Theodora Goss
Encyclopedia
Theodora Goss is a Hungarian American
writer of fantasy
short stories
. Her stories have been nominated for major awards, including the 2007 Nebula Award
for "Pip and the Fairies," and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
for "The Wings of Meister Wilhelm." She won the 2004 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem for "Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks." Her collection In the Forest of Forgetting was published in 2006 by Prime Books
.
In 2008, her story "The Singing of Mount Abora" won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
. The story was originally published in the spelling-bee inspired anthology Logorrhea.
In October 2011, she completed her Ph.D. in English with a dissertation "The Monster in the Mirror: Late Victorian Gothic and Anthropology," while teaching full-time at Boston University.
She resides in Boston, MA
, with her husband, Kendrick, and daughter, Ophelia.
Hungarian American
Hungarian Americans Hungarian are American citizens of Hungarian descent. The constant influx of Hungarian immigrants was marked by several waves of sharp increase.-History:...
writer of 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...
short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
. Her stories have been nominated for major awards, including the 2007 Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
for "Pip and the Fairies," and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy short story voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention....
for "The Wings of Meister Wilhelm." She won the 2004 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem for "Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks." Her collection In the Forest of Forgetting was published in 2006 by Prime Books
Prime Books
Edited by two-time Hugo-nominee and 2006 World Fantasy-winner Sean Wallace, Prime Books is an award-winning independent publishing house, specializing in a mix of literary/commercial anthologies, collections, novels, and two magazines: Fantasy Magazine and Lightspeed Magazine. Some of its...
.
In 2008, her story "The Singing of Mount Abora" won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy short story voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention....
. The story was originally published in the spelling-bee inspired anthology Logorrhea.
In October 2011, she completed her Ph.D. in English with a dissertation "The Monster in the Mirror: Late Victorian Gothic and Anthropology," while teaching full-time at Boston University.
She resides in Boston, MA
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, with her husband, Kendrick, and daughter, Ophelia.
External links
- Author's official website; retrieved December 11, 2006.
- An Interview With Theodora Goss on wotmania.com
- Her Mother's Ghosts Short Story, Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
(08/08) - Writing My Mother's Ghosts Essay, Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
(08/08) - Interview at Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
(12/10) - 2008 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees