Prime Books
Encyclopedia
Edited by two-time Hugo-nominee and 2006 World Fantasy-winner Sean Wallace
, Prime Books is an award-winning independent publishing house
, specializing in a mix of literary/commercial anthologies, collections, novels, and two magazines: Fantasy Magazine
and Lightspeed Magazine
. Some of its established and new authors / editors have included John Joseph Adams
, KJ Bishop, Philip K. Dick
, Theodora Goss
, Rich Horton, Nick Mamatas
, Sarah Monette
, Holly Phillips, Tim Pratt
, Ekaterina Sedia
, Catherynne M. Valente
, Jeff VanderMeer
, and many more. Prime releases have made the top ten lists of Amazon, Booklist
, and Publishers Weekly
.
Sean Wallace
Sean A. Wallace is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher.-Career:Wallace began publishing fiction in 1997, when he launched Cosmos Books, with Philip Harbottle. Their début title, Fantasy Annual, was an anthology of British authors including E.C. Tubb, John Russell Fearn,...
, Prime Books is an award-winning independent publishing house
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
, specializing in a mix of literary/commercial anthologies, collections, novels, and two magazines: Fantasy Magazine
Fantasy Magazine
Fantasy Magazine is a U.S.-based online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was launched as a print edition at the 2005 World Fantasy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. It continued in this format for six more issues, but in mid-October 2007, it moved online, with daily content, and spun off...
and Lightspeed Magazine
Lightspeed Magazine
Lightspeed Magazine is an online fantasy and science fiction magazine published by Prime Books, which also publishes its sister companion Fantasy Magazine. The first issue was published in June of 2010 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by Orson Scott Card,...
. Some of its established and new authors / editors have included John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and critic. He is the editor of the anthologies Federations , The Living Dead , The Living Dead 2 , Seeds of Change , Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse John Joseph Adams (born 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy...
, KJ Bishop, Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
, Theodora Goss
Theodora Goss
Theodora Goss is a Hungarian American writer of fantasy short stories. Her stories have been nominated for major awards, including the 2007 Nebula Award for "Pip and the Fairies," and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for "The Wings of Meister Wilhelm." She won the 2004...
, Rich Horton, Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for the Haikasoru line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media...
, Sarah Monette
Sarah Monette
Sarah Monette is an American novelist and short story author writing mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror. She was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and she began writing at the age of 12. In 2004 she earned a PhD in English literature, specializing in Renaissance Drama and writing her...
, Holly Phillips, Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt is a science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He grew up in the vicinity of Dudley, North Carolina, and attended Appalachian State University, where he earned a Bachelor's in English. In 1999 he attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop...
, Ekaterina Sedia
Ekaterina Sedia
Ekaterina Sedia is a Russian-born fantasy author who is currently living in the United States. Her most recent work is The Alchemy of Stone, a steampunk novel that explores sexism and class bigotry. Alchemy received a star review from Publishers Weekly and was made the LA Timess 2008 Summer...
, Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente , is a Tiptree–, Andre Norton–, and Mythopoeic Award–winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies Salon Fantastique and Paper Cities, along with numerous Year's Best volumes...
, Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer is an American writer, editor and publisher.He is best known for his contributions to the New Weird and his stories about the city of Ambergris, in books like City of Saints and Madmen.-Biography:...
, and many more. Prime releases have made the top ten lists of Amazon, Booklist
Booklist
Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. It is geared toward libraries and booksellers and is available in print or online...
, and Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
.