Alex Jeffers

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Alex Jeffers
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
NationalityAmerican
Notable awards Lambda Literary Award (2014)
Relatives Robinson Jeffers (grandfather)

Alex Jeffers is an American novelist and short story writer. He is the grandson of Robinson Jeffers. His work has appeared in The Pioneer, [1] the North American Review , Blithe House Quarterly, and Fantasy and Science Fiction . [2] He also contributed to and served as an editor for the gay-oriented science fiction magazine Icarus, [3] as well as overseeing the BrazenHead imprint of Lethe Press. [4]

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Jeffers's novel The Padishah's Son and the Fox received the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica, [5] while Deprivation; or, Benedetto Furioso: An Oneiromancy was also nominated in the Science Fiction category. [6] Jeffers had previously been nominated for a Gaylactic Spectrum Award in 2010. [7]

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References

  1. "Alex Jeffers: Articles". The Pioneer. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. Jeffers, Alex (2010). Do You Remember Tulum?: Novella in the Form of a Love Letter. Lethe Press. p. 159. ISBN   9781590213483 . Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. Mandelo, Lee (December 30, 2010). "Queering SFF: Icarus, the Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction". Tor Books . Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  4. "BrazenHead". Lethe Press. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  5. Waddington, Chris (June 3, 2014). "Looking for summer reading? Lambda Literary Awards rain down a host of choices". The Times-Picayune . Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  6. "26th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners". Lambda Literary Foundation. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  7. Kelly, Mark (2011). "2010 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications . Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2014-08-07.