Christopher Barzak

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Christopher Barzak
Christopher Barzak, Kinsman, Ohio
Born	(1975-07-21) July 21, 1975 Warren, Ohio
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer, teacher
Nationality	American
Period	1999–present
Genres	Fiction, young-adult fiction, fantasy, general literature
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Christopher Barzak is an American author. He has published many short stories, beginning with "A Mad Tea Party" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet in 1999. In 2007 he published his debut novel, One for Sorrow, which has won the 2008 Crawford Award, and was a nominee for the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award as well as the Logo Channel's NewNowNext Award.^[1] His second novel, The Love We Share Without Knowing, was a 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award Finalist and a 2009 Nebula Award nominee for Best Novel. He has also worked as a teacher outside of Tokyo. Barzak holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He teaches fiction writing at Youngstown State University, in Youngstown, Ohio. His third novel, Wonders of the Invisible World, will be published in 2015 by Knopf. Currently his first novel, One for Sorrow, is being made into a feature film under the title "Jamie Marks is Dead" by the director, Carter Smith, for Verisimilitude Films, starring Liv Tyler, Judy Greer, Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, and Morgan Saylor.^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

One for Sorrow. New York: Bantam, 2007.
The Love We Share Without Knowing. New York: Bantam, 2008.
Wonders of the Invisible World. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Books, 2015.

Short story collections

Birds and Birthdays. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2012.
Before and Afterlives. Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2013.

As Editor

Interfictions 2 (with Delia Sherman). Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2009.
Interfictions Online (with Meghan McCarron and Sofia Samatar). Interstitial Arts Foundation, 2013 to present.

References

↑ "Awards News: Crawford Fantasy Award Winner". Locus Online (Locus Publications). 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
↑ Barzak, Christopher (2007-11-12). "Bio". Christopher Barzak's Meditations in an Emergency. Retrieved 2008-01-11.

External links

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Persondata
Name	Barzak, Christopher
Alternative names
Short description	American writer
Date of birth	1975-07-21
Place of birth	Warren, Ohio
Date of death
Place of death

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