Amelia Gray (born August 17, 1982) is an American writer. She is the author of the short story collections ''AM/PM'' (

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), ''Museum of the Weird'' (

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), and ''Gutshot'' (

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), and the novels ''THREATS'' (

), and ''Isadora'' (

). Gray has been shortlisted for the

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and her television writing has been nominated for a

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. ''

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'' called Gray's stories "leaps of faith, brave excursions into the realms of the unreal." while the ''

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'' defined her style as “akin to the alternately seething and absurd moods of David Lynch and Cronenberg.” Of ''THREATS'',

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said "Amelia Gray's psychological thriller takes us to the brink between reality and delusion." Gray is a member of

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, a community of people who have pledged to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities.

Bibliography

Novels

*''THREATS'' (

, 2012) *''Isadora'' (

, 2017)

Short story collections

*''AM/PM'' (

, 2009) *''Museum of the Weird'' (

, 2010) *''Gutshot'' (

, 2015)

Filmography

Television

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'' (2017 - 2018) *''

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'' (2018) *'' Gaslit'' (2022)

Short films

*"Curated" (dir.

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) (2018)

Awards and honors

Winner

* 2010: Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Award * 2016: New York Public Library

Young Lions Fiction Award The Young Lions Fiction Award is an annual US literary prize of $10,000, awarded to a writer who is 35 years old or younger for a novel or collection of short stories. The award was established in 2001 by Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Rick ...

Nominated

* 2008: Amanda Davis Highwire shortlist * 2008: DIAGRAM Innovative Fiction finalist * 2012: Dylan Thomas University of Wales Prize longlist * 2012: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction shortlist2013 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists
/ref> * 2016: Shirley Jackson Prize for Fiction (single author collection) * 2019: WGA Award (Adapted Long Form) with Nick Cuse,

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, Mauricio Katz,

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, and Caroline Williams2019 WGA Awards winners and finalists
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Amelia 1982 births Living people American surrealist novelists American women novelists American women short story writers Fabulists American surrealist writers Magic realism writers 21st-century American novelists Arizona State University alumni Texas State University alumni Writers from Tucson, Arizona 21st-century American women writers American surrealist artists Women surrealist artists American women screenwriters American television writers 21st-century American short story writers Novelists from Arizona PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners Screenwriters from Arizona American women television writers 21st-century American screenwriters