Cherie Priest

Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest, 2009, by Caitlin Kittredge
Born	July 30, 1975 (1975-07-30) (age 36) Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Genres	Horror, Southern Gothic, Science fiction
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Cherie Priest (born 30 July 1975) is an American novelist and blogger living in Seattle, Washington.

Biography

Priest is a Florida native, born in Tampa in 1975.^[1] She graduated from Forest Lake Academy in Apopka, Florida in 1993. She moved around quite a bit as a child of an Army father, living in many places such as Florida, Texas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. She moved around regularly until college. In 2001 she left the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with an M.A. in Rhetoric/Professional writing,^[1] and in 1998 she graduated with a B.A. from Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee.^[1] Priest lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee for twelve years and it is there she both set her Eden Moore series and wrote the first two books.^{[citation needed]} She currently resides in Seattle, Washington with her husband and her cat.^[1]

Although Priest was raised Seventh-day Adventist, she has no further contact with the church and claims no religious affiliation.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to her novels, Priest was a reviewer for the Bram Stoker Award-winning website Chiaroscuro and currently is a staff member of Subterranean Press. She is a regular attendee and panelist at DragonCon and several other genre conventions around the country such as Penguicon and Steamcon. She is also known for giving talks and writing articles about the hobby of urban exploration.^{[citation needed]}

Style

Priest's published writing style thus far falls into the Southern Gothic genre as well as the Horror genre. She has also written a number of short stories, most of which can be categorized as Horror or Science fiction. Priest has expanded her style to include the burgeoning genre of Steampunk which can be best described as a fantastical alternate history or Neo-Victorian often involving modern technology powered by nineteenth century means. Priest has developed a large fan following.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• In March 2006, she won the Lulu Blooker Prize for Fiction for Four and Twenty Blackbirds, becoming the first ever winner in that category.^[2]

• Her 2006 short story "Wishbones" was part of the Aegri Somnia anthology by Apex Digest, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.^{[citation needed]}

• Her 2009 novel Boneshaker won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award^[3]

• The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced that Boneshaker made the final ballot for the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novel.^[4]

• Boneshaker was a 2010 Hugo Award nominee in the Best Novel category.^[5]

• Boneshaker won the 2010 Locus Award in the Best Science Fiction Novel category.^[6]

Bibliography

Novels

Eden Moore Series

• Four and Twenty Blackbirds,
  • Original edition, 2003 Marietta Publishing. ISBN 978-1-892669-22-3.
  • Re-released in a revised, much expanded, edition, 2005 Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-1308-9.
• Wings to the Kingdom, October 2006, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-1309-6.
• Not Flesh Nor Feathers, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-1310-2.

Clockwork Century Universe

• Boneshaker, October 2009, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-1841-1.
• Clementine, July 2010, Subterranean Press. ISBN 978-1-59606-308-2.
• Dreadnought, September 2010, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2578-5.
• Ganymede, September 2011, Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-2946-2.

Cheshire Red Reports Series

• Bloodshot, January 2011,^[7] Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-345-52060-9.
• Hellbent, September 6, 2011, Bantam Spectra. ISBN 978-0-345-52062-3).

Other Novels

• Dreadful Skin, March 2007, Subterranean Press. ISBN 978-1-59606-080-7.
• Fathom, December 2008 Tor Books. ISBN 0-7653-1840-4.
• Those Who Went Remain There Still, December 2008, Subterranean Press. ISBN 1-59606-179-8.

Short Stories & Other Work

• 'The Heavy', a short story. Published in Apex Digest Issue #12, March 2008.
• 'The Target Audience', a short story. Published in Noctem Aeternus January, 2008.
• 'Following Piper', a short story. Published in Subterranean Digest issue #6.
• 'Little Wards', a short story. Published in The Edge of Propinquity. June 2006
• 'The Immigrant', a short story, part of Mythic #2, October 2006 Mythic Delirium Books. ISBN 978-0-8095-5756-1
• 'Bad Sushi', a short story. Published in Apex Digest, Issue #10.
• 'Wishbones', a short story, part of Aegri Somnia. December 2006 Apex Digest. ISBN 978-0-9788676-2-1 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-9788676-3-8 (hardback)
• 'Tanglefoot', a short story, published online by Subterranean Press, 2009. First release of the Clockwork Century universe.^[8]
• 'Hell’s Bells,' Grant’s Pass, Morrigan Books 2009
• 'The Catastrophe Box', a short story Son of Retro Pulp Tales, Subterranean Press 2010

Articles (Non-Fiction)

• 'Steampunk Wardrobe Customizations for the Lazy, the Poor, or the Crafty,' Tor, October 2009
• 'Steampunk for Beginners,' BookBrowse, October 2009
• 'Growing up Poe,' Weird Tales, January 2009

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} About Cherie Priest
2. ^ Lulu Blooker Blog: And the Winners are
3. ^ "Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2010 Book Awards". http://www.pnba.org/awards2010.htm. Retrieved January 15, 2010. 
4. ^ "2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot". http://www.sfwa.org/2010/02/2009-nebula-awards-final-ballot/. Retrieved February 19, 2010. 
5. ^ "The 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award Nominees". AussieCon 4. April 4, 2010. http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=66. Retrieved April 4, 2010. 
6. ^ "2010 Locus Awards Winners". 26 June 2010. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/06/2010-locus-awards-winners/. Retrieved 30 June 2010. 
7. ^ "Bloodshot by Cherie Priest". http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345520609. Retrieved Dec 7, 2010. 
8. ^ The Clockwork Century - Stories

External links

• Cherie Priest's Official Site
• The Clockwork Century
• Tanglefoot - complete short story, published by Subterranean Press.
• Editorial Reviews on Amazon.com
• Reviews at Barnes & Noble
• 2010 audio interview on the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast
• Interview at Clarkesworld Magazine (11/10)
• Cherie Priest at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Name	Priest, Cherie
Alternative names
Short description	Writer
Date of birth	30 July 1975
Place of birth	Florida, U.S.
Date of death
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