Barbara Krasnoff

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Barbara Krasnoff
Born Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
OccupationAuthor
Genre speculative fiction
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Barbara Krasnoff is a tech editor and author of speculative fiction [1] active in the field since 1989. [2]

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Biography

Krasnoff is a native of Brooklyn, New York, [2] where she lives with her partner, radio host Jim Freund and "lots of toy penguins." [3] [4] [5] In addition to her writing, she has served as features and reviews editor for Computerworld [4] [5] and reviews editor for the online technology news magazine The Verge . [1]

Literary career

Much of Krasnoff's fiction is part of a loose series "made up of interconnecti[ng] short stories about two uncanny families through several generations," which have been collected in the "mosaic novel" The History of Soul 2065. [1] Krasnoff has been nominated for a Nebula Award. [2]

Her work has appeared in various periodicals, including Amazing Stories , Abyss & Apex, Apex Magazine , Behind the Wainscot, Clockwork Phoenix, Cosmos, Crossed Genres, Descant , Doorways, Electric Velocipede , Escape Velocity, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet , Mythic Delirium, Perihelion, Space & Time , Sybil's Garage , Triptych Tales, and Weird Tales , and the anthologies Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring '20s, Clockwork Phoenix 2, Clockwork Phoenix 4, Clockwork Phoenix 5, Crossed Genres Year Two, Descended From Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I, Fat Girl in a Strange Land, Memories and Visions: Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction, Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction, Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 , Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the norm, and Such A Pretty Face: Tales of Power & Abundance. [1] [4] [5] [2]

Bibliography

Soul 2065 series

Collections

  • The History of Soul 2065 (2019)

Short fiction

  • "Stoop Ladies" (2000)
  • "Lost Connections" (2002)
  • "In the Loop" (2003)
  • "Hearts and Minds" (2004)
  • "In the Gingerbread House" (2009)
  • "Waiting for Jakie" (2009)
  • "Rosemary, That's For Remembrance" (2009)
  • "Cancer God" (2009)
  • "The Red Dybbuk" (2011)
  • "The Sad Old Lady" (2013)
  • "The History of Soul 2065" (2013)
  • "Under the Bay Court Tree" (2014)
  • "Sophia's Legacy" (2015)
  • "Sabbath Wine" (2016)
  • "The Ladder-Back Chair" (2017)
  • "An Awfully Big Adventure" (2019)
  • "Escape Route" (2019)
  • "The Clearing in the Autumn" (2019)
  • "Time and the Parakeet" (2019)

Other short fiction

  • "Signs of Life" (1989)
  • "Means of Communication" (2007)
  • "An Old-Time Girl" (2007)
  • "All His Worldly Goods" (2008)
  • "The Seder Guest" (2010)
  • "In the House of the Brelsh" (2011)
  • "First Class" (2011)
  • "Button Up Your Overcoat" (2011)
  • "Marilee and the S. O. B." (2012)
  • "The Didibug Pin" (2013)
  • "Symbiosis" (2014)
  • "Topfuntersetzer" (2014)
  • "With Triumph Home unto Her House" (2016)
  • "Hard Times, Cotton Mill Girl" (2018)
  • "In the Background" (2018)
  • "Blaming Caine" (2019)
  • "The Clearing in the Spring" (2019)

Nonfiction

Interviews

Awards

"Sabbath Wine" was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Katherine Sparrow. "Biography."
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Barbara Krasnoff at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  3. Readercon biography of Jim Freund.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Authors: Barbara Krasnoff" in Clockwork Phoenix 4, Mythic Delirium Books, Roanoke VA, 2013, p. 268.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Authors: Barbara Krasnoff" in Clockwork Phoenix 5, Mythic Delirium Books, Roanoke VA, 2016, p. 259.