Peter Crowther

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Peter Crowther
Born (1949-07-04) 4 July 1949 (age 74) [1]
Leeds, England
OccupationWriter, editor, publisher
NationalityBritish
Genre Speculative fiction, sci-fi, fantasy
Years active1992–present
Notable worksFounder and editor of PS Publishing, Postscripts
Notable awards World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2004)
World Fantasy Special Award—Professional (2008)

Peter Crowther (born 4 July 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is a founder (with Simon Conway) of PS Publishing. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction short stories published by DAW books. He is also the editor of Postscripts , an anthology established in 2004, which has since 2012 released the Exotic Gothic series, including Vol. 4 and 5. [2]

Contents

Bibliography

Series

Forever Twilight

  • Book One:Darkness, Darkness (2002)*
  • Book Two:Windows of the Soul (2009)*

* significantly expanded into Darkness Falling, The Forever Twilight (2011, Angry Robot) [3] ISBN   978-0857661685

Standalone novels

Chapbook form

Collections of short stories

Short stories

Anthologies edited by Crowther

Literary awards

Major awards

Crowther has won a variety of BFAs, primarily as editor. [5] [6] He's also a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Awards. [7] [8] [6] [9]

Year PresentedSocietyAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef
1993 World Fantasy Convention World Fantasy Awards (1993)AnthologyNarrow HousesNominated [10] [6] [11]
1998 British Fantasy Society BFA (1998)Short Story"Even Beggars Would Ride" (with James Lovegrove)Nominated [6] [12]
2000British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2000)Best CollectionLonesome RoadsWon [6] [13]
2000British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2000)Short Fiction"The Hand that Feeds"Nominated [6] [13]
2001World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2001)Special – Non-ProPS PublishingNominated [14] [6] [15]
2001British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2001)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [16]
2002World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2002)Special – Non-ProPS PublishingNominated [17] [6] [18]
2002British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2002)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [19]
2002British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2002)AnthologyFuturesNominated [6] [19]
2003World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2003)Special – Non-ProPS PublishingNominated [20] [6] [21]
2003British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2003)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [22]
2004World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2004)Special – ProPS PublishingWon [7] [6] [23]
2004British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2004)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [24]
2005World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2005)CollectionSongs of LeavingNominated [25] [6] [26]
2005British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2005)Small PressPS PublishingNominated [6] [27]
2005British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2005)Small Press Postscripts (with Nick Gevers)Nominated [6] [27]
2006British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2006)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [28]
2006British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2006)AnthologyFourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Members of the MacabreNominated [6] [28]
2007British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2007)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [29]
2008World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2008)Special – ProPS PublishingWon [8] [6] [30]
2008British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2008)Small PressPS PublishingWon [6] [31]
2008British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2008)Small Press Postscripts Nominated [6] [31]
2009British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2009)Best Magazine/Periodical Postscripts (with Nick Gevers)Won [6] [32]
2010World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Award (2010)Special – ProPS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther)Nominated [33] [6] [34]
2012British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2012)Special Award(with Nicky Crowther)Won [5]
2012British Fantasy SocietyBFA (2012)Novella"Ghosts with Teeth"Nominated [6] [35]
2013World Fantasy ConventionWorld Fantasy Awards (2013)Special – ProPS Publishing (with Nicky Crowther)Nominated [36] [6] [37]

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