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Daryl Gregory (born 1965) is an American
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, fantasy and
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author. Gregory is a 1988 alumnus of the
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Clarion science fiction workshop, and won the 2009
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for his novel ''Pandemonium''.


Personal life

Daryl Gregory was born and raised in
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,
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
, with his two sisters. He graduated from
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in 1987 with majors in English and theater. That same year, he married Kathleen Bieschke. After graduation, he taught high school in Michigan for three years, before moving to
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, when Bieschke got a job at
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. Bieschke then was hired by
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, and the couple moved to State College, where Gregory was employed by
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. The couple divorced in 2016. They have two adult children, Emma and Ian.Town&Gown Magazine, April 2012. For several years Gregory lived on the west coast, in Oakland, California, Seattle, Washington, and Piedmont, California, and in 2021 moved back to State College, PA.


Career

Gregory's first sale was to the'' Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ''in 1990, the short story "In the Wheels". His first novel, ''Pandemonium'', was published by
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in 2008, for which he won the 2009
Crawford Award :::''See also'' Crawford Medal The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (short: Crawford award) is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding 18 months. It's one of several awards presented by ...
for best first fantasy book. ''Pandemonium'' was also nominated for the
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, the
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and the
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. His second novel, ''The Devil's Alphabet'' was published by Del Rey Books in 2009. ''The Devil's Alphabet'' was named one of the best books of 2009 by ''
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''. It was additionally nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award in 2010. In 2011, his third novel, ''Raising Stony Mayhall'', was published and was named one of the best science fiction books of the year by Library Journal The same year, a short story collection entitled ''Unpossible and Other Stories'' was published by Fairwood Press. ''Publishers Weekly'' named ''Unpossible'' one of the five best science fiction books of the year. Gregory was hired by
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in 2010 to co-write ''Dracula: Company of Monsters'' with
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. He was additionally hired to write the
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tie-in comic starting in August 2011. IDW hired Gregory to write ''The Secret Battles of Genghis Khan'', a stand-alone graphic novel published in March 2013. Neuro-SF novel ''Afterparty'' was published by Tor Books in April 2014 and picked up by Titan Books in the UK. The novella " We Are All Completely Fine", published by
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in August, 2014, was a Nebula Award finalist, and won the 2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, as well as the Shirley Jackson Award. Gregory also published a young-adult novel, ''Harrison Squared'' (Tor Books), in March 2015. The literary speculative novel '' Spoonbenders'' was published by Knopf on June 27, 2017. Spoonbenders is being developed for television
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. Novelette “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth” was published on 9/19/18 by Tor.com, and was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Novella ''The Album of Dr. Moreau'' was published in May 2021 by Tor.com. Appalachian horror novel ''Revelator'' was published by Knopf in August 2021.


Bibliography


Novels

*''Pandemonium'' (Del Rey Books, 2008) *''The Devil's Alphabet'' (Del Rey Books, 2009) *''Raising Stony Mayhall'' (Del Rey Books, 2011) *''Afterparty'' (
Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese sci ...
, 2014) *''We Are All Completely Fine'' (novella,
Tachyon Publications Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, Tachyon books have tended toward high-end literary works, short story collections, and anthologies. ...
, 2014) *''Harrison Squared'' (
Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese sci ...
, 2015) *'' Spoonbenders'' (
Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in ...
, 2017) *''The Album of Dr. Moreau'' (novella,
Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 2 ...
, 2021) *''Revelator'' (
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, 2021)


Collections

*''Unpossible and Other Stories'' (Fairwood Press, 2011)


Short stories

*"In the Wheels" (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990) *"Taking the High Road" (Amazing Magazine, September 1991) *"The Sound of Glass Breaking" (Antietam Review, Spring 1992) *"An Equitable Distribution" (Hitchcock's Magazine, October 1997) *"Free, and Clear" (Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2004) *"The Continuing Adventures of Rocket Boy" (Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 2004) *"Second Person, Present Tense" (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 2005) *"Gardening at Night" (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, April 2006) *"Damascus" (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, December 2006) *"Dead Horse Point" (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 2007) *"Unpossible" (Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, October 2007) *"The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm" (Eclipse 2, October 2008) *"Glass" (Technology Review Magazine, November/December 2008) *"What We Take When We Take What We Need" (Subterranean Magazine, 2009) *"Message From the Bubblegum Factory" (in the anthology ''Masked'', formerly known as ''With Great Power'', 2010) *"Even the Crumbs Were Delicious" (in the anthology ''The Starlit Wood'', 2016) *"Nine Last Days on Planet Earth" (Tor.com, 2019) *"Brother Rifle"" (in the anthology ''Made to Order: Robots and Revolution'', 2020)


Comics and graphic novels

Titles published by
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include: *''Dracula: Company of Monsters'' ** ''Volume One'' (collects #1-4, tpb, 2011) ** ''Volume Two'' (collects #5-8, tpb, 2011) ** ''Volume Three' (collects *9-12, tpb, 2011 *''Planet of the Apes'' ** ''Volume One'' (collects #1-4, tpb, 2011) ** ''Volume Two'' (collects #5-8, tpb, 2012) ** Issues #9-15, ongoing Titles Published by IDW include: *''The Secret Battles of Genghis Khan'' (tpb, 2012)


References


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