Amelia Gray (born August 17, 1982) is an American writer. She is the author of the short story collections ''AM/PM'' ( Featherproof Books), ''Museum of the Weird'' (

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), and ''Gutshot'' (

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), and the novels ''THREATS'' (

), and ''Isadora'' (

). Gray has been shortlisted for the

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and her television writing has been nominated for a

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'' called Gray's stories "leaps of faith, brave excursions into the realms of the unreal." while the ''

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'' defined her style as "akin to the alternately seething and absurd moods of David Lynch and Cronenberg." Of ''THREATS'',

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said "Amelia Gray's psychological thriller takes us to the brink between reality and delusion."

Bibliography

Novels

*''THREATS'' (

, 2012) *''Isadora'' (

, 2017)

Short story collections

*''AM/PM'' ( Featherproof Books, 2009) *''Museum of the Weird'' (

, 2010) *''Gutshot'' (

, 2015)

Filmography

Television

*''

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'' (2017–2018) *''

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'' (2018) *'' Gaslit'' (2022)

Short films

*"Curated" (dir.

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) (2018) *"Waste" (dir. Justine Raczkiewicz) (2017)

Video games

*'' Telling Lies'' (2019) *''

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'' (2022)

Awards and honors

Winner

* 2010: Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Award * 2016: New York Public Library

Young Lions Fiction Award The Young Lions Fiction Award is an annual US literary prize of $10,000, awarded to a writer who is 35 years old or younger for a novel or collection of short stories. The award was established in 2001 by Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Rick ...

* 2023: BAFTA

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Nominated

* 2008: Amanda Davis Highwire shortlist * 2008: DIAGRAM Innovative Fiction finalist * 2012:

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longlist * 2012: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction shortlist * 2016:

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and dark fantasy are presented at Rea ...

for Collection * 2019: WGA Award (Adapted Long Form) with Nick Cuse,

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, Mauricio Katz,

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, and Caroline Williams

References

External links

*
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at

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