Frederic S. Durbin | |
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Born | Taylorville, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Concordia College |
Genre | fantasy, horror |
Spouse | Dr. Julie Durbin |
Website | |
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Frederic S. Durbin is an American writer and novelist of fantasy and horror.
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]
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.
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Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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The place of roots | 2001 | "The place of roots". F&SF . 100 (2): 117–123. Feb 2001. | ||