Gretchen Felker-Martin

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Gretchen Felker-Martin
Born30 May 1989
New Hampshire, United States
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • critic
Period2016–present
Genre Horror fiction, science fiction, film criticism

Gretchen Felker-Martin is an American horror author and film and TV critic. She is best known to date for her novel Manhunt (2022).

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Life and career

Gretchen Felker-Martin grew up in rural New Hampshire. [1] She moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2007. [2] She had film and TV criticism published in outlets such as Polygon and Time, [3] [4] and self-published several horror novellas starting in 2016. [5]

Felker-Martin's science fiction horror novel Manhunt was published on February 22, 2022, in the U.S. by Tor Nightfire. [6] Manhunt appeared on best-of-year lists in multiple publications, including appearing at #1 in Vulture's list of "The Best Books of 2022". [7] Roxane Gay selected it as one of the "25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature", writing, "This is the kind of book that queer writers have been desperate to write forever and are rarely given the opportunity to." [8] The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote, "Felker-Martin's horror novel cunningly weaves trans determinism, war, and trauma together in an effort to locate joy, empathy, and pleasure in a world on fire." [9] In October 2024, Lilly Wachowski announced that she is adapting Manhunt into a TV series with Felker-Martin. [10] [11]

Her novel Cuckoo was published on June 11, 2024. [12] In its first week it entered the USA Today best-seller list, [13] and it was chosen as one of the "Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)" by Vulture. [14] Publishers Weekly wrote, "Laying bare grief, terror, and the tenderness that makes it all matter, this is horror at its best." [15]

Also in June 2024 she wrote a short story in issue #41 of Harley Quinn. [16]

Felker-Martin is transgender, [1] and uses she/her pronouns.

Bibliography

Novels

Novellas

Short stories

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References

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  2. ↑ Goodfellow, Liz (September 27, 2024). "Worcester Speaks #4: Gretchen Felker-Martin". Worcester Sucks and I Love It. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Hunting Men: A Conversation with Gretchen Felker-Martin". Heat Death. January 27, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ Felker-Martin, Gretchen (October 28, 2022). "Why We Love Violent Delights". TIME. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Snellings, April (January 31, 2022). "On the Cover: Gretchen Felker-Martin". THE BIG THRILL. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  6. ↑ Knife, Blood (February 1, 2022). "Interview: Gretchen Felker-Martin on Manhunt, and Refusing to Hide the Violence of the Everyday". Blood Knife. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ Jones, Nate; Quah, Nicholas; Willmore, Alison; Ebiri, Bilge (January 3, 2023). "The Best Books of 2022". Vulture. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ Soller, Kurt; Brown, Liz; Courteau, Rose; Guadagnino, Kate; Holdren, Sara; Jackson, Brian Keith; Moffitt, Evan; Morales, Miguel; Obaro, Tomi; Romack, Coco; Snyder, Michael; Thomas, June (June 22, 2023). "The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature". The New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  9. ↑ "The Future Is Bloody: On Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt"". Los Angeles Review of Books. April 30, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  10. ↑ Gregory, Drew Burnett (October 11, 2024). "Lilly Wachowski Has Her Combat Boots On". Autostraddle . Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Lilly Wachowski to adapt trans body horror novel Manhunt". Dazed. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Adult Books for Teens 2024". Macmillan Library. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Cuckoo". USA TODAY. June 19, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
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  15. ↑ "Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  16. ↑ Smart, Kendra (June 26, 2024). "Review: Harley Quinn #41". Dark Knight News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
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