Greg van Eekhout
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Greg van Eekhout is a science fiction and fantasy writer. He grew up in Los Angeles and attended UCLA, where he received a Bachelor's in English. He earned a Master's in Educational Media and Computers at Arizona State, and worked for a time designing multimedia. He currently lives in Tempe, Arizona.
He attended the writing workshop Viable Paradise in 1999. His first professionally published story, "Wolves Till the World Goes Down," (2001) appeared in the anthology Starlight 3 and was later reprinted in Fantasy: The Best of 2001. His story "In the Late December" (online) (2003) was nominated for Nebula Award for Best Short Story. His work has also appeared in a number of places, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons.
His parents are of Dutch-Indonesian extraction. His last name is pronounced with the "emphasis on the EEK. The HOUT part rhymes with OUT, as in, 'Hey, I'm going OUT for some guacamole.'"
[edit] External links
- Writing and Snacks, the author's official site. Includes his blog, bibliography, and links to some of his stories online.
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