Dru Pagliassotti (born November 29, 1966) is an author of

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and the editor of ''

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'' online magazine.Moore, Jean Cowden.
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" ''Ventura County Star'', April 25, 2008. Their first published novel was ''Clockwork Heart'', a

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fantasy novel about an

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-winged heroine, Taya, who stumbles into a murder mystery when she rescues a high caste official of the layered City of Ondinium. The novel, published by

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in April 2008, received an excellent review from Drew Bittner of SFRevu. Pagliassotti's writing was compared to the work of

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and

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. and the novel was translated to French and German. Pagliassotti was then signed to a trilogy deal with

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which included a republishing of ''Clockwork Heart'' under the EDGE imprint in September 2013, followed by ''Iron Wind'' in March 2014, and ''Heavy Fire'' in September 2014. Since 1998 Pagliassotti has been the editor in chief and publisher of ''

'' and owner of The Harrow Press. ''The Harrow'' was a peer reviewed online literary magazine designed to support new writers as they develop their careers. The magazine published two

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of horror fiction. Pagliassotti is also a professor in the communication department of

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, where they researche

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or "boys' love" fiction (

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s and

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) from Japan. In 2009, Pagliassotti was named one of the Year's Best Fantasy writers, qualifying her story "Bookmarked" to be published in the 21st edition of '' The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror''.

Works

Novels

* ''An Agreement with Hell'' (2011) * ''Clockwork Heart'' (2008/2013) * ''Iron Wind'' (2014) * ''Heavy Fire'' (2014)

Short stories

* "The Manufactory" in ''Ceaseless Steam: Steampunk Stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' (2012) * "Ghost in the Machine" in ''The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance'' (2012) * "Code of Blood" in ''Corsets & Clockwork'' (2011) * "After the Sleep" in ''Alien Shots'' (2011) * "Pan de Los Muertos" in ''Dia de Los Muertos'' (2010) * "To Every Thing there is a Season" in ''Apexology'' (2010) * "Peter, Peter" in ''The Three-Lobed Burning Eye Annual'', v. 4 (2009) * "The Manufactory" in ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' (2009) * "Terminus" with Jo Gerrard in ''Magic & Mechanica'' (2009) * "Bookmarked" in ''Reflection’s Edge'' (2007) - Honorable Mention,

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' was a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1988 to 2007. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition included a number of retrospect ...

(2008) * "Night Shift" in ''Worlds of Wonder'' (2007) * "Changing the End" in ''Anotherealm'' (2007) * "Defender of the Faith" in ''Reflection’s Edge'' (2006) * "Strange Vintage" in ''Fear of the Unknown'' (2005) * "Joseph’s Plaint" in ''Ideomancer'' (2004) * "Peter, Peter" in ''Three-Lobed Burning Ey'' (2003) * "Pan de los Muertos" in ''Strange Horizons'' (2003) * "After the Sleep" in ''Dark Fire'' (2003) * "Analogues" in ''Erratica'' (1997)

Academic

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References

External links

DruPagliassotti.com
official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pagliassotti, Dru 1966 births 21st-century American novelists American women novelists American fantasy writers Living people Anime and manga critics Steampunk writers American women science fiction and fantasy writers 21st-century American women writers