Ted Kosmatka

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Ted Kosmatka
Born Indiana
OccupationWriter
Genre Science fiction
literary fiction
Website
www.tedkosmatka.us

Ted Kosmatka is an American writer. His short stories have been reprinted in ten Year's Best anthologies, and he is co-winner of the 2010 Asimov's Readers' Choice Award.[3] His 2012 novel The Games was nominated for a Locus Award for Best First Novel.

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Personal life

Kosmatka was born and raised in northwest Indiana where he worked for more than a decade in the steel industry. After moving to Seattle with his family, he worked for several years as a video game writer before returning to the Midwest.

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Video games

Short Speculative Fiction

Short Literary Fiction

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References

  1. "Purchase The Flicker Men". tedkosmatka.us. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28.