Paul Jessup (writer)

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Paul Jessup
BornPaul Matthew Jessup
(1977-08-24) August 24, 1977 (age 46)
Geneva, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationWriter, Game Designer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Kent State University
Notable worksSkinless Man Counts to Five, Glass House, Daughter of the Wormwood Star, Glass Coffin Girls, Open Your Eyes
Notable awardsVirginia Perryman Award for Excellence in Short Stories (2000)
Children2
Website
www.pauljessup.com

Paul Matthew Jessup (born August 24, 1977) is an American writer of speculative fiction short stories, novels, poetry, and plays. [1] He is also a video game designer, and solo developer/pixel artist for Riddle Fox Games, creator of the best selling game Bad Writer.

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His short stories have had honorable mentions in several year's best anthologies, including Year's Best Horror, and the Year's best Fantasy and Horror, and Year's Best Science Fiction. His work has been translated into several different languages, with Open Your Eyes being published in Polish. [2]

In 2000 he was awarded Kent States Virginia Perryman Award for Excellence in Freshman Short Fiction.

Personal life

Paul Jessup grew up in the small town of Geneva, Ohio, and went to Kent State University, where he won the Virginia Perryman award for excellence in short fiction in 2000. He and his friend Tim Miller started Six Gallery Press around this time, publishing weird experimental novels and poetry by various writers.

In 2006 or so he started Grendelsong fantasy and horror magazine, publishing various genre writers like Jay Lake, Ekaterina Sedia, Richard Bowes, Samantha Henderson, Eugie Foster, and many others. Around this time he also started selling horror short stories to pro and semi-pro magazines, including Pseudopod , Postscripts , Apex Magazine , Clarkesworld , and many more. He also gained cult following for his weird and surreal books, collections and more.

Around 2020 he began creating video games as a fun side project. His most popular game (to date) was Bad Writer, which became a best seller on itch.io and the Nintendo Switch.

In 2022 his short story, Skinless Man Counts to Five made the Stoker awards recommended reading list. In 2023, he signed a three book deal with Underland Press for two horror novels and a short story collection.

Disability and Multiple Sclerosis

In 2008 Paul Jessup had his first attack of optic neuritis, which eventually led to his diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Over the years he began walking with a cane, and slowly lost eyesight in left eye. In 2021 he was then diagnosed with Diabetes as well.

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Poetry

Nonfiction

Editor

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References

  1. Barron, Natania (20 October 2010). "Paul Jessup Talks Werewolves and the Inspiration of a Geeky Dad". Wired. Retrieved 14 July 2024. My friend Paul Jessup is a speculative fiction author who also happens to be quite the geek
  2. Clue, John. "Paul Jessup bio". Science fiction Encyclopedia.
  3. "The Silence That Binds". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. "THE SILENCE THAT BINDS". Kirkus Reviews. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. Publication History. . Retrieved on 2010-7-11.

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