Felix Gilman
{{Short description|British writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox writer
| image = Felix Gilman.jpg
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| caption = Felix Gilman gives a reading at the 2010 Brooklyn Indie Mart Steampunk Show
| birth_name = Felix John Gilman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1974|11|11}}
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = Attorney, author
| language = English
| nationality = British
| alma_mater =
| genre = Science fiction, Steampunk, Fantasy
| notableworks = Thunderer, The Half-Made World
}}
Felix John Gilman (born 11 November 1974 in London)"Felix Gilman: Making the World Stranger", from Locus issue 589, volume 64 number 2, page 81 is a British writer of fantasy and weird fiction.{{cite web|url=http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/campbell-nominee-interview-felix-gilman/ |title=Blog Archive " Campbell Nominee Interview: Felix Gilman |publisher=Mary Robinette Kowal |date=21 April 2009 |accessdate=16 August 2009}} His 2007 novel Thunderer (published by Bantam Spectra) was nominated for the 2009 Locus Award for Best First Novel,{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/04/2009-locus-award-finalists.html |title=Locus Online News: 2009 Locus Award Finalists |publisher=Locusmag.com |date=27 April 2009 |access-date=16 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430100328/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/04/2009-locus-award-finalists.html |archive-date=30 April 2009 |url-status=dead }} and earned him a nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in both 2009 and 2010.
Personal life
Gilman lives in New York City, where he practices law.{{cite web|author=Rodger Turner, Webmaster |url=http://www.sfsite.com/vault/jeff245.htm |title=Dispatches From Smaragdine by Jeff VanderMeer |publisher=The SF Site |date= |accessdate=16 August 2009}}
Bibliography
=Novels=
- {{cite book|title=Thunderer|year=2007|publisher=Spectra|isbn=978-0-553-80676-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/thunderer00gilm}}
- {{cite book|title=Gears of the City|year=2008|publisher=Spectra|isbn=978-0-553-80677-9}}
- {{cite book|title=The Half-Made World|year=2010|publisher=Tor|isbn=978-0-7653-2552-5}}
- {{cite book|title=The Rise of Ransom City|year=2012|publisher=Tor|asin=B008E8NO76}}
- {{cite book|title=The Revolutions|url=https://archive.org/details/revolutions0000gilm|url-access=registration|year=2014|publisher=Tor Books|isbn=9780765337177}}
References
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External links
- {{isfdb name|id=Felix_Gilman|name=Felix Gilman}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130504212605/http://felixgilman.com/ Official site] (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140513031055/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-story-behind-the-revolutions-by-felix-gilman The story behind The Revolutions - Online Essay by Felix Gilman at Upcoming4.me]
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Category:English fantasy writers
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:English male novelists
Category:English expatriates in the United States
Category:21st-century English lawyers
Category:British weird fiction writers
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