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Gregory Frost (born May 13, 1951) is an American author of
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and
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, and directs a fiction writing workshop at
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in
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. He received his Bachelor's degree from the
University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 co ...
. A graduate of the Clarion Workshop, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the
University of California at San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...
in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation. Author
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called Frost's novel ''Tain'' "a marvelous straightforward retelling of an ancient national myth." He has also done research for non-fiction television (
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,
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) and acted in a couple of independent horror movies. His initial vocation was as an artist. Gregory Frost is a founding partner of The Liars Club, a networking group of professionals in publishing and other aspects of entertainment that includes
Jonathan Maberry Jonathan Maberry (born May 18, 1958) is an American suspense author, anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. He was named one of the Today's Top Ten Horror Writers. ...
, Jon McGoran, Kelly Simmons, Dennis Tafoya, Merry Jones,
Keith R.A. DeCandido Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido (born April 18, 1969) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and musician, who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video games, including numerous media tie-in books for properties such ...
, Don Lafferty, Marie Lamba, Keith Strunk, and Edward Pettit. Frost lives and works in
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, USA.


Bibliography


Novels

* *''Tain'' (1986). *''Remscéla'' (1988). *''The Pure Cold Light'' (1993). *''Fitcher's Brides'' (2002). ;Shadowbridge #''Shadowbridge'' (2008). #''Lord Tophet: A Shadowbridge Novel'' (2008).


Short fiction

;Collections *''Crimson Spear: The Blood of Cu Chulainn'' (1998) — a reprint of ''Tain'' and ''Remscéla'' in one volume. *''Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories'' (2005) — collected short fiction. ;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted. *"In the Sunken Museum" '' The Twilight Zone Magazine'', May 1981.
reprinted in ''Night Cry'', Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1985. Reprinted in translation in Italy. *"A Day in the Life of Justin Argento Morrel" ''
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...
'', July 1983.
reprinted, in Norwegian, as "En dag i Justin Argento Morrels" in ''Terra Nova'' Nr. 2-1988, edited by Lynda C. Bentsen (translator), and published in Oslo, Norway. *"Rubbish" ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', February 1984. *"The Yazata" '' Whispers'', Volume 6, Number 21-22, December 1984. *"Crowley and the Leprechaun" in ''Faery!'', edited by
Terri Windling Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram ...
; Ace Fantasy Books/Berkley Publishing Group, January 1985. *"In Media Vita" ''
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publicatio ...
'', January 1985. *"Sardofa’s Horseshoes" in ''Magic In Ithkar 2'', edited by Andre Norton & Robert Adams; Tor Books, December 1985. *"Reduction" written with John Kessel, ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', January 1986. *"Show of Faith" in ''Liavek: The Players of Luck'', Will Shetterly &
Emma Bull Emma Bull (born December 13, 1954) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her novels include the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated '' Bone Dance'' and the urban fantasy '' War for the Oaks''. She is also known for a series of anthologies ...
, editors; Ace Fantasy Books/Berkley Publishing Group, June 1986. *"The Hound of Mac Datho", a selection from ''Tain'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', November 1986.
(Portion of the novel ''Remscéla''.) *"The Vow that Binds" in ''Invitation to Camelot'',
Parke Godwin Parke Godwin (January 28, 1929 – June 19, 2013) was an American writer. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1982 for his story "The Fire When It Comes". He was a native of New York City, where he was born in 1929. He was the ...
, editor; Ace Books, March 1988. *"From Hell Again" in ''Ripper!'',
Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fictio ...
& Susan Casper, editors; Tor Books, September 1988.
reprinted in the premiere issue of the internet e-zine, ''Dark Annie''. *"An Act of Love" written in collaboration with
Steven Brust Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans liv ...
and
Megan Lindholm Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'', w ...
, in ''Liavek IV: Spells of Binding'', Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, editors; Ace Books, November 1988. *"A Part of Us" ''Tropical Chills'', edited by Tim Sullivan; Avon Books, November 1988. *"Lizaveta" ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', Mid–December 1988.
reprinted in ''Best New Horror'', edited by Stephen Jones &
Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...
, Robinson (U.K.) October, 1990; Carroll & Graf (U.S.) Spring, 1991. *"Divertimento" ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', December 1989.
reprinted in ''Best New Horror 2'', ed. Stephen Jones &
Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...
, Robinson (U.K.) October, 1991;
Carroll & Graf Carroll & Graf Publishers was an American publishing company based in New York City, New York, known for publishing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction by both new and established authors, as well as issuing reprints of previously hard-to ...
(U.S.). *"The Incompleat Ripper" written with
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
; ''Starshore'', vol. 1 no. 1, Summer 1990.
(reprinted in ''The Fiction Factory'', edited by Jack Dann, Golden Gryphon Press, 2005) *"The Activists" ''Unique'', September–October 1990. *"The Bus" in ''Cold Shocks'', edited by Tim Sullivan, August 1991; Avon Books. *"Attack of the Jazz Giants"
Bruce McAllister Bruce McAllister (born 1946) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. He is known primarily for his short fiction. Over the years his short stories have been published in the major fantasy and science ficti ...
& Harry Harrison, eds., ''There Won't Be War'', Tor Books, November 1991. *"The Hole in Edgar’s Hillside" ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', Mid-December 1991.
reprinted in ''Unicorns II'', Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann, eds. Ace Books, November 1992. *"Some Things Are Better Left" ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', February 1993. *"The Root of the Matter" ''Snow White, Blood Red'',
Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her career ...
& Terri Windling, editors; William Morrow & Co., Inc and Avon Nova, January 1993. *"Touring Jesusworld" written for
Damon Knight Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of " To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for ''The Twilight Zone''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind t ...
, guest editor, '' Pulphouse'', Issue 18, 1995. *"That Blissful Height" in ''Intersections'', edited by John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name, and Richard Butner, Tor Books, January 1996.
reprinted in ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror'', edited by Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, October 1997. *"Sparks" in ''Black Swan, White Raven'', edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor Books, May 1997 *"How Meersh the Bedeviler Lost His Toes", '' Asimov's Science Fiction'', September 1998.
''Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction, 1999'' *"Collecting Dust," ''White of the Moon'', edited by Stephen Jones. Pumpkin Books, May, 1999. *"Tales Within," ''Electric Wine'' (www.electricwine.com-deceased) July–September 2000. *"The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray," ''Dark Terrors 5'', edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Carroll & Graf UK, November 2000. *"Madonna of the Maquiladora," ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', May, 2002.
''Finalist for both the Nebula Award and the James Tiptree Jr. Award'' *"The Prowl," ''Mojo: Conjure Stories'', edited by Nalo Hopkinson,
Warner Books Grand Central Publishing is a book publishing imprint of Hachette Book Group, originally established in 1970 as Warner Books when Warner Communications acquired the Paperback Library. When Time Warner sold their book publishing business to Hachet ...
, April, 2003. *"The Harp That Sang," ''My Swan Sister and other retold fairy tales'', edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling,
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publi ...
, late 2003. *"Tengu Mountain," ''The Faery Reel'', edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling,
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, August 3, 2004. *"Dub," ''Weird Trails'', edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Wildside Press, November 2004. *"So Coldly Sweet, So Deadly Fair," ''
Weird Tales ''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, pri ...
'' magazine, April 2006. Reprinted in ''Liar, LIar'' the Liars Club anthology, 2011. *"Ill-Met in Ilium," ''The Secret History of Vampries'', edited by Darrell Schweitzer, DAW Books, 2007. *"Lucyna's Gaze," ''Clockwork Phoenix 3'', edited by Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2010. *"The Bank Job," ''Full Moon City'', edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster), 2010. *"The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin", ''The Beastly Bride'', edited by Ellen Datlow &
Terri Windling Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram ...
, Viking, 2010. *"The Dingus," ''Supernatural Noir'', edited by
Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award (Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her career ...
, Dark Horse Books, 2011. *"No Others Are Genuine," "Asimov's Science Fiction," October/November 2013, nominated for the Bram Stoker Award.


Non-fiction

*Beginning in 1985, numerous book reviews, appearing in ''
Fantasy Review ''Fantasy Newsletter'' was a major fantasy fanzine founded by Paul C. Allen and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe. Publication history The first issue appeared in June 1978, and Allen ...
'', ''
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'', and ''
The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large n ...
''. *"Amongst the Laughing Dead" (''Fear'', No. 8, August 1989 (Great Britain)
(an article about the making of, and participation in, S. P. Somtow's horror film '' The Laughing Dead'') *"Twice Encountered" in ''Dancing With the Dark'', edited by Stephen Jones (Vista Books (U.K.) June 1997)
(a collection of true ghost stories related by horror and fantasy writers) *"Celtic Influence on Contemporary Fantasy Fiction," (''Brigit’s Feast'', Spring 1999). *"The Tale of the Puzzle of the Tales," (''Realms of Fantasy'', August, 2001; reprinted on the Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts site)
(a history of ''
The Arabian Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...
'') *"The Fantasy Life of Salons," (''Realms of Fantasy'', Nov/December 2001; reprinted on the Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts site)
(an article on
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in the French salons of the 18th century) *"Reading the Slipstream," ''The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature'', edited by Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn, Cambridge University Press, 2012.


Television

*Principal researcher for "Curse of the Pharaohs" episode of ''Science Frontiers'', on the Discovery Global Network (US:
The Learning Channel TLC is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. First established in 1980 as The Learning Channel, it initially focused on educational and instructional programming. By the late 1990s, after an acquisition by the ow ...
), originally broadcast in March, 1999. *Principal researcher and preliminary script writer for "Wolfman: The Science & the Myth" episode of ''Science Frontiers'', on the Discovery Global Network (US: The Learning Channel), originally broadcast in the US on October 31, 1997. This episode won awards at various national non-fiction television competitions.


Film

Frost had roles in two microbudget horror films, as "Frost" (essentially himself) in S. P. Somtow's 1989 ''The Laughing Dead'' and as "Butcher Deacon #2" in
John R. Ellis John R. Ellis is an American Visual effects, visual effects artist. He was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award in the category Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Best Visual Effects for the film ''Young Sherlock Holmes''. In 1985 ...
's ''Twilight of the Dogs'' (1995), both starring his friend and fellow writer Tim Sullivan.


Notes


External links


Gregory Frost's websiteInterview
with Michael A. Ventrella
Interview
in
Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and ...

Interview
with Jay Tomio * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frost, Gregory 1951 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers American male novelists American male short story writers American science fiction writers Asimov's Science Fiction people Place of birth missing (living people) University of Iowa alumni American fantasy writers Writers from Pennsylvania