Corey Redekop

{{short description|Canadian novelist and short story writer}}

Corey Redekop is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.[http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/corey-redekop-is-in-a-zombie-state-of-mind "Corey Redekop is in a zombie state of mind"]. National Post, October 25, 2012. He is best known for his 2012 novel Husk,[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2012/09/29/husk_by_corey_redekop_review.html "Husk by Corey Redekop: Review – Redekop’s gay, actor zombie is anything but a dead beat"]. Toronto Star, September 29, 2012. which was a finalist for the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2013.[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/11/25/relit-awards-announces-2013-shortlists/ "ReLit Awards announces 2013 shortlists"]. Quill & Quire, November 25, 2013.

Redekop was born and raised in Thompson, Manitoba and lived in Winnipeg before relocating to Fredericton, New Brunswick. His debut novel Shelf Monkey was published in 2007.[https://www.locusmag.com/2008/VanderMeer_BestOf2007.html "2007: The Best of the Year"]. Locus Online, January 28, 2008. His short stories have also appeared in the anthologies Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond, The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir, The Bestiary, Superhero Universe and Those Who Make Us: Creature, Myth, and Monster Stories.