Gordon Dahlquist is an American

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and

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. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dahlquist has lived and worked in

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since 1988. His plays, which include ''Messalina'' and ''Delirium Palace'' (both Garland Playwriting Award winners), have been performed in New York and Los Angeles. Graduate of

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and

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’s School of the Arts. He is an alumnus of

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. Dahlquist's

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'' The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters'', a hybrid of

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and

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set in a period similar to the

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, was published on August 1, 2006, to notable critical acclaim. Dahlquist was reportedly paid an advance of $2,000,000 for ''The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters'', the first of a two-book deal. Its sales were disappointing and it is estimated to have lost its publisher, Bantam, approximately $851,500. The sequel to ''The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters'', '' The Dark Volume'', was published in the UK by Penguin on May 1, 2008, and on March 24, 2009, in the United States. A third volume, '' The Chemickal Marriage'' was published in July 2012. A young adult novel, '' The Different Girl'' was published in 2013. In 2015 he received the James Tait Black Prize for his play Tomorrow Come Today.

Plays

*''Babylon 55'' (with Mark Worthington), premiere Sumus Theatre, Portland, OR, 1984 *''Reticence'', premiere Horace Mann Theatre NYC *''Severity's Mistress'', premiere Walker Space NYC, 1995 *''Mission Byzantium'', premiere The American Globe Theater NYC, 1995 *''Island of Dogs'', premiere 4th Street Theater NYC, 1998 *''Vortex du Plaisir'', premiere Ohio Theater NYC, 1999 *''The Secret Machine'', premiere Walker Space NYC, 1999 *''Delirium Palace'', premiere Evidence Room LA CA, 2001 *''Messalina'', premiere Evidence Room LA CA, 2003 *''Babylon is Everywhere: A Court Masque'', premiere NYC 2004 *''Venice Saved: A Seminar'' (with David Levine), premiere PS122 NYC, 2009 *''Tea Party'', workshop premiere Bay Area Playwrights Foundation, 2012 *''Tomorrow Comes Today'', premiere Undermain Theatre, Dallas, 2014 *''Red Chariot'', premiere Undermain Theatre, Dallas, 2019

Novels

*'' The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters'' (2006) *'' The Dark Volume'' (2008) *''The Chemickal Marriage'' (2012) *''The Different Girl'' (2013)

Bibliography, Plays

*''Vortex du Plaisir'', Playscripts Inc. *''Delirium Palace'', Breaking Ground, Stage & Screen, 2002 *''Babylon is Everywhere'', Theater Magazine, Vol 34 #2, 2004

Bibliography, Novels

*''The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters'', Bantam 2006 *''The Dark Volume'', Bantam 2009 *''The Chemickal Marriage'', Penguin 2012 *''The Different Girl'', Dutton Juvenile, 2013

References

External links

AOI Agency Author's BioBiography and interview at bookreporter.comInterview with G W Dahlquist on Author's Lounge TV
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CiNE: An Immodest Proposal for the Public Theater, Theater MagazineDifferent Girl Interview with Sara Ryan
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