David Matthew Sandner (born 1966) is an author and editor of fantasy literature and a professor at

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Education and career

Sandner has a master's degree from

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and a doctorate from the

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. His doctoral thesis was titled ''The Fairy Way of Writing: Fantastic literature from the romance revival to Romanticism, 1712–1830'', and was completed in 2000. He is a professor in the Department of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics at

Books

Sandner's books include:

Fiction

*''Mingus Fingers'' (with Jacob Weisman, Fairwood Press, 2019) *''Hellhounds'' (with Jacob Weisman, Fairwood Press, 2022)

Non-fiction

*''The Fantastic Sublime: Romanticism and Transcendence in Nineteenth-century Children's Fantasy Literature'' (

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, 1996) *''Critical Discourses of the Fantastic, 1712–1831'' (Ashgate, 2011), a two time

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finalist

As editor

*''Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader'' (Praeger, 2004) *''The Treasury of the Fantastic'' (with

Jacob Weisman Jacob Astrov Weisman (born February 23, 1965) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He founded Tachyon Publications, an independent publishing house specializing in genre fiction, in 1995. His writing has appeared in The Nation, ...

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, 2013) *''Philip K. Dick: Essays of the Here and Now'' (McFarland, 2020)Review of ''Philip K. Dick: Essays of the Here and Now'': Anthony Enns, "Academia, Fandom, and Philip K. Dick", ''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandner, David American fantasy writers American short story writers Living people San Francisco State University alumni University of Oregon alumni California State University, Fullerton faculty American male poets American male novelists American male short story writers Novelists from California 1966 births