George Guthridge

George Guthridge (born 1948) is an American author and educator. He has published over 70 short stories and five novels and has been acclaimed for his successes teaching writing and critical/creative thinking. In 1997 he and coauthor Janet Berliner won the Bram Stoker Award for the Year's Best Horror Novel.

Speculative fiction

In the mid-1970s, Guthridge was teaching English at Loras College. A colleague in the department had received a grant to attend a science fiction convention in Milwaukee, but was unable to attend, so Guthridge went instead, although he confesses that at that time he despised science fiction and fantasy. At the convention, Guthridge met George R. R. Martin, who persuaded him to give speculative fiction a second look, and to write in the field himself. "George changed my life, he really did," Guthridge says. "Not just because he opened doors for me, but he opened this whole vista of sci-fi and fantasy and horror that I never would've gotten into." In turn, Guthridge later helped Martin find a job at Clarke College. (Martin had been operating chess tournaments to supplement his writing income, but "wasn't making enough money to stay alive," says Guthridge.)[1] Guthridge has been a finalist for the Hugo Award and twice for the Nebula Award for science fiction and fantasy. In 1998 he and coauthor, Janet Berliner, won the Bram Stoker Award for the year's best horror novel.

"The Kids from Nowhere"

Guthridge is also known for having coached ten students from the Siberian Yupik Eskimo village of Gambell, Alaska, on blizzard-swept St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, to national championships in academics. They became the only Native American team ever to do that—and they did it twice.[2] Guthridge is the author of The Kids from Nowhere: The Story Behind the Arctic Educational Miracle, published by Alaska Northwest Books in 2006.[3]

Publications

Novels

Nonfiction

Selected Short Fiction

    1 with Janet Berliner
    2 with Carol Gaskins
    3 with Blythe Ayne
    4 with Steve Perry
    5 with Dianne Thompson
    6 with George R.R. Martin

Writing Awards

Educational Awards and Achievements

Dr. Guthridge also helped develop the Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI). It has become one of the nation's top college preparatory programs for Native Americans. Over 1000 of its graduates have gone on to college success, including at some of the most prestigious universities in America.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Munson, Kyle. "Before Westeros, there was Iowa" Iowa City Press-Citizen May 23, 2014
  2. ↑ http://www.thekidsfromnowhere.com/
  3. ↑ http://www.gacpc.com/

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