Kelly Link

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Kelly Link
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Kelly Link and Gavin Grant
Born (1969-07-19) July 19, 1969 (age 55)
Miami, Florida, U.S. [1]
OccupationWriter
Education Columbia University (BA)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MFA)
Genre Fantasy, horror, magical realism
Spouse Gavin Grant
Children1 [2]

Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor and writer. Mainly known as an author of short stories, she published her first novel The Book of Love in 2024. [3] [4] While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and literary fiction. Among other honors, she has won a Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and a World Fantasy Award for her fiction, and she was one of the recipients of the 2018 MacArthur "Genius" Grant. [5]

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Biography

Link is a graduate of Columbia University in New York and the MFA program of UNC Greensboro. In 1995, she attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop.

Link and husband Gavin Grant manage Small Beer Press, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. The couple's imprint of Small Beer Press for intermediate readers is called Big Mouth House. They also co-edited St. Martin's Press's The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series with Ellen Datlow for five years, ending in 2008. (The couple inherited the "fantasy" side from Terri Windling in 2004.) In 2019, Link and Grant opened Book Moon, a new and used bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts. [6] Link also co-edits the literary magazine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, [7] and was the slush reader for Sci Fiction , edited by Datlow.

Link taught at Lenoir–Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, with the Visiting Writers Series for spring semester 2006. She has taught or visited at a number of schools and workshops including:

She has participated in the Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers.

Awards

Bibliography

Books

Selected stories (award winners)

As author

As editor

In addition, Link and Grant have edited a semiannual small press fantasy magazine: Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (or LCRW) since 1997. An anthology, The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, was published by Del Rey Books in 2007.

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References

  1. ↑ "About Kelly". Kelly Link. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ Grant, Gavin (May 20, 2009). "Small Beer, little baby". Small Beer Press. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ Miller, Laura (November 19, 2001). "An interview with Kelly Link". Salon. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008.
  4. ↑ Miller, Laura (February 4, 2015). ""Get in Trouble": Going back inside the weird and wonderful world of Kelly Link". Salon.
  5. ↑ Charles, Ron (October 4, 2018). "Short-story writer Kelly Link wins MacArthur 'genius' grant". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Book Moon". Book Moon. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ About Kelly. (January 7, 2020). Retrieved July 31, 2020, from https://kellylink.net/about-kelly
  8. ↑ "Kelly Link - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org.
  9. ↑ "Speakers & Honorary Degrees | Smith College". www.smith.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  10. ↑ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  11. ↑ Garrett, Yvonne C. (July 29, 2024). "Kelly Link's The Book of Love | The Brooklyn Rail". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ Gould, Emily (February 22, 2024). "How Kelly Link Wrote a Very Good First Novel". The Cut. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  13. ↑ Iglesias, Gabino (February 15, 2024). "Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange". NPR. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  14. ↑ El-Mohtar, Amal (February 12, 2024). "Book Review: 'The Book of Love,' by Kelly Link". The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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  16. ↑ "The Book of Love by Kelly Link". Penguin Random House. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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