Rob Thurman
{{short description|American writer}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Robyn Thurman
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| pseudonym = Rob Thurman
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| birth_place = United States
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| occupation = Writer, novelist
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| genre = Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction, Urban Fantasy
| notableworks = Cal Leandros series,
Trickster
| website = {{URL|robthurman.net}}
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Robyn Thurman, writing under the name Rob Thurman, is a New York Times Best Selling American novelist.{{cite web|title=The Woman Behind Cal Leandros|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1582|publisher=Sequential Tart|access-date=3 March 2013}} To date, she has written three series and two short stories, totaling 17 books, and has been published in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan.{{cite web|title=Interview: Rob Thurman and Trick of the Light|url=http://marjoriemliu.com/blog/interview_rob_thurman_and_trick_of_the_light/|publisher=Marjorie M Liu|access-date=3 March 2013}}
Her Cal Leandros series and her Trickster series share the same universe, and are classified as urban fantasy.{{cite web|title=Exclusive Interview: "Doubletake" Author Rob Thurman|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/interview/exclusive-interview-doubletake-author-rob-thurman|publisher=Fear Net|access-date=3 March 2013}} Her Korsak Brothers series is a sci-fi thriller. In the short story anthology Wolfsbane and Mistletoe she was featured among other prominent urban fantasy writers like Charlaine Harris, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson, and Patricia Briggs. Thurman did not reveal her gender initially, leaving the About the Author section ambiguous until the Deathwish novel in the Cal Leandros series.
Bibliography
=[[Cal Leandros series]]=
- Nightlife (2006)
- Moonshine (2007)
- Madhouse (2008)
- Deathwish (2009)
- Roadkill (2010)
- Blackout (2011)
- Doubletake (2012)
- Slashback (2013)
- Downfall (2014)
- Nevermore (2015)
- Everwar (canceled by publisher)
=[[Trickster series]]=
- Trick of the Light (2009)
- The Grimrose Path (2010)
=Korsak Brothers series=
- Chimera (2010)
- Basilisk (2011)
=Other novels=
- All Seeing Eye (2012)
= Anthologies and collections =
| class="wikitable"
!Anthology or Collection !Contents !Publication Date !Editor |
| Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
|Milk and Cookies |2008 |
| Courts of the Fey
|First Ball... Last Call |2011 |
| Kicking It
|Snakeskin |2013 |
| Carniepunk
|Painted Love |2013 |
Reception
Critical reception to Thurman's work has been mostly positive,{{cite web|title=On My Bookshelf: Urban Fantasy|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1436|publisher=Sequential Tart|access-date=3 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=Book Review: 'Doubletake' by Rob Thurman|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/book-review-doubletake-rob-thurman|publisher=FearNet|access-date=3 March 2013}} with Romantic Times rating her books from three to four and a half stars and nominating her 2011 book Blackout for "Best Urban Fantasy" in their RT Reviewer's Choice Award contest.{{cite web|title=Reviews: Rob Thurman|url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/rob-thurman|publisher=RT Book Reviews|access-date=3 March 2013}} Monsters and Critics positively reviewed Nightlife, praising the "broad range of unlikely antagonists and protagonists".{{cite web|title=Book Review: Nightlife by Rob Thurman|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/books/science_fiction_fantasy/reviews/article_1150258.php/Book_Review_Nightlife_by_Rob_Thurman|publisher=Monsters and Critics|access-date=3 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811035404/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/books/science_fiction_fantasy/reviews/article_1150258.php/Book_Review_Nightlife_by_Rob_Thurman|archive-date=11 August 2010}} The News and Sentinel has also praised Thurman's work in their review of Doubletake.{{cite web|title="Doubletake" by Rob Thurman|url=http://newsandsentinel.com/page/blogs.detail/display/1058/-Doubletake--by-Rob-Thurman.html|publisher=News and Sentinel|access-date=3 March 2013}}
Personal life
Thurman lives in rural Indiana.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.robthurman.net/ }}
- [http://robgoodfella.livejournal.com/ Author's Livejournal]
- {{isfdb name|id=Rob_Thurman|name=Rob Thurman}}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:Urban fantasy writers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)