Dexter Palmer | |
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| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stetson University Princeton University (PhD) |
Dexter Palmer (born 20th century) is an American novelist and short story writer.
His novels are notable for bringing a literary, character-driven sensibility to genres like steampunk, speculative fiction, and historical fiction, and to themes like time travel.
He attended Stetson University as an undergraduate. [1] He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Princeton University. [2]
In 2012, he participated in the Key West Literary Seminar: "Yet Another World: Literature of the Future". [3]
Palmer has published three books.
His first novel, The Dream of Perpetual Motion (2010), was inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest . Writing in The New York Times , novelist Jeff VanderMeer called it "a singular riff on steampunk – sophisticated, subversive entertainment that never settles for escapism." [4] Fiction-writer Elizabeth Hand, reviewing The Dream of Perpetual Motion for The Washington Post , called it "an extravagantly wondrous and admirable first novel," noting a resemblance to the work of Angela Carter. [5]
Palmer's second book, Version Control, (2016) appeared to wide acclaim. In a review for NPR, Jason Heller described the novel as "a thoughtful, powerful overhaul of the age-old time travel tale, one that doesn't radically deconstruct the genre so much as explore it more broadly and deeply." [6] The book received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews , where it was compared to the novels of Jonathan Franzen, though its speculative elements were also noted. [7] It was included on The Washington Post's list of "The Best Fantasy and Science Fiction of 2016"; [8] as well as "Best of 2016" lists by GQ [9] and BuzzFeed. [10]
Palmer's third book, Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queene (2019), is a work of historical fiction about Mary Toft, an 18th-century Englishwoman who perpetrated a medical hoax, claiming to give birth to dead rabbits. The book was widely praised by critics for its "impeccable research" [11] and "deft, droll, and provocatively philosophical" writing. [12] In The New York Times Book Review , Katherine Grant wrote of the novel: "it's neither philosophy posing as a story nor a patronizing sneer at those gullible folk of yesteryear. Rather, taking literary license with the title character's documented history, Palmer spins a cracking tale that, despite its disconcerting subject, is piquantly cheerful and compassionate." [13] Writing in The Atlantic , Lily Meyer explored the novel's connection with other works of "scam fiction", including Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) and Philip Roth's Operation Shylock (1993). [14]
Palmer lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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