American editor and author
Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor and writer. Mainly known as an author of short stories, she published her first novel The Book of Love in 2024.
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[4] While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as
slipstream or
magic realism : a combination of science fiction,
fantasy ,
horror ,
mystery , and
literary fiction . Among other honors, she has won a
Hugo Award , three
Nebula Awards , and a
World Fantasy Award for her fiction, and she was one of the recipients of the 2018
MacArthur "Genius" Grant .
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Biography
Link is a graduate of
Columbia University in
New York and the MFA program of
UNC Greensboro . In 1995, she attended the
Clarion East Writing Workshop .
Link and husband
Gavin Grant manage
Small Beer Press , based in
Northampton, Massachusetts . The couple's imprint of Small Beer Press for intermediate readers is called Big Mouth House. They also co-edited
St. Martin's Press 's
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series with
Ellen Datlow for five years, ending in 2008. (The couple inherited the "fantasy" side from
Terri Windling in 2004.) In 2019, Link and Grant opened Book Moon, a new and used bookstore in
Easthampton, Massachusetts .
[6] Link also co-edits the literary magazine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet,
[7] and was the
slush reader for
Sci Fiction , edited by Datlow.
Link taught at
Lenoir–Rhyne University in
Hickory, North Carolina , with the Visiting Writers Series for spring semester 2006. She has taught or visited at a number of schools and workshops including:
She has participated in the Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst 's
MFA Program for Poets & Writers .
Awards
Bibliography
Books
Selected stories (award winners)
As author
4 Stories (
chapbook ),
Small Beer Press , 2000
Stranger Things Happen , Small Beer Press, 2001
Magic for Beginners , Small Beer Press, 2005 (reprinted by Harcourt, 2005)
Catskin: a swaddled zine , Jelly Ink Press, date unknown
Pretty Monsters: Stories ,
Viking Juvenile , 2008
The Wrong Grave , 2009
Get in Trouble: Stories ,
Random House , 2015
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories , Random House, 2023
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The Book of Love , Random House, 2024
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As editor
Trampoline Small Beer Press, 2003
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror volume 17– (with Ellen Datlow and Gavin J. Grant) St. Martin's Press, 2004–2008
In addition, Link and Grant have edited a semiannual
small press fantasy magazine:
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (or LCRW ) since 1997. An anthology, The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet , was published by
Del Rey Books in 2007.
References
^
"About Kelly" . Kelly Link. Archived from
the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013 .
^ Grant, Gavin (May 20, 2009).
"Small Beer, little baby" . Small Beer Press . Retrieved August 12, 2011 .
^ Miller, Laura (November 19, 2001).
"An interview with Kelly Link" . Salon . Archived from
the original on March 7, 2008.
^ Miller, Laura (February 4, 2015).
" "Get in Trouble": Going back inside the weird and wonderful world of Kelly Link" . Salon .
^ Charles, Ron (October 4, 2018).
"Short-story writer Kelly Link wins MacArthur 'genius' grant" . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
^
"Book Moon" . Book Moon . Retrieved February 29, 2024 .
^ About Kelly. (January 7, 2020). Retrieved July 31, 2020, from
https://kellylink.net/about-kelly
^
"Kelly Link - MacArthur Foundation" . www.macfound.org .
^ World Fantasy Convention (2010).
"Award Winners and Nominees" . Archived from
the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011 .
^
"White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link" . Penguin Random House . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
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"The Book of Love by Kelly Link" . Penguin Random House . Retrieved October 11, 2023 .
^ El-Mohtar, Amal (February 12, 2024).
"Kelly Link Returns with a Dreamlike, Profoundly Beautiful Novel" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved March 18, 2024 .
^ Link, Kelly (February 16, 2024).
"Novelist Kelly Link: 'I was drawn to the monsters and half-naked women on fantasy covers' " . The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved March 18, 2024 .
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"Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange" . NPR .
External links
Retrospective winners 1991–2000
A Woman of the Iron People by
Eleanor Arnason (1991, tie)
White Queen by
Gwyneth Jones (1991, tie)
China Mountain Zhang by
Maureen F. McHugh (1992)
Ammonite by
Nicola Griffith (1993)
"
The Matter of Seggri " by
Ursula K. Le Guin (1994, tie)
Larque on the Wing by
Nancy Springer (1994, tie)
Waking the Moon by
Elizabeth Hand (1995, tie)
The Memoirs Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by
Theodore Roszak (1995, tie)
"Mountain Ways" by
Ursula K. Le Guin (1996, tie)
The Sparrow by
Mary Doria Russell (1996, tie)
Black Wine by
Candas Jane Dorsey (1997, tie)
"Travels With The Snow Queen" by
Kelly Link (1997, tie)
"
Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation " by
Raphael Carter (1998)
The Conqueror's Child by
Suzy McKee Charnas (1999)
Wild Life by
Molly Gloss (2000)
2001–2010
The Kappa Child by
Hiromi Goto (2001)
Light by
M. John Harrison (2002, tie)
"Stories for Men" by
John Kessel (2002, tie)
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls by
Matt Ruff (2003)
Camouflage by
Joe Haldeman (2004, tie)
Not Before Sundown by
Johanna Sinisalo (2004, tie)
Air by
Geoff Ryman (2005)
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by
Catherynne M. Valente (2006, tie)
Half Life by
Shelley Jackson (2006, tie)
James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by
Julie Phillips (2006, special recognition)
The Carhullan Army by
Sarah Hall (2007)
The Knife of Never Letting Go by
Patrick Ness (2008, tie)
Filter House by
Nisi Shawl (2008, tie)
Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales by
Greer Gilman (2009, tie)
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by
Fumi Yoshinaga (2009, tie)
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by
Dubravka Ugrešić (2010)
2011–2020 2021–present
1975–2000
"
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal " by
Robert Aickman (1975)
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Belsen Express " by
Fritz Leiber (1976)
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There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding " by
Russell Kirk (1977)
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The Chimney " by
Ramsey Campbell (1978)
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Naples " by
Avram Davidson (1979)
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Mackintosh Willy " by
Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie)
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The Woman Who Loved the Moon " by
Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie)
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The Ugly Chickens " by
Howard Waldrop (1981)
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The Dark Country " by
Dennis Etchison (1982, tie)
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Do the Dead Sing? " by
Stephen King (1982, tie)
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The Gorgon " by
Tanith Lee (1983)
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Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) " by
Tanith Lee (1984)
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The Bones Wizard " by
Alan Ryan (1985, tie)
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Still Life with Scorpion " by
Scott Baker (1985, tie)
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Paper Dragons " by
James Blaylock (1986)
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Red Light " by
David J. Schow (1987)
"
Friend's Best Man " by
Jonathan Carroll (1988)
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Winter Solstice, Camelot Station " by
John M. Ford (1989)
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The Illusionist " by
Steven Millhauser (1990)
"
A Midsummer Night's Dream " by
Neil Gaiman and
Charles Vess (1991)
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The Somewhere Doors " by
Fred Chappell (1992)
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Graves " by
Joe Haldeman (1993, tie)
"
This Year's Class Picture " by
Dan Simmons (1993, tie)
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The Lodger " by
Fred Chappell (1994)
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The Man in the Black Suit " by
Stephen King (1995)
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The Grass Princess " by
Gwyneth Jones (1996)
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Thirteen Phantasms " by
James Blaylock (1997)
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Dust Motes " by
P. D. Cacek (1998)
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The Specialist's Hat " by
Kelly Link (1999)
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The Chop Girl " by
Ian R. MacLeod (2000)
2001–present
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