Sarah Gailey
Sarah Gailey is an American author. Their alternate history novella River of Teeth was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella,[1] the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella,[2] and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Novella.[3] In 2018, they also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.[2]
Sarah Gailey | |
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Born | California |
Occupation | Writer, comics writer, essayist, novelist |
Style | horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy |
Awards | |
Website | https://www.sarahgailey.com/ |
Career
Gailey's fiction has been published in The Atlantic,[4] Tor.com,[5] and Fireside Magazine. Their non-fiction writing has appeared on Tor.com,[6] Mashable,[7] The Boston Globe[8] and Uncanny Magazine.[9]
Gailey first became well-known for their 2017 American Hippo duology, consisting of the novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow.[10][11][12]
Their first full-length novel, Magic for Liars, was published by Tor Books in June 2019. Buzzfeed News called it "one of the best fantasies of 2019."[13]
February 2020 brought the publication of a standalone novella, Upright Woman Wanted.[14] Their debut young adult novel, When We Were Magic, was published by Simon Pulse in March 2020.[15]
Gailey's second novel for adults, The Echo Wife, was published in February 2021 by Tor Books.[16] In August 2021, their five-issue original comics series Eat the Rich premiered.[17]
In 2022 Gailey released their third novel for adults, Just Like Home, published in July by Tor Books.[18][19] They continued their work in comics with a 12-issue Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics arc titled The Vampire Slayer (2022-2023)[20][21] and an original science fiction series titled Know Your Station (2022-2023),[22][23] co-created with artist Liana Kangas.
Personal life
Gailey is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area,[24] and as of 2019 lives in Los Angeles with their partner.[13]
Gailey is non-binary.[25]
Bibliography
Novels
- Magic for Liars (2019, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250174611)
- When We Were Magic (2020, Simon Pulse; ISBN 9781534432871)
- The Echo Wife (2021, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250174666)
- Just Like Home (2022, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250174727)
Comics Collections
- Eat the Rich (2022, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684158324)
- The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1 (2023, BOOM! Studios ISBN 9781684158843)
- The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 2 (2023, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684158935)
- The Vampire Slayer, Vol. 3 (2023, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684159147)
- Know Your Station (2023, BOOM! Studios; ISBN 9781684159963)
Novellas
- River of Teeth (2017, Tor Books; ISBN 9780765395221)
- Taste of Marrow (2017, Tor Books; ISBN 9780765395245)
- The Fisher of Bones (2017, Fireside Fiction; ISBN 9780998778327)
- Upright Women Wanted (2020, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250213587)
American Hippo series
- American Hippo (2018, Tor Books; ISBN 9781250176424; omnibus containing the novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, as well as additional short stories, including "Worth Her Weight in Gold")
- River of Teeth
- Taste of Marrow
Short stories
Year | Title | Publication |
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2015 | "Stars" | —— (Autumn 2015). "Stars". The Colored Lens (17). |
"Bargain" | —— (Oct 2015). "Bargain". Mothership Zeta. Escape Artists, Inc. 1 (1). | |
2016 | "Haunted" | —— (Mar 2016). "Haunted". Fireside Magazine (31). |
"Of Blood and Bronze" | —— (Aug 2016). "Of Blood and Bronze". Devilfish Review (17). | |
"Homesick" | —— (Sep 2016). "Homesick". Fireside Magazine (36). | |
"Rescue" | —— (Oct 2016). "Rescue". Mothership Zeta. Escape Artists, Inc. 1 (5). | |
2017 | "The Art of Asterculture" | —— (May 10, 2017). "The Art of Asterculture". Tor.com. |
"A Lady's Maid" | —— (May 2017). "A Lady's Maid". Barnes & Noble. | |
"Single Parent" | —— (Jun 2017). "Single Parent". Cast of Wonders. Escape Artists, Inc. (253). | |
"The Fisher of Bones" | —— (Aug–Dec 2017). "The Fisher of Bones". Fireside Magazine (46–51). | |
2018 | "STET" | —— (Oct 2018). "STET". Fireside Magazine (60). |
"Bread and Milk and Salt" | —— (Nov 7, 2018). "Bread and Milk and Salt". Tor.com. | |
"From the Void" | —— (Nov 2018). "From the Void". Shimmer (46). | |
2019 | "Away With the Wolves" | —— (Sep 2019). "Away With the Wolves". Uncanny. |
"Wild to Covet" | —— (Sep 2019). "Wild to Covet". The Mythic Dream. Saga Press. | |
2020 | "Drones to Ploughshares" | —— (Feb 4, 2020). "Drones to Ploughshares". Vice. |
"We Don't Talk About the Dragon" | —— (Jun 2020). "We Don't Talk About the Dragon". The Book of Dragons. HarperVoyager. | |
"At the Threshold of Your Bedchamber on the Fifth Night" | —— (Jul 2020). "At the Threshold of Your Bedchamber on the Fifth Night". Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3. Subterranean Press. | |
"Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right" | —— (Oct 2020). "Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right". Escape Pod. Titan Books. | |
2021 | "I Swim Up From Below" | —— (Sep 2021). "I Swim Up From Below". Mermaids Monthly (9). |
2022 | "I Remember Satellites" | —— (May 2022). "I Remember Satellites". Someone in Time. Solaris. |
Select nonfiction
- "This Future Looks Familiar: Watching Blade Runner in 2017". Tor.com October 2017.
- "Impostor/Abuser: Power Dynamics in Publishing". Fireside Magazine March 2019.
Awards and nominations
- 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist[26]
- 2017 Hugo Award for Best Related Work nomination for "The Women of Harry Potter" posts[26]
- 2017 British Fantasy Award Best Non-fiction nomination for "The Women of Harry Potter" posts [27]
- 2017 Nebula nomination for River of Teeth[1]
- 2018 Hugo and Locus nominations for River of Teeth[2][3]
- 2018 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer[2]
- 2019 Hugo and Locus nominations for "STET"[28][29]
- 2020 Hugo nomination for "Away With The Wolves"[30]
- 2020 Locus Award nomination for Magic for Liars[31]
- 2021 Hugo nomination[32] and 2021 Locus Award[33] nominations for Upright Women Wanted
References
- River of Teeth, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 19, 2019
- 2018 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019
- 2018 Locus Award Winners, at Locus Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019
- An Augmented Reality at The Atlantic; retrieved June 19, 2019
- Worth Her Weight in Gold at Tor.com; retrieved June 19, 2019
- Tor.com content by Sarah Gailey at Tor.com; retrieved June 19, 2019
- The Harry Potter series is actually one long story about PTSD at Mashable.com; retrieved June 19, 2019
- Dissociation is scary. Dissociation is safety. at The Boston Globe; retrieved June 19, 2019
- City of Villains: Why I Don't Trust Batman at Uncanny Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019
- Of Hippos and Humans, by Ana Grilo, at Kirkus Reviews; published June 9, 2017; retrieved June 13, 2018
- River of Teeth, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published May 13, 2017; retrieved June 13, 2018
- Hip, Hippo Hooray For 'River Of Teeth', by Amal El-Mohtar, at National Public Radio; published May 28, 2017; retrieved June 13, 2018
- The Author Of One Of The Best Fantasies Of 2019 Walks Us Through Their Writing Space at Buzzfeed News; published June 6, 2019
- Read the First Chapter From Sarah Gailey’s Upright Women Wanted at Tor.com; published January 6, 2020; retrieved March 8, 2020
- When We Were Magic | Book by Sarah Gailey | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster; retrieved March 8, 2020
- The Echo Wife | Sarah Gailey | Macmillan; retrieved March 8, 2020
- Adams, Tim (2021-07-13). "Eat the Rich #1 Teases the Unspeakable Horrors of the One Percent (Exclusive)". CBR. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- "Just like Home by Sarah Gailey". www.publishersweekly.com. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- Mandelo, Lee (2022-07-19). "Unsheathing a Violent Wave of Tenderness: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey". Tor.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- "THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Series Announcement". BOOM! Studios. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- Terror, Jude (2022-04-15). "Vampire Slayer #1 Preview: Scoobies vs. Crabs". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- "KNOW YOUR STATION Series Announcement". BOOM! Studios. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- Grunenwald, Joe (2022-11-21). "PREVIEW: Welcome to The First Resort in KNOW YOUR STATION #1". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- Interview with Sarah Gailey, at Civilian Reader; retrieved June 20, 2019
- "Sarah Gailey". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- 2017 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019
- British Fantasy Awards 2017 Shortlist at the British Fantasy Society; retrieved June 19, 2019
- 2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019
- 2019 Locus Awards Finalists, at Locus Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019
- Tor.com (2020-04-07). "Announcing the 2020 Hugo Award Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- Tor.com (2020-05-29). "Announcing the 2020 Locus Awards Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- "Announcing the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists". Tor.com. 13 Apr 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- Andrew Liptak (3 May 2021). "Here are the 2021 Locus Award Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.