Autumn Christian

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Autumn Christian
BornTexas
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenresHorror
Science Fiction
Website
www.autumnchristian.net

Autumn Christian is an American horror and science fiction writer known for her book Girl Like a Bomb.

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Biography

Christian self-published her debut novel The Crooked God Machine in 2011. [1] She wrote the book between the ages of 19 and 21.[ citation needed ] Christian also self-published her 2013 novel We Are Wormwood. [2] In 2019, her novel Girl Like a Bomb was published by Clash Books. [3]

Christian has two short story collections, A Gentle Hell (2012, Dark Continents Publishing) and Ecstatic Inferno (2015, Eraserhead Press). [4] Christian has had short stories featured in the anthologies Eternal Frankenstein (2016), You, Human (2016), A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession (2017), and Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up to No Good (2018).[ citation needed ]

Christian was a writer on the game State of Decay 2 . [5]

Christian is originally from Texas. She currently lives in San Diego, California. [6] [7]

Works

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