J.M. Frey

JM Frey
Born Jessica Marie Frey
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Novelist, Academic
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater Brock University, St. Catharines; Ryerson University, Toronto; York University, Toronto
Period 2011 to present
Genre Speculative fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Romance
Notable works Triptych, The Dark Side of the Glass, The Untold Tale (The Accidental Turn Series), The Skylark's Song (The Skylark's SAga)
Website
www.jmfrey.net

Jessica Marie Frey /ˈfraɪ/ FRY is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. While she is best known for her debut novel Triptych, Frey's work encompasses poetry, academic and magazine articles, screenplays, and short stories. Frey calls herself a "professional geek.".[1] Frey's fiction work generally follows the conventions of literary fiction mixed with the tropes of science fiction and fantasy, and usually focuses on themes of personal merit, family, queerness, gender, and revisionist literature, as well as genre-deconstruction and meta themes.

Her academic work focuses on gender in science fiction, the anthropology of fandom (fanthropology), fanfiction and fanworks (specifically on Mary Sues and Cosplay), as well as the television programs Doctor Who and Stargate: Atlantis.

Frey has appeared at Toronto-area science fiction conventions and is involved with charity and community fan groups and initiatives. She regularly appears on radio shows, television talk shows, and podcasts discussing fandom and genre works.[2]

Early life

Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Frey is the first of three children of Donna Frey (née Winer) and Danny Frey. She attended Centre Wellington District High School in Fergus, Ontario, and graduated in 2000, then went on to do her Ontario Academic Credits at Orangeville District Secondary School and graduated in 2001.

Frey began writing at the age of eleven. She began by writing fanfiction, which she calls her "apprenticeship to the fandom community",[3] and which led her to write original stories at the age of eighteen. Frey's academic and creative writing focused primarily on Japanese mythology, the Classics, and traditional Japanese theatre.[4] She began her first novel while at Brock University, which has not yet been published, and first began to seriously study creative writing there.

After earning her Bachelor of Arts, Dramatic Literature (honors) in 2005, Frey lived in Fukuoka, Japan for two years,[5] where she taught English as a Japanese Exchange Teacher, and worked on several other to-date-unpublished manuscripts. In 2007, Frey returned to Canada to attend Ryerson and York Universities for a Masters of Arts.

She made her first professional sale upon returning to Canada, a novella titled "(Back)," which she eventually expanded into the first third of her debut novel "Triptych."

Dragon Moon Press acquired "Triptych" in late 2009[6] after Frey and the acquisitions editor Gabrielle Harbowy[7] met at a party at the Ad Astra science fiction convention. The book was released April 2011.

Frey completed her Masters of Arts, Communications and Culture (honors) in 2009, where her thesis focused on fanfiction, creative writing and fandom, and the self-insert fiction trope known as a Mary Sue. Other papers Frey presented focused on cosplay, the anthropology and sociology of fandom, and the science fiction television program Doctor Who.

Frey is currently represented by Laurie McLean of Foreword Literary.

Several more short story, essay, and novella sales followed in 2012 and 2013.[8]

Critical reception

Triptych received a starred review from Publishers Weekly,[9] and was named the #3 best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror book of 2011 by Publishers Weekly's Rose Fox.[10] Triptych was also nominated for the CBC Bookie Award for Science Fiction,[11] the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction,[12] and the Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction. Triptych won best Science Fiction Book at the 2012 San Francisco Book Festival,[13] and was given an honourable mention for Science Fiction Book at the 2012 London Book Festival.[14]

Frey has frequently presented an academic view on the geek scene in documentaries, podcasts, radio interviews, and television interviews.[4]

Written works

Novels and Novellas

Short fiction

Poetry

Academic

Webseries

Filmography

Short Films

Webseries

Documentaries

Television

Commercials

Voice Acting / Radio Plays

Awards and accolades

Awards

Degrees

References

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