Quentin S. Crisp (born 1972) is a British writer of fiction, essays and poetry. His fiction often has a supernatural dimension, an otherworldly atmosphere or imaginative plot elements that defy a materialist view of realism. Unlike the better-known personality of the same name, this Quentin Crisp was given the name at birth but, being younger, must use his middle initial to disambiguate. Originally from North Devon, Crisp now lives in London. He has a
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
from the
University of Durham
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charte ...
, a master's degree in philosophy from Birkbeck College, and has spent two periods living in Japan, and Japanese literature is a significant influence in his work.
Crisp was responsible for the Chômu Press, publishing fiction by contemporary authors.
Crisp also writes lyrics, which have been recorded by Kodagain.
His novella ''Shrike'' was a 2009
Shirley Jackson Award
The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic are presented a ...
finalist. ''Shrike'' was also the first I-novel in the English language.Tuttle, Lisa (2009). ''Shrike'', 'Introduction'. PS Publishing. p. viii
PS Publishing
PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK.
Background
PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Justin Isis and
Brendan Connell
Brendan Connell (born 1970) is an American author and translator. Though his work often falls into the horror and fantasy genres, it has also often been called unclassifiable and avant-garde. His style has been compared to that of J.K. Huysmans an ...
)
*''The Boy Who Played with Shadows'', L'Homme Récent (Bucharest, Romania), 2015 (memoir; limited to 85 copies)
*''Erith'',
Zagava
Zagava, initially established as ''Antiquariat Bücherwelten'' in 2002, is a German imprint from Düsseldorf that publishes genre-defying literature with an emphasis on weird fiction, strange tales and novels, supernatural and horror literature in ...
(Düsseldorf, Germany), 2015 (novella; limited to 100 copies)
*''Blue on Blue'', Snuggly Books, 2015 (novel)
*''The Little One: A Meditation'', Zagava Books, 2016 (essay)
*''September'', Snuggly Books, 2016 (poetry)
*''Out There'', Mount Abraxas / Ex Occidente Press, 2016 (novella)
*''October'', Snuggly Books, 2017 (poetry)
*''The Paris Notebooks'', Snuggly Books, 2017 (memoir)
*''Aiaigasa'', Snuggly Books, 2018 (memoir)
*''Graves'', Snuggly Books, 2019 (novel)
*''The Flowering Hedgerow'', Snuggly Books, 2020 (memoir)
*''Rain Against a Face that Isn't There'', Zagava Books, 2021 (essay)
*''Hamster Dam'', Snuggly Books, 2021 (novella)
*''Binturong Time'', Zagava Books, 2022 (novella)
*''Autumn and Spring Annals'', Snuggly Books, 2022 (poetry)