Deborah Grabien

Deborah Grabien
Born	June 28, 1954 (1954-06-28) (age 57)
Occupation	author, essayist, musician
Citizenship	United States
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Deborah Grabien (born June 28, 1954) is an American novelist and essayist. Her works cross several genres, including murder mysteries, supernatural thrillers, utopian fantasies, etc.

Deborah is currently a reviewer and guest editor for Green Man Review^[1] and Sleeping Hedgehog.^[2]

Deborah was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002.^[3] She has used her own experiences in dealing with the disease to illuminate character traits in her characters; particularly J.P. Kinkaid, the protagonist in the Kinkaid Chronicles mystery series.^[4][5][6]

Works

Supernatural Thrillers

• Still Life With Devils (2007)
• Woman of Fire (1988/UK)
  • also released as Eyes in the Fire (1989/US)

Mysteries

• The Kinkaid Chronicles
  • Rock and Roll Never Forgets (2008)
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2009)
  • London Calling (2010)^[7]
  • Graceland (2011)^[8]
  • Book of Days (2011)^[9]
  • Uncle John's Band (announced)
  • Dead Flowers (announced)

• The Haunted Ballads
  • The Weaver and the Factory Maid (2003)
  • Famous Flower of Serving Men (2004)
  • Matty Groves (2005)
  • Cruel Sister (2006)
  • New Slain Knight (2007)

Historical Romance

• Fire Queen (1990)

Utopian Fantasy

• Plainsong (1990)

Young Adult

• Dark's Tale (2010)^[10]
  • also released as Dark e i fantasmi del parco (2010/Italy)^[11]

Magic Realism

• And Then Put Out the Light (1993/UK, 2009/US)

Anthologies

• Tales From the House Band (editor) (2011)^[12]

Short Stories, Essays & Reviews

• The Thing About Movements… (2011) appeared on Harlot's Sauce^[13]
• Goodnight, dazzling stranger. (2011) appeared on Sleeping Hedgehog^[14]
• The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (2011) appeared on Sleeping Hedgehog^[15]
• Nicky Hopkins (2011) appeared on Sleeping Hedgehog^[16]
• Ladies and Gentlemen: the Rolling Stones (2010) appeared on Sleeping Hedgehog^[17]
• Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street (2010) appeared on Sleeping Hedgehog^[18]
• Ronnie Penque: Only Road Home (2010) appeared on Sleeping Hedgehog^[19]
• An Unkindness of Authors (conversation with Peter S. Beagle, August 2008) (2008) appeared on Green Man Review, edited by Cat Eldridge, et al.^[20]
• Ghost, in the Key of B (2008) appeared on Membra Disjecta, edited by Deena Fisher^[21]
• Dear Richard, Please Will You Play...? Three shows, three settings, one happy woman (2008) appeared on Green Man Review,^[22]
• Truth, in the Middle (2008) appeared in For Keeps, edited by Victoria Zackheim^[23]
• The Boys in the Barroom (2008) appeared on Green Man Review,^[24]
• Sunrise (2008) appeared on Membra Disjecta, edited by Deena Fisher^[25]
• Love and Crit and the Whole Damned Thing—Finding the Fulcrum point between heart and head (in conversation with David Smay) (2008) appeared on Green Man Review,^[26]
• Talkin' About that Unbroken Circle—Deborah Grabien on Music in 2007 (2008) appeared on Green Man Review,^[27]
• Edge (2005) appeared in Dogtown Review, Issue One, edited by David J. Schwartz and Keith Demanche^[28]
• I Am the Lion (2002) appeared in The Best Of Parisalon4665 Anthology, edited by Cantara Christopher^[29]

References

1. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/bio/staff.html
2. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/about/staf/
3. ^ http://miladyinsanity.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/6-questions-with-deborah-grabien/
4. ^ http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6561764.html
5. ^ http://www.disabilitynation.net/blog/author-interview-deb-grabien-rock-and-roll-never-forgets
6. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_grabien_rarnf.html
7. ^ http://plusonepress.com/londoncalling.htm
8. ^ http://plusonepress.com/graceland.htm
9. ^ http://reg.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9844362-6-2
10. ^ http://www.egmontusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781606840375
11. ^ http://www.amazon.it/Dark-fantasmi-del-parco-Ultra/dp/8876154191/
12. ^ http://plusonepress.com/0984436243__HouseBand.htm
13. ^ http://harlotssauce.com/guest-writer/2011/10/13/the-thing-about-movements%e2%80%a6/
14. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/2011/10/06/goodnight-dazzling-stranger/
15. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/music/the-rolling-stones-rock-and-roll-circus/
16. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/2011/08/17/nicky-hopkins/
17. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/music/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-rolling-stones/
18. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/music/the-rolling-stones-are-back-on-main-street/
19. ^ http://sleepinghedgehog.com/music/only-road-home-ronnie-penque/
20. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/interview_beagle2.psb.html
21. ^ http://membradisjecta.com/thoughts/?p=7
22. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/grabien_thompsonconcert.html
23. ^ http://www.victoriazackheim.com/forkeeps.htm
24. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/oneoffs/best2007music.html
25. ^ http://membradisjecta.com/thoughts/?tag=deborah-grabien
26. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/essay_waits_swordfishtrombone.html
27. ^ http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/grabien_onmusic.html
28. ^ http://www.andyhat.net/cgi-bin/getcontents2004.cgi/The%20Dogtown%20Review
29. ^ http://cantara.squarespace.com/free-pdfs/www.box.netsharedstatic57j1fvds0o.pdf

External links

• Author's website
• Author's website on Red Room
• Deborah Grabien at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Deborah Grabien @ FantasticFiction.co.uk

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