Sarah Gailey
Sarah Gailey is an American author.
Their alternate history novella River of Teeth was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella, the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Novella. In 2018, they also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.
Sarah Gailey | |
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| Born | California  |
| Occupation | Writer, comics writer, essayist, novelist |
| Style | horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy |
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| Website | https://www.sarahgailey.com/ |
Career
Gailey's fiction has been published in The Atlantic, Tor.com, and Fireside Magazine. Their non-fiction writing has appeared on Tor.com, Mashable, The Boston Globe and Uncanny Magazine.
Gailey first became well-known for their 2017 American Hippo duology, consisting of the novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow.
Their first full-length novel, Magic for Liars, was published by Tor Books in June 2019. Buzzfeed News called it "one of the best fantasies of 2019."
February 2020 brought the publication of a standalone novella, Upright Woman Wanted. Their debut young adult novel, When We Were Magic, was published by Simon Pulse in March 2020.
Gailey's second novel for adults, The Echo Wife, was published in February 2021 by Tor Books. In August 2021, their five-issue original comics series Eat the Rich premiered.
In 2022 Gailey released their third novel for adults, Just Like Home, published in July by Tor Books. They continued their work in comics with a 12-issue Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics arc titled The Vampire Slayer (2022-2023) and an original science fiction series titled Know Your Station (2022-2023), co-created with artist Liana Kangas.
According to Gailey's website, their work has been translated into seven different languages.
Personal life
Gailey is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, and as of 2019 lives in Los Angeles.
Gailey is non-binary.
Bibliography
Novels
- Magic for Liars (2019, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250174611)
- When We Were Magic (2020, Simon Pulse; ISBN 9781534432871)
- The Echo Wife (2021, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250174666)
- Just Like Home (2022, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250174727)
Comics Collections
- Eat the Rich (2022, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684158324)
- The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1 (2023, BOOM! Studios ISBN 9781684158843)
- The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 2 (2023, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684158935)
- The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 3 (2023, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684159147)
- Know Your Station (2023, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684159963)
Novellas
- River of Teeth (2017, Tor Books; ISBN 9780765395221)
- Taste of Marrow (2017, Tor Books; ISBN 9780765395245)
- The Fisher of Bones (2017, Fireside Fiction; ISBN 9780998778327)
- Upright Women Wanted (2020, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250213587)
American Hippo series
- American Hippo (2018, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250176424; omnibus containing the novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, as well as additional short stories, including "Worth Her Weight in Gold")
- River of Teeth
- Taste of Marrow
Short stories
| Year | Title | Publication |
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| 2015 | "Stars" | —— (Autumn 2015). "Stars". The Colored Lens (17). |
| "Bargain" | —— (Oct 2015). "Bargain". Mothership Zeta. 1 (1). Escape Artists, Inc. | |
| 2016 | "Haunted" | —— (Mar 2016). "Haunted". Fireside Magazine (31). |
| "Of Blood and Bronze" | —— (Aug 2016). "Of Blood and Bronze". Devilfish Review (17). | |
| "Homesick" | —— (Sep 2016). "Homesick". Fireside Magazine (36). | |
| "Rescue" | —— (Oct 2016). "Rescue". Mothership Zeta. 1 (5). Escape Artists, Inc. | |
| 2017 | "The Art of Asterculture" | —— (May 10, 2017). "The Art of Asterculture". Tor.com. |
| "A Lady's Maid" | —— (May 2017). "A Lady's Maid". Barnes & Noble. | |
| "Single Parent" | —— (Jun 2017). "Single Parent". Cast of Wonders (253). Escape Artists, Inc. | |
| "The Fisher of Bones" | —— (Aug–Dec 2017). "The Fisher of Bones". Fireside Magazine (46–51). | |
| 2018 | "STET" | —— (Oct 2018). "STET". Fireside Magazine (60). |
| "Bread and Milk and Salt" | —— (Nov 7, 2018). "Bread and Milk and Salt". Tor.com. | |
| "From the Void" | —— (Nov 2018). "From the Void". Shimmer (46). | |
| 2019 | "Away With the Wolves" | —— (Sep 2019). "Away With the Wolves". Uncanny. |
| "Wild to Covet" | —— (Sep 2019). "Wild to Covet". The Mythic Dream. Saga Press. | |
| 2020 | "Drones to Ploughshares" | —— (Feb 4, 2020). "Drones to Ploughshares". Vice. |
| "We Don't Talk About the Dragon" | —— (Jun 2020). "We Don't Talk About the Dragon". The Book of Dragons. HarperVoyager. | |
| "At the Threshold of Your Bedchamber on the Fifth Night" | —— (Jul 2020). "At the Threshold of Your Bedchamber on the Fifth Night". Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3. Subterranean Press. | |
| "Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right" | —— (Oct 2020). "Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right". Escape Pod. Titan Books. | |
| 2021 | "I Swim Up From Below" | —— (Sep 2021). "I Swim Up From Below". Mermaids Monthly (9). |
| 2022 | "I Remember Satellites" | —— (May 2022). "I Remember Satellites". Someone in Time. Solaris. |
Select nonfiction
- "This Future Looks Familiar: Watching Blade Runner in 2017". Tor.com October 2017.
- "Impostor/Abuser: Power Dynamics in Publishing". Fireside Magazine March 2019.
Awards and nominations
- 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist
- 2017 Hugo Award for Best Related Work nomination for "The Women of Harry Potter" posts
- 2017 British Fantasy Award Best Non-fiction nomination for "The Women of Harry Potter" posts
- 2017 Nebula nomination for River of Teeth
- 2018 Hugo and Locus nominations for River of Teeth
- 2018 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
- 2019 Hugo and Locus nominations for "STET"
- 2020 Hugo nomination for "Away With The Wolves"
- 2020 Locus Award nomination for Magic for Liars
- 2021 Hugo nomination and 2021 Locus Award nominations for Upright Women Wanted
References
External links
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