Ann VanderMeer

Ann VanderMeer

Ann VanderMeer (nee Kennedy) is an American publisher and editor. She is the founder of the award-winning Buzzcity Press. Work from her press and related periodicals has won the British Fantasy Award, the International Rhysling Award, and appeared in several year's best anthologies. Ann was also the founder of "The Silver Web" magazine, a periodical devoted to experimental and avant-garde fantasy literature. "The Best of the Silver Web" was published by Prime Books.

Notable books published by Buzz City Press

Books published by Buzzcity Press include the Theodore Sturgeon Award finalist "Dradin, In Love" by Jeff VanderMeer [ [http://www.amazon.com/Dradin-love-elsewhen-otherwhere-Buzzcity/dp/0965220001 Amazon.com: Dradin, in love: A tale of elsewhen & otherwhere (Buzzcity first editions): Jeff VanderMeer, Ann Kennedy: Books ] ] and the "International Horror Guild" Award-winning "The Divinity Student" by Michael Cisco [ [http://www.amazon.com/Divinity-Student-Buzzcity-Press-Editions/dp/096522001X Amazon.com: The Divinity Student (Buzzcity Press First Editions): Michael Cisco, Harry O. Morris: Books ] ] .

Works edited, past and present

Ann has partnered with her husband, author Jeff VanderMeer, on such editing projects as the World Fantasy Award winning Leviathan series and the Hugo Finalist "The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases". Recent collaborations include "The New Weird" [ [http://www.amazon.com/New-Weird-Ann-VanderMeer/dp/1892391554 Amazon.com: The New Weird: Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer: Books ] ] [ [http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/New_Weird.html Tachyon Publications: The New Weird, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer ] ] and "Steampunk", both published by Tachyon Publications [ [http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Steampunk.html?Session_ID=new&Reference_Page=/index.html Tachyon Publications: Steampunk, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, editors ] ] .

She is the fiction editor for "Weird Tales" magazine [ [http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/about/ WEIRD TALES: magazine of the gothic, fantastic & bizarre » About ] ] and is also serving as one of the guest editors for the new "Best American Fantasy" series from "Prime Books". "Fast Ships, Black Sails" (Nightshade Books), "Last Drink Bird Head", and "Love-Drunk Book Heads".

Ann and Jeff VanderMeer live in Tallahassee, Florida.

External links

* [http://readersvoice.com/interviews/2008/January/319/ Interview by Simon Sandall]
* [http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=16258 Profile at Fresh Fiction]
* [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/05/working-up-a-he.html/ L.A. Times on Steampunk]

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