Priya Sharma (author)

Priya Sharma
Priya Sharma signing books at author event
Born	(1971-12-30) 30 December 1971 (age 53) North West England
Occupation	Short story writer, novelist
Language	English
Period	2005–present
Genre	Fantasy and horror
Notable works	All the Fabulous Beasts (2018) Ormeshadow (2019)
Website
priyasharmafiction.wordpress.com

Priya Sharma (born 30 December 1971) is a British fantasy and horror short story writer and novelist.

Her short story "Fabulous Beasts" won the 2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. ^[1] Her debut collection All the Fabulous Beasts won the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award ^[2] and the 2019 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. ^[1] Sharma's debut novella Ormeshadow won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award ^[3] and the 2020 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella. ^[1] Her novella Pomegranates won the 2023 World Fantasy Award. ^[4]

Personal life

Sharma was born to an Indian father and an Anglo-Indian mother ^[5] and grew up in North West England. She gained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at medical school and works full-time as a general practitioner on the Wirral Peninsula .

Works

Novellas

• Ormeshadow, 2019, Tor Books: ISBN   978-1-250-24144-3
• Pomegranates, 2022, PS Publishing: ISBN   978-1786368751

Collections

• All the Fabulous Beasts, 2018, Undertow Publications: ISBN   978-1-988964-02-7

Stories

• In the Garden, 2005
• Sweetpea, 2005
• Screaming Purple Psychosis, 2006
• The Englishman, 2006
• The Lady, Eve, 2007
• The Last Man in Africa, 2009
• The Indifferent Stars, 2009
• The Soul of Stones, 2009
• The Nature of Bees , 2010
• The Bitterness of Apples, 2010
• The Show, 2011
• The Virgin's Tears, 2011
• Lebkuchen , 2011
• The Fox Maiden, 2011
• The Orchid Hunters, 2011
• Fish Skins, 2012
• Pearls , 2012
• The Ballad of Boomtown , 2012
• Needlepoint, 2012
• Lady Dragon and the Netsuke Carver, 2012
• Rag and Bone , 2013, tor.com
• Thesea and Astaurius, 2013
• After Mary, 2013
• Egg , 2013
• The Sunflower Seed Man, 2013
• The Anatomist's Mnemonic , 2013
• The Rising Tide, 2014
• The Firebrand, 2014
• The Absent Shade , 2015
• The Red Vortex, 2015
• Fabulous Beasts , 2015, tor.com
• Blonde , 2015
• Grave Goods, 2016
• Inheritance, or The Ruby Tear, 2016
• The Crow Palace , 2017
• Mercury, 2017
• A Son of the Sea, 2018
• Small Town Stories, 2018
• Maw, 2018
• My Mother's Ghosts, 2019
• Feral, 2020
• Mari Lwyd, 2021
• The Beechfield Miracles, 2021
• Papa Eye, 2022
• Tales from Alexandria, 2022
• The Ghost of a Flea, 2022
• A Short History of My Mother, 2022

References

1. "BFA winners". British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
2. "2018 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Locus. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
3. "2019 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Locus. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
4. "Winners". World Fantasy Awards. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
5. "Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Priya Sharma". Horror Writers. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

External links

• Priya Sharma Fiction author blog
• Priya Sharma at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Priya Sharma at tor.com