Delilah S. Dawson (born October 21, 1977) is an American author, primarily of fantasy and science fiction. She writes fantasy as Lila Bowen,[2] and has written erotica as Ava Lovelace.[3]
Her works include Star Warstie-in fiction (novels Star Wars: Phasma and Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire, and short story Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon), as well as Rick and Morty Presents: Pickle Rick, Kill the Farm Boy and No Country for Old Gnomes (both with Kevin Hearne). She has also written comic books such as Star Pig and Sparrowhawk.
In 2016, Alex Brown of Tor.com wrote that Dawson is "producing some of the best underappreciated books of the last few years", noting the "difficult subject matter [and] intense imagery" in her young adult works, and her diverse protagonists.[2] In a
starred review, Publishers Weekly appreciated that in Dawson's Wake of Vultures, "themes of self-worth, gender, and the complexity of identity are treated with frank realism and sensitivity", as well as her "gritty and well-realized paranormal Wild West".[8]Kirkus Reviews wrote in a starred review of Wake of Vultures that "Bowen has created a fascinating, textured Wild West world. The monsters are gruesome, the battles are bloody, and the pace of this story never flags."[9]
Bibliography
Adult novel
The Violence (2022)
Bloom (2023)
Blud series
Wicked as They Come (2012)
Wicked As She Wants (2013) – Romantic Times Steampunk Book of the Year for 2013,[10]RT Book of the Year nominee 2013[11]
Wicked After Midnight (2014) – Romantic Times Steampunk Book of the Year Nominee for 2014[12]
Wicked Ever After (2015)
Novellas
The Mysterious Madam Morpho (2012)
The Peculiar Pets of Miss Pleasance (2013)
The Damsel and the Daggerman (2014) – Starred review from Library Journal
Short stories
"The Three Lives of Lydia" from Carniepunk anthology (2013)
"Uncharming" from Unbound anthology (2015)
"Not my Circus, Not my Monkeys" from Three Slices anthology (2015)
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