Deborah Grabien (born June 28, 1954) is an American novelist and essayist. Her works cross several genres, including
murder mysteries
"Murder Mysteries" is a fantasy short story by Neil Gaiman first published in the 1992 anthology ''Midnight Graffiti'' and later collected in his collections ''Angels and Visitations'' and ''Smoke and Mirrors''.
Plot
The narrator, a young Engl ...
,
supernatural thrillers
''Supernatural Thrillers'' was an American horror fiction comic book published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s that adapted classic stories of that genre, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson and H. G. Wells, before becoming a vehicle for a sup ...
,
utopian fantasies, etc. Her novel ''Plainsong'' is a religious fantasy featuring the
Wandering Jew
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and a female
Messiah
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; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
. Grabien is currently a reviewer and guest editor for Green Man Review.
Personal life
She was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis in 2002. She has used her own experiences in dealing with the disease to illuminate character traits in her characters; particularly J.P. Kinkaid, the protagonist in the Kinkaid Chronicles mystery series.
Interview with Grabien
disabilitynation.net; accessed April 20, 2015.
Works
Supernatural thrillers
''Supernatural Thrillers'' was an American horror fiction comic book published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s that adapted classic stories of that genre, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson and H. G. Wells, before becoming a vehicle for a sup ...
*''Still Life With Devils'' (2007)
*''Woman of Fire'' (1988/UK)
**also released as ''Eyes in the Fire'' (1989/US)
Mysteries
''The Kinkaid Chronicles''
''Rock and Roll Never Forgets'' (2008)
''While My Guitar Gently Weeps'' (2009)
''Book of Days'' (2011)
''Uncle John's Band'' (2012)
''Dead Flowers'' (2012)
''Comfortably Numb'' (2013)
*The Haunted Ballads
**''The Weaver and the Factory Maid'' (2003)
**''Famous Flower of Serving Men'' (2004)
**''Matty Groves'' (2005)
**''Cruel Sister'' (2006)
**''New Slain Knight'' (2007)
Historical romance
Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the early 19th century.
Varieties Viking
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*''Fire Queen'' (1990)
Utopian fantasy
*''Plainsong'' (1990)
Young adult
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''Dark's Tale'' (2010)
**also released a
''Dark e i fantasmi del parco'' (2010/Italy)
Magic realism
*''And Then Put Out the Light'' (1993/UK, 2009/US)
Anthologies
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors.
In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically catego ...
''Tales From the House Band'' (editor; 2011)
Short stories, essays and reviews
''Chuck Leavell: Back To The Woods: A tribute to the pioneers of blues piano'' (2012; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog'')''The Thing About Movements…'' (2011; appeared on ''Harlot's Sauce'')
''Goodnight, dazzling stranger'' (2011; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog''
''The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'' (2011; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog'')
''Nicky Hopkins'' (2011; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog'')
''Ladies and Gentlemen: the Rolling Stones'' (2010; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog'')
''Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street'' (2010; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog'')
''Ronnie Penque: Only Road Home'' (2010; appeared on ''Sleeping Hedgehog'')
* ttp://www.greenmanreview.com/book/interview_beagle2.psb.html ''An Unkindness of Authors'' (conversation with Peter S. Beagle, August 2008; appeared on ''Green Man Review'')br>''Ghost, in the Key of B'' (2008; appeared on ''Membra Disjecta'')
* ttp://www.victoriazackheim.com/forkeeps.htm ''Truth, in the Middle'' (2008; appeared in ''For Keeps'')
''The Boys in the Barroom'' (2008; appeared on ''Green Man Review'')''Sunrise'' (2008; appeared on ''Membra Disjecta''
* ttp://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/grabien_onmusic.html ''Talkin' About that Unbroken Circle—Deborah Grabien on Music in 2007'' (2008; appeared on ''Green Man Review'')
''Edge'' (2005; appeared in ''Dogtown Review, Issue One''
''I Am the Lion'' (2002; appeared in ''The Best Of Parisalon4665 Anthology'')
)
References
External links
Author's website on Red Room
*
Deborah Grabien @ FantasticFiction.co.uk
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1954 births
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
People with multiple sclerosis
American fantasy writers
American mystery writers
American women short story writers
American women novelists
Living people
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
Women mystery writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers