Keith Hartman
{{Short description|American writer of speculative fiction}}
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{{infobox writer
|name=Keith Hartman
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1966}}
|birth_place=Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
|occupation=Writer
|education=Princeton University
London School of Economics
Duke University (PhD)
|genre=Speculative fiction
}}
Keith Hartman (born 1966) is an American writer of speculative fiction and a self-described "struggling film-maker".{{cite web|url=http://www.keith-hartman.com|title=Keith Hartman - Author and Filmmaker|publisher=Keith-hartman.com|accessdate=4 November 2014}} He has also written non-fiction books on gay and lesbian issues. He has been nominated a number of times for the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards and Lambda Literary Award for LGBT literature.
Biography
Hartman was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from Princeton University, then went on to study at the London School of Economics, then started a PhD in finance at Duke University. Sometime around his third year of the finance program, he decided to change careers and become a writer.{{cite web |url=http://www.keith-hartman.com/contact.php |title=Keith-hartman |website=www.keith-hartman.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190703/http://www.keith-hartman.com/contact.php |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}
You Should Meet My Son!, Hartman's first feature film, appeared at LGBT film festivals in 2011 and is slated for DVD release later in the year.{{cite web|url=http://www.youshouldmeetmyson.com/You_Should_Meet_My_Son/Main.html|title=You Should Meet My Son! official site|publisher=Youshouldmeetmyson.com|accessdate=4 November 2014}}
Works
=Fiction=
- The Gumshoe, The Witch, & The Virtual Corpse (1999)
- Gumshoe Gorilla - sequel. (2002)
- The Buried Sky (2011)
=Non-fiction=
- Congregations In Conflict - an examination of churches split over the issue of homosexuality.[http://www.keith-hartman.com/works.php] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208201456/http://www.keith-hartman.com/works.php |date=February 8, 2009 }}
Reception
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction reviewer Charles de Lint reported that "The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse is, like its title, a somewhat busy book, but there's enough payoff in characterization, story and ideas to make the trip through its pages a real pleasure."
Awards
=''The Gumshoe, The Witch, & The Virtual Corpse''=
- Chosen as one of the eight best mysteries of 1999 by The Drood Review of Mysteries.
- Winner of Two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards ("Best Novel" and "People's Choice"){{cite web|url=http://www.spectrumawards.org/2000.htm|title=Gaylactic Spectrum Awards - 2000 Information|publisher=Spectrumawards.org|accessdate=4 November 2014|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714234202/http://www.spectrumawards.org/2000.htm|url-status=dead}}
- Nominated for two Lambda Awards ("Best Science Fiction / Fantasy Book" and "Best Men's Mystery".)[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_1996_1999.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130190050/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_1996_1999.html |date=January 30, 2009 }}
=''Gumshoe Gorilla''=
- Nominated for a Lambda Award ("Best Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror Book".)[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2000_2003.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423051244/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2000_2003.html |date=April 23, 2009 }}
=Congregations In Conflict=
- 1996 Lambda Award Nominee
- Number 2 on The Advocate's Bestseller List.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
References
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External links
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- {{ISFDB name|6786}}
- {{LCAuth|n95032167|Keith Hartman|2|}}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American male novelists
Category:American science fiction writers
Category:American LGBTQ film directors
Category:American LGBTQ novelists