
  
   (ed.), Warner Books, 0-446-67962-3
• "Palimpsest" in Powers of Detection,, Dana Stabenow
  Dana Stabenow
  Dana Stabenow is an American author who has written science fiction, mystery, and suspense/thriller novels. Many of Stabenow's books are set in her home state of Alaska, where she was raised by her single mother who lived and worked on a fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. Stabenow received a B.A...
  
   (ed.), Ace Books,0-441-01197-7
• "Site Fourteen"
• "Sleepwork"
• "Source Material" (poem) in Tales from the Wonder Zone: Odyssey, Trifolium Books Inc, ISBN 1-552-44080-X (Prix Aurora Awards
  Aurora Award
  The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, artworks, fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French...
  
   2005 final ballot)
• "Sympathetic Magic"
• "Talent"
• "The Road Taken"
• "Turnings"
• "Where Angels Fear to Tread" in Highwaymen, Rogues, and Robbers, DAW Books (June 1997), ISBN 0-886-777321

Anna Leonard

• Dreamcatcher, Nocturne e-book (August 2008)
• The Night Serpent, Nocturne (September 2008), ISBN 037361795X
• The Hunted, Nocturne (April, 2010), ISBN 0373618336

L. A. Liverakos

• The Shadows Between, a Poltergeist: The Legacy novel, Ace Books (October 2000), ISBN 0-441-00703-1

External links

• Laura Anne Gilman's official website