Gregory Norman Bossert
Gregory Norman Bossert (born January 9, 1962) is an American writer and filmmaker. He has won the World Fantasy Award and is a finalist for the Sturgeon Award. He lives in Marin County, California and works at Industrial Light & Magic.[1]
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts | January 9, 1962
Occupation | Writer, Filmmaker |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1981 - present |
Genre | Speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy (genre), horror fiction |
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Writing
Bossert's first sale was to Asimov's Science Fiction in 2009.[2] He attended the Clarion Workshop in 2010.[3] His story "The Telling" from Beneath Ceaseless Skies #109, November 2012, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, and his story "Bloom" from Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2013, is a finalist for the 2014 Theodore Sturgeon Award. Both stories also appeared on Locus Online yearly recommended reading lists.[4][5]
Film
Bossert works in the feature film industry.[6] He also creates short animated films, including the One Minute Weird Tales series for Weird Tales,[7] and promotional videos for Abrams Books[8] and Cheeky Frawg Books.[9]
Awards
- The Telling (2013) (World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story)[10]
- "Bloom" (2014) (Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award)[11]
Bibliography
Short fiction
The Night Soil Salvagers 2020
- Stories[12]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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The Union of Soil and Sky | 2010 | "The Union of Soil and Sky". Asimov's Science Fiction. 134 (4&5). Apr–May 2010. | Novella | |
The Telling | 2012 | "The Telling". Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 109. Nov 2012. | Winner, World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction, 2013 | |
Lost Wax | 2013 | "Lost Wax". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (8): 56–70. Aug 2013. | Novelette | |
Bloom | 2013 | "Bloom". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (12): 57–69. Dec 2013. | Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Award, 2014 | |
Notes
- "Schlock Talks | Greg Bossert". Schlock Magazine. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "Gregory Norman Bossert Author Interview". Unlikely Story. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "Clarion at UC San Diego Graduates and Instructors". Archived from the original on 27 April 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "Locus Online: 2012 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "Locus Online: 2013 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- Gregory Bossert at IMDb
- "Weird Tales #356, Uncanny Beauty–Now Out! (And the Future!)". Ecstatic Days. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- Doctorow, Cory (16 October 2010). "Trailer for Wonderbook: an illustrated guide to creative imaginative fiction". Boing Boing. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "ODD?! Odd Anthology, Odd Video, Odd Subscriptions". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- "Sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2013". Locus. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- "Sfadb: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2014". Locus. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- Short stories unless otherwise noted.
External links
- Official website
- Gregory Norman Bossert at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- " Gregory Norman Bossert". Science Fiction Awards Database (sfadb.com). Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. 2012–2013.
- Gregory Bossert at IMDb