A. Lee Martinez

Infobox Writer
name = A. Lee Martinez


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website = http://www.aleemartinez.com/

A. Lee Martinez is an American fantasy and science fiction author. He has been a member of the DFW Writers Workshop since 1995. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Biography

A. Lee Martinez was born in El Paso, Texas on January 12, 1973. In 1991, he graduated from Gadsden High School in New Mexico. He has published three fantasy novels, two additional novels will be published in 2008. His novels have been translated into five languages.

Martinez’s first published novel, "Gil’s All Fright Diner" (2005), was awarded a 2006 Alex Award [cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alex06.cfm|title=Alex Award|accessdate=February 4|accessyear=2008] , an award given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. Gil’s also had a featured review in Publishers Weekly. His fourth novel, "The Automatic Detective", also received a featured review in Publishers Weekly.

A. Lee Martinez's other fantasy novels are "In the Company of Ogres" (2006) and "A Nameless Witch" (2007). Both are stand-alone books. Martinez has slated yet another novel "Too Many Curses" to be released September, 2008.

Martinez released a three part short story after the release of "Gil’s All Fright Diner" entitled "Cranky Dead" [cite web|url=http://www.aleemartinez.com/forum/short-stories-vf6.html|title=The Cranky Dead Short Stories|accessdate=February 06|accessyear=2008] . The short story is based in the town of Rockwood where "Gil’s All Fright Diner" took place. Registration to the A. Lee Martinez forum is required to access the short story.

Published works

tand-alone Fantasy and Science Fiction novels

* "Gil's All Fright Diner" (2005, ISBN 0-765-31471-1)
* "In the Company of Ogres" (2006, ISBN 0-765-35457-8)
* "A Nameless Witch" (2007, ISBN 0-765-31548-3)
* "The Automatic Detective" (2008, ISBN 0-765-31834-2)

hort Stories

* "Cranky Dead" Part 1 (September 05, 2006, A. Lee Martinez Official Website)
* "Cranky Dead" Part 2 (October 05, 2006, A. Lee Martinez Official Website)
* "Cranky Dead" Part 3 (March 03, 2007, A. Lee Martinez Official Website)

References

External links

* [http://www.aleemartinez.com/ A. Lee Martinez’s official website]
* [http://www.tor-forge.com/ Tor Books A. Lee Martinez’s Publisher]
* [http://www.dfwrite.org/ DFW Writers Workshop website]
* [http://www.darkbutshining.com/?p=650 August 5, 2006 interview with A. Lee Martinez] by [http://www.darkbutshining.com/ Dark, But Shining]
* [http://mattstaggs.blogspot.com/2006/11/interview-with-author-lee-martinez-andy.html November 15, 2006 interview with A. Lee Martinez] by [http://mattstaggs.blogspot.com/ Matt Staggs of Skullring.org]
* [http://media.podhoster.com/deadrobotssociety/Episode_008_ALeeMartinezInterview_20071010.mp3 Podcast of October 10, 2007 interview with A. Lee Martinez] by [http://deadrobotssociety.com/ The Dead Robots' Society]
* [http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2008/01/feature-interview-with-lee-martinez.html January 12, 2008 interview with A. Lee Martinez] by [http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/ Bibliophile Stalker]

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