Judi Rohrig

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Judi Rohrig
Born Indianapolis, Indiana
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUS
Alma mater Indiana University Bloomington

Judi Rohrig is an American horror writer and editor from Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Biography

She attended Indiana University Bloomington where she studied a B.S. in Education and English and graduated in 1978. When not working on writing she has worked in marketing, journalism, and teaching. Rohrig writes horror short stories and non-fiction. She won the Bram Stoker Award in 2005 for editing Hellnotes and a Richard Laymon award in 2001. Rohrig has worked as editor for other magazines and has been published in a number of genre magazines including Crime Time, Cemetery Dance, Extremes 5, Dreaming of Angels, Masques V and Stones. She was postmaster for the Horror Writers Association up to 2006. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [ excessive citations ]

Awards

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/eaw.cgi?11077

YearTitleAwardCategoryPlaceRef
2000"Still Crazy After All These Years" Bram Stoker Award Short Fiction Longlisted
The Richard Laymon AwardWon
2001"Blind Mouths" Short Fiction Longlisted
2002"Stones" Anthology Longlisted
2003Hellnotes Non-Fiction Shortlisted
2004Won

Bibliography

Short fiction

References and sources

  1. Greenberg, M.H.; Rabe, J. (2007). Pandora's Closet . DAW. p.  237. ISBN   978-1-101-04387-5 . Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  2. "Membership – Speculative Literature Foundation". Speculative Literature Foundation – Mission. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  3. Turner, Rodger (June 29, 2005). "The SF Site: News". The SF Site. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  4. "Locus Online: New Magazines, November 2001". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. November 13, 2001. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  5. "[an error occurred while processing this directive]". Horror Writers Association Newsletter. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  6. Rabe, J.; Thomsen, B.M. (2006). Furry Fantastic . DAW book collectors. DAW. p.  214. ISBN   978-1-101-09875-2 . Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  7. Dozois, G. (2002). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection. Year's Best Science Fiction. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 1046. ISBN   978-1-4299-0382-0 . Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  8. Rabe, J.; Greenberg, M.H. (2009). Spells of the City. DAW book collectors. DAW. p. 75. ISBN   978-1-101-15197-6 . Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  9. "Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana Area". Alumni US. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

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