Gregory Frost
Encyclopedia
Gregory Frost is an American
author of science fiction
and fantasy
, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College
in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa
. A graduate of the iconic Clarion Workshop
, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the University of California at San Diego in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation.
According to the biography posted on the Clarion website, Frost has been nominated for every major fantasy award. His novelette, "Madonna of the Maquiladora" was a finalist for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award
, the Nebula Award
, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Hugo Award
. Orson Scott Card
called Frost's novel Tain "a marvelous straightforward retelling of an ancient national myth."
He has also done research for non-fiction television (The Learning Channel, Discovery Channel) and acted in a couple of independent horror movies. His initial vocation was as an artist.
Gregory Frost is a founding partner of The Liars Club, a networking group of professionals in publishing and other aspects of entertainment that includes Jonathan Maberry
, Jon McGoran, Kelly Simmons, Dennis Tafoya, Merry Jones, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Don Lafferty, Marie Lamba, Keith Strunk, and Edward Pettit.
Frost lives and works in Pennsylvania
, USA.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author of science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Swarthmore was originally named Westdale in honor of noted painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town. The name was changed to Swarthmore after the establishment of Swarthmore College...
. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
. A graduate of the iconic Clarion Workshop
Clarion Workshop
Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Knight and Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA, it was founded in 1968 by Robin Scott Wilson at Clarion State College in...
, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the University of California at San Diego in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation.
According to the biography posted on the Clarion website, Frost has been nominated for every major fantasy award. His novelette, "Madonna of the Maquiladora" was a finalist for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award
James Tiptree, Jr. Award
The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is an annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February of 1991 by science fiction authors Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler, subsequent to a discussion at WisCon.- Background...
, the Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Hugo Award
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
. Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...
called Frost's novel Tain "a marvelous straightforward retelling of an ancient national myth."
He has also done research for non-fiction television (The Learning Channel, Discovery Channel) and acted in a couple of independent horror movies. His initial vocation was as an artist.
Gregory Frost is a founding partner of The Liars Club, a networking group of professionals in publishing and other aspects of entertainment that includes Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is the multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Ghost Road Blues, the first of the Pine Deep Trilogy, a series of supernatural horror novels...
, Jon McGoran, Kelly Simmons, Dennis Tafoya, Merry Jones, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Don Lafferty, Marie Lamba, Keith Strunk, and Edward Pettit.
Frost lives and works in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, USA.
Novels and collections
- Lyrec — (February 1984, Ace Fantasy BooksAce BooksAce Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
, ISBN 0-441-51010-8)
(Three printings. Reprinted, May 2001, Time/Warner iPublish.); B. Dalton/Walden's Bestseller list. Ebook edition available from Amazon.com and Book View Cafe. - Tain — (February 1986, Ace Fantasy Books, ISBN 0-441-79534-X)
- Remscela — (April 1988, Ace Fantasy Books, ISBN 0-441-71350-5)
- The Pure Cold Light — (May 1993, Avon NovaAvon (publishers)Avon Publications was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. As of 2010, it is an imprint of HarperCollins, publishing primarily romance novels.-History:...
, ISBN 0-380-76774-0)
(published by Penguin ROC in Great Britain) — 1994 Nebula Award preliminary ballot - Crimson Spear: The Blood of Cu Chulainn — (December 1998, Cascade Mountain PublishingMichael BerlynMichael Berlyn is an American computer game designer and writer. He is best known as an Implementor at Infocom, part of the text adventure game design team....
, ISBN 1-892-88400-3)
(a reprint of Tain and Remscela in one volume) Reprinted, May 2001, Time/Warner iPublish e-book - Fitcher's Brides — (December 2002, Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, ISBN 0-7653-0194-6)
(a retelling of the Bluebeard story) - Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories — (June 2005, Golden Gryphon PressGolden Gryphon PressGolden Gryphon Press is an independent publishing company, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and cross-genre novels. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Turner, former editor at Arkham House, and is currently run by his brother Gary and his wife, Geri Turner.The company has...
, ISBN 1-930846-34-7)
(a short fiction collection) - Shadowbridge: — (January 10, 2008, Del Rey BooksDel Rey BooksDel Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn since 1998, by Bertelsmann AG. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy...
, ISBN 0-345-49758-9).
(cover art preview) - Lord Tophet: A Shadowbridge Novel: — (July 29, 2008, Del Rey Books, ISBN 0-345-49759-7)
Short stories
- "In the Sunken Museum" The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1981.
reprinted in Night Cry, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1985. Reprinted in translation in Italy. - "A Day in the Life of Justin Argento Morrel" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...
, July 1983.
reprinted, in Norwegian, as "En dag i Justin Argento Morrels" in Terra Nova Nr. 2-1988, edited by Lynda C. Bentsen (translator), and published in Oslo, Norway. - "Rubbish" The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1984.
- "The Yazata" WhispersWhispers (Magazine/Anthologies)Whispers was probably the most widely respected and one of the most ambitious of the new horror and fantasy fiction magazines of the 1970s. It became at least as visible and nearly as influential as a series of mostly original anthologies in the 1980s....
, Volume 6, Number 21-22, December 1984. - "Crowley and the Leprechaun" in Faery!, edited by Terri WindlingTerri WindlingTerri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
; Ace Fantasy Books/Berkley Publishing Group, January 1985. - "In Media Vita" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction MagazineAsimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
, January 1985. - "Sardofa’s Horseshoes" in Magic In Ithkar 2, edited by Andre NortonAndre NortonAndre Alice Norton, née Alice Mary Norton was an American science fiction and fantasy author under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston...
& Robert AdamsRobert Adams (science fiction writer)Franklin Robert Adams was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, formerly a career soldier. He is best known for his "Horseclans" books. He wrote as Robert Adams, an abbreviation of his complete name.-Writings:...
; Tor Books, December 1985. - "Reduction" written with John Kessel, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986.
- "Show of Faith" in Liavek: The Players of Luck, Will ShetterlyWill ShetterlyWill Shetterly is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel Dogland . The novel is inspired by his childhood at the tourist attraction Dog Land owned by his parents...
& Emma BullEmma BullEmma Bull is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder...
, editors; Ace Fantasy Books/Berkley Publishing Group, June 1986. - "The Hound of Mac Datho", a selection from Tain, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1986.
(Portion of the novel Remscela.) - "The Vow that Binds" in Invitation to Camelot, Parke Godwin, editor; Ace Books, March 1988.
- "From Hell Again" in Ripper!, Gardner DozoisGardner DozoisGardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...
& Susan Casper, editors; Tor Books, September 1988.
reprinted in the premiere issue of the internet e-zine, Dark Annie. - "An Act of Love" written in collaboration with Steven BrustSteven BrustSteven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede; he also belongs to the Pre-Joycean...
and Megan Lindholm, in Liavek IV: Spells of Binding, Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, editors; Ace Books, November 1988. - "A Part of Us" Tropical Chills, edited by Tim Sullivan; Avon Books, November 1988.
- "Lizaveta" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid–December 1988.
reprinted in Best New Horror, edited by Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
& Ramsey CampbellRamsey CampbellJohn Ramsey Campbell is an English horror fiction author.Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", while S. T...
, Robinson (U.K.) October, 1990; Carroll & Graf (U.S.) Spring, 1991. - "Divertimento" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1989.
reprinted in Best New Horror 2, ed. Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
& Ramsey CampbellRamsey CampbellJohn Ramsey Campbell is an English horror fiction author.Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", while S. T...
, Robinson (U.K.) October, 1991; Carroll & Graf (U.S.). - "The Incompleat Ripper" written with Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
; Starshore, vol. 1 no. 1, Summer 1990.
(reprinted in The Fiction Factory, edited by Jack Dann, Golden Gryphon Press, 2005) - "The Activists" Unique, September–October 1990.
- "The Bus" in Cold Shocks, edited by Tim Sullivan, August 1991; Avon Books.
- "Attack of the Jazz Giants" Bruce McAllisterBruce McAllisterBruce McAllister is an American author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction.- Novels :Humanity Prime Dream Baby Bruce McAllister (born 1946) is an American author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction.- Novels :Humanity Prime (Ace Books, l971; Wildside Press, 2008)Dream Baby Bruce McAllister (born...
& Harry HarrisonHarry HarrisonHarry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...
, eds., There Won't Be War, Tor Books, November 1991. - "The Hole in Edgar’s Hillside" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1991.
reprinted in Unicorns II, Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann, eds. Ace Books, November 1992. - "Some Things Are Better Left" Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1993.
- "The Root of the Matter" Snow White, Blood Red, Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
& Terri WindlingTerri WindlingTerri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
, editors; William Morrow & Co., Inc and Avon Nova, January 1993. - "Touring Jesusworld" written for Damon KnightDamon KnightDamon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan. His forte was short stories and he is widely acknowledged as having been a master of the genre.-Biography:...
, guest editor, PulphousePulphouse PublishingPulphouse Publishing was an American small press publisher based in Eugene, Oregon and specializing in science fiction and fantasy. It was founded by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in 1988. The press was active until 1996...
, Issue 18, 1995. - "That Blissful Height" in Intersections, edited by John KesselJohn KesselJohn Kessel is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer and the author of two solo novels, Good News From Outer Space and Corrupting Dr...
, Mark L. Van NameMark L. Van NameMark L. Van Name is an American science fiction writer and technology consultant. As of 2009, Van Name lives in North Carolina.-About:With John Kessel, Van Name co-founded the Sycamore Hill Writer's Workshop in 1985, and in 1996 he, Kessel, and Richard Butner edited an anthology of stories written...
, and Richard Butner, Tor Books, January 1996.
reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, October 1997. - "Sparks" in Black Swan, White Raven, edited by Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
& Terri WindlingTerri WindlingTerri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
, Tor Books, May 1997 - "How Meersh the Bedeviler Lost His Toes", Asimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science FictionAsimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
, September 1998.
Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction, 1999 - "Collecting Dust," White of the Moon, edited by Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
. Pumpkin Books, May, 1999. - "Tales Within," Electric Wine (www.electricwine.com-deceased) July–September 2000.
- "The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray," Dark Terrors 5, edited by Stephen JonesStephen Jones (author)Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....
& David SuttonDavid SuttonDavid Sutton is the current editor of the Fortean Times magazine. Sutton was educated at the University of East Anglia, University College London, Birkbeck College and the British Film Institute...
, Carroll & Graf UK, November 2000. - "Madonna of the Maquiladora," Asimov's Science Fiction, May, 2002.
Finalist for both the Nebula Award and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award - "The Prowl," Mojo: Conjure Stories, edited by Nalo HopkinsonNalo HopkinsonNalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican science fiction and fantasy writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her novels and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.Hopkinson has...
, Warner Books, April, 2003. - "The Harp That Sang," My Swan Sister and other retold fairy tales, edited by Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
& Terri WindlingTerri WindlingTerri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
, Simon & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
, late 2003. - "Tengu Mountain," The Faery Reel, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking Juvenile, August 3, 2004.
- "Dub," Weird Trails, edited by Darrell SchweitzerDarrell SchweitzerDarrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy...
, Wildside PressWildside PressWildside Press is an independent publishing company located in Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1989 by John Gregory and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limited editions, it has broadened out somewhat since then, both...
, November 2004. - "So Coldly Sweet, So Deadly Fair," Weird TalesWeird TalesWeird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
magazine, April 2006. Reprinted in Liar, LIar the Liars Club anthology, 2011. - "Ill-Met in Ilium," The Secret History of Vampries, edited by Darrell Schweitzer, DAW BooksDAW BooksDAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
, 2007. - "Lucyna's Gaze," Clockwork Phoenix 3, edited by Mike AllenMike Allen (poet)Mike Allen is an American editor and writer of speculative fiction and poetry. He currently lives in Roanoke, Virginia.His short story "," published in the October 2007 issue of Helix SF, was a finalist for the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.The Philadelphia Inquirer has described Allen as...
, Norilana Books, 2010. - "The Bank Job," Full Moon City, edited by Darrell SchweitzerDarrell SchweitzerDarrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy...
, Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster), 2010. - "The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin", The Beastly Bride, edited by Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
& Terri WindlingTerri WindlingTerri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
, Viking, 2010. - "The Dingus," Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
, Dark Horse Books, 2011.
Articles
- Beginning in 1985, numerous book reviews, appearing in Fantasy Review, The Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
, and The Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
. - "Amongst the Laughing Dead" (Fear, No. 8, August 1989 (Great Britain)
(an article about the making of, and participation in, S. P. SomtowS. P. SomtowS. P. Somtow is a Thai-American musical composer. He is also a science fiction, fantasy, and horror author writing in English...
's horror film The Laughing Dead) - "Twice Encountered" in Dancing With the Dark, edited by Stephen Jones (Vista Books (U.K.) June 1997)
(a collection of true ghost stories related by horror and fantasy writers) - "Celtic Influence on Contemporary Fantasy Fiction," (Brigit’s Feast, Spring 1999).
- "The Tale of the Puzzle of the Tales," (Realms of Fantasy, August, 2001; reprinted on the Endicott StudioEndicott StudioEndicott Studio is a nonprofit organization, based in the United States and United Kingdom, that is dedicated to literary, visual, and performance arts inspired by myth, folklore, fairy tales, and the oral storytelling tradition. It was founded in 1987 by Terri Windling, and is co-directed by...
of Mythic Arts site)
(a history of The Arabian Nights) - "The Fantasy Life of Salons," (Realms of Fantasy, Nov/December 2001; reprinted on the Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts site)
(an article on Mesmerism in the French salons of the 18th century) - "Reading the Slipstream," The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, edited by Edward James & Farah MendlesohnFarah MendlesohnFarah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....
, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Television
- Principal researcher for "Curse of the Pharaohs" episode of Science Frontiers, on the Discovery Global NetworkDiscovery CommunicationsDiscovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
(US: The Learning Channel), originally broadcast in March, 1999. - Principal researcher and preliminary script writer for "Wolfman: The Science & the Myth" episode of Science Frontiers, on the Discovery Global Network (US: The Learning Channel), originally broadcast in the US on October 31, 1997. This episode won awards at various national non-fiction television competitions.
External links
- Gregory Frost's website
- Interview with Michael A. VentrellaMichael A. VentrellaMichael A. Ventrella founded Animato! in the mid 80s. He sold it in the early 90s. Under the pseudonym "Thelma Scumm" he wrote the gossip column and later continued that for fps magazine...
- Interview in Strange HorizonsStrange HorizonsStrange Horizons is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry in every issue....