Pam Keesey is an American writer. She published three fantasy anthologies – ''Dark Angels'' (1993), ''Daughters of Darkness'' (1995), and ''Women Who Run with the Werewolves'' (1996) – and a history book, '' Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale''. She is a two-time nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction.

Biography

Originally working at an A&W while in high school, Keesey worked at a public library and eventually a university library. She got a bachelor's degree from

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and a master's degree from

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. Keesey published two lesbian vampire anthologies, ''Dark Angels'' (1993) and ''Daughters of Darkness'' (1995). In 1996, she published ''Women Who Run with the Werewolves'', an anthology of stories involving women werewolves. These three anthologies featured works from Suzy McKee Charnas,

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, Charlee Jacob,

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, and Melanie Tem. In 1997, she wrote '' Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale''. Keesey was nominated twice for the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction, for ''Dark Angels'' in 1996 and ''Women Who Run With Werewolves'' in 1997. She was a guest of honor at the first

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in 1999. Keesey worked as head librarian of the Resource Center of the Americas' Penny Lernoux Memorial Library. She also worked at

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as a Spanish-language editor. She later worked in the tech industry, working as a senior technical writer for

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and as a content manager for

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and

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. Keesey is lesbian, which she had discovered after the anti-LGBT Save Our Children movement. As of 1995, Keeney was based in Minneapolis.

Bibliography

*(as editor) ''Dark Angels'' (1988) *(as editor) ''Daughters of Darkness'' (1993) *(as editor) ''Women Who Run with the Werewolves'' (1996) *'' Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale'' (1997)

References

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