Keith Hartman

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Keith Hartman
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Education Princeton University
London School of Economics
Duke University (PhD)
Genre Speculative fiction

Keith Hartman (born 1966) is an American writer of speculative fiction and a self-described "struggling film-maker". [1] He has also written non-fiction books on gay and lesbian issues. He has been nominated a number of times for the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards and Lambda Literary Award for LGBT literature.

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Biography

Hartman was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from Princeton University, then went on to study at the London School of Economics, then started a PhD in finance at Duke University. Sometime around his third year of the finance program, he decided to change careers and become a writer. [2]

You Should Meet My Son! , Hartman's first feature film, appeared at LGBT film festivals in 2011 and is slated for DVD release later in the year. [3]

Works

Fiction

Non-fiction

Reception

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction reviewer Charles de Lint reported that "The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse is, like its title, a somewhat busy book, but there's enough payoff in characterization, story and ideas to make the trip through its pages a real pleasure."

Awards

The Gumshoe, The Witch, & The Virtual Corpse

Gumshoe Gorilla

Congregations In Conflict

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References

  1. ↑ "Keith Hartman - Author and Filmmaker". Keith-hartman.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Keith-hartman". www.keith-hartman.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "You Should Meet My Son! official site". Youshouldmeetmyson.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Archived February 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Gaylactic Spectrum Awards - 2000 Information". Spectrumawards.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Archived April 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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