Frederic S. Durbin

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Frederic S. Durbin
Born Taylorville, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Concordia College
Genre fantasy, horror
SpouseDr. Julie Durbin
Website
www.fredericsdurbin.com

Frederic S. Durbin is an American writer and novelist of fantasy and horror.

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Durbin's first novel, Dragonfly , was published by Arkham House in 1999. It was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel. [1] His second novel, The Star Shard, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2012. [2] A Green and Ancient Light (edited by Navah Wolfe) was published by Saga Press in 2016. [3] Durbin's most recent novel, The Country Under Heaven, was published by Melville House Publishing in 2025. [4]

Biography

Frederic S. Durbin was born in Taylorville, Illinois. He graduated from Taylorville High School and attended Concordia College where he graduated summa cum laude . He taught English at Niigata University in Japan from 1989 to 2011. [5] He is married to Dr. Julie Durbin, a humanities professor at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA.

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

A more complete bibliography available here
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
The place of roots2001"The place of roots". F&SF . 100 (2): 117–123. Feb 2001.

References

  1. "IHG Award Recipients". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  2. Amazon (2012). The Star Shard. ISBN   978-0547370255.
  3. "The Saga of 2016 Guest Post by Navah Wolfe and Joe Monti". 22 December 2016.
  4. "Publishers Weekly review". 12 February 2025.
  5. Durbin, Frederic S. (2011). "Me". Frederic S. Durbin. Retrieved 2020-08-20.