J. M. McDermott (Joe M. McDermott) is an American writer of fantasy, and science fiction.
McDermott lives in
Georgia
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, and holds an MFA in popular fiction from the
University of Southern Maine
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and a BA in creative writing from the
University of Houston
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.
His first novel, ''Last Dragon'', was #6 on Amazon.com's Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2008, shortlisted for a Crawford Prize for First Fantasy, and on Locus Magazine's Recommended Reading List for Debuts in 2008.
His second novel, ''Never Knew Another''
is the beginning of the Dogsland Trilogy, from Nightshade Books. It received strong critical praise including a review by noted genre critic,
John Clute
John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part o ...
, in
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in September 2000, and ...
. The second novel of the trilogy was reviewed in ''
Publishers Weekly
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'', praising the depiction of the anti-hero of the novel.
[Fiction Book Review: ''When We Were Executioner''s by J.M. McDermott. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $14.99 trade paper (240p)]
Books
*''Last Dragon''
*''Never Knew Another''
*''When We Were Executioners''
*''Maze''
*''We Leave Together''
*''The Fortress At The End of Time''
Excerpts from Fortress at the End of Time on Tor.com
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References
External links
*http://jmmcdermott.wordpress.com
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American science fiction writers
1979 births
Living people
American male novelists
Stonecoast MFA alumni