Kristopher Reisz
{{short description|American author (born 1979)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|7}}
| birth_place = Decatur, Alabama, U.S.
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| occupation = Novelist
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| genre = Urban Fantasy, Young adult
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Kristopher Reisz (born February 7, 1979){{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/165210.Kristopher_Reisz|title=Kristopher Reisz|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-03-25}} is an American author known for his young adult novels.
Early life
Reisz grew up in Decatur, Alabama.{{Citation | last = Reisz | first = Kristopher | title =About me | url=http://www.kristopherreisz.com/bio.html | publisher=Kristopher Reisz| accessdate = 2009-04-19}} He became interested in writing during high school. In college, he reported for the student newspaper and edited the literary magazine, later recalling, "I set out to learn anything anyone could possibly teach me about being a writer."{{Citation | url=http://www.teensreadtoo.com/InterviewReisz.html | last =Waldrip | first = Jennifer | title=Interview with Kristopher Reisz |publisher=Teens Read Too | accessdate = 2010-08-24|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111221831/http://www.teensreadtoo.com/InterviewReisz.html |archivedate=January 11, 2011}} Reisz worked as a paramedic{{cite news
|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aj4dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gKYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6716,6343527&dq=kris-reisz&hl=en
| title = Paramedics question why wounded suspect handcuffed
| publisher = The Tuscaloosa News
| date = 2002-10-17 |agency = AP
| accessdate = 2010-08-24
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V240AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iaYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3386,618866&dq=reisz+paramedic&hl=en
| title = Suit alleges excessive police force in Ala. suspect's shooting death
| date = 2004-12-19 | agency = AP
| publisher = The Tuscaloosa News
| accessdate = 2010-08-24
Work
Reisz published the short story "Special" in Cthulhu Sex Magazine in 2004,{{Citation |title=Special
| first=Kristopher |last=Reisz
| publisher=Cthulhu Sex Magazine
| volume=2 |issue=16 |date=February 2004
| url=http://cthulhusex.com/issues.asp?issue=16.2
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022105157/http://cthulhusex.com/issues.asp?issue=16.2 |archivedate=2007-10-22
}} then his first novel Tripping to Somewhere in 2006. His second novel, Unleashed appeared in 2008, followed by the short story "Quiet Haunts" in Drops of Crimson online in 2009.{{Citation
| title = Quiet Haunts
| publisher = Goth Huntress
| work = Drops of Crimson
| date = 2009-09-30
| volume = 1
| issue = 5
| accessdate = 2010-08-24
| url = http://gothhuntress.com/crimson/volumeone/0609quiethaunts.html
}}
In 2008 Reisz wrote in his blog that a new novel, The Drowned Forest, was in progress; in February 2010, he wrote that it was completed.{{Citation|last=Reisz |first=Kristopher |title=The F in 'F-list' stands for 'focus group,' right? |date=2008-07-02 |work=Blog |publisher=Kristopher Reisz |url=http://kris-reisz.livejournal.com/37495.html |accessdate=2010-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091223020101/http://kris-reisz.livejournal.com/37495.html |archivedate=2009-12-23 }}{{Citation|last=Reisz |first=Kristopher |title=Done |date=2010-02-09 |work=Blog |publisher=Kristopher Reisz |url=http://kris-reisz.livejournal.com/82024.html |accessdate=2010-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709210332/http://kris-reisz.livejournal.com/82024.html |archivedate=2012-07-09 }}
In 2010, Reisz published an illustrated free e-book Quiet Haunts and Other Stories, including his two previously published (and two unpublished) short stories.{{Citation
|title=Interview: Kriz Reisz
|date=June 17, 2010
|first=Orrin
|last=Grey
|newspaper=Innsmouth Free Press
|url=http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=6601
|access-date=July 16, 2011
|archive-date=September 12, 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912013254/http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=6601
|url-status=dead
Reception
Reisz's writing has received recognition twice. In 2007, the New York Public Library chose Tripping to Somewhere as one of their "Books for the Teen Age."{{cite web | title =Books for the Teen Age 2007|publisher=New York Public Library |url=http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta_2007.pdf | format = PDF | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071218003424/http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta_2007.pdf | archivedate = 2007-12-18 | accessdate = 2010-08-24}} His second novel, Unleashed, was recognized by the Young Adult Library Services Association in its 2009 list of "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers."{{Citation | title =2009 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers | url =http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/09qp.cfm | publisher =Young Adult Library Services Association | accessdate =2011-07-15 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110117043608/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/09qp.cfm | archivedate =2011-01-17 }}
Tripping to Somewhere received positive reviews. The Trades ' R.J. Carter gave a "B+" score, describing it as "heavy with teenage angst and nihilism, and lack[ing] any likeable heroes," and "a drug-filled idyll that blends Hunter S. Thompson with the works of comic book horror masters Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman", where "elements of the Norse Odin and Greek Orpheus also become evident as our two fugitives tumble pell-mell to the story's ultimate conclusion."
{{Citation
|title=Book Review: Tripping to Somewhere
|first=R.J.
|last=Carter
|date=December 20, 2006
|url=http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5066
|publisher=The Trades
|accessdate=2010-08-24
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321192549/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5066
|archive-date=March 21, 2012
|url-status=dead
|df=mdy-all
}}
Kimberley Pauley, writing for Young Adult Central, "really liked" the "unique" story, and recommended it for older young adult readers, noting that the "very intense," "gritty" fantasy and characters "stay with you."{{Citation
|title = Tripping to Somewhere - review
|first = Kimberley |last=Pauley
|date = November 4, 2007
|publisher = Young Adult Books Central
|url=http://www.yabookscentral.com/component/jreviews/discussions/review/id:10587
}}
Bibliography
- Tripping to Somewhere (2006) Simon Pulse {{ISBN|978-1-4169-4000-5}}
- Unleashed (2008) Simon & Schuster, {{ISBN|978-1-4169-4001-2}}
- Quiet Haunts and Other Stories (2010)
References
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External links
- [http://www.kristopherreisz.com Official website]
- [http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kristopher-Reisz/38604046 Reisz's page at Simon & Schuster]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110111221831/http://www.teensreadtoo.com/InterviewReisz.html Interview from Teens Read Too]
- {{isfdb name|id=Kristopher_Reisz|name=Kristopher Reisz}}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American children's writers
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:American male novelists
Category:People from Decatur, Alabama
Category:Novelists from Alabama
Category:American male short story writers