Theodora Goss (born September 30, 1968) is a

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fiction writer and poet. Her writing has been nominated for major awards, including the

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, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Seiun Awards. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Year's Best volumes.

Biography

Theodora Goss was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States as a child.Press
Theodora Goss web page. Retrieved 17 April 2018."Theodora Goss", ''Contemporary Authors Online'' (2008) Gale Biography In Context, Gale, Detroit She received her

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from the

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, a J.D. from

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, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Boston University"The Monster in the Mirror: Late Victorian Gothic and Anthropology"
English Dissertation Defense of Theodora Goss
Boston University, Oct 14, 2011. Retrieved 26 Oct., 2011) She is also a graduate of the

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and

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writing workshops, and sold her first published story, "The Rose in Twelve Petals," while a student at Clarion. She teaches at Boston University and at the

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Career

She has been a contributor to many publications including, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Journal of Mythic Arts'',

Exotic Gothic ''Exotic Gothic'' is an anthology series of original short fiction and novel excerpts in the gothic, horror and fantasy genres. A recipient of the World Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson Awards, it is conceptualized and edited by Danel Olson, a pr ...

, ''

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'', ''The Year's Best Fantasy'', ''The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens'', ''Best New Fantasy'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and wrote an introduction to Mike Allen's book ''Disturbing Muses''. Goss's debut novel, '' The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter'', was published by

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in June 2017, and a sequel, ''European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman'', was published by Saga Press in July 2018.''European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman'', Saga Press. ;

Awards

Theodora Goss's writing has been nominated for the 2017

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for "Red as Blood and White as Bone," the 2015 Mythopoeic Award for "Songs for Ophelia", the 2011 Locus Award for "The Mad Scientist's Daughter," the 2008 Mythopoeic Award for "In the Forest of Forgetting", the 2007 Nebula Award for "Pip and the Fairies", and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction for "The Wings of Meister Wilhelm". She won the 2017

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for Best Long Poem for "Rose Child" and the 2004 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem for "Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks". In 2008, her story "Singing of Mount Abora" won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. Her 2017 novel ''The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter'' was a nominee for the 2018

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and the 2018

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for best first novel. Her 2019 short story "How to Become a Witch-Queen" was nominated for the 2020

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for short fiction.

Works

Books

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club

*'' The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter'',Jason Heller,
Review: 'The Alchemist's Daughter' Is No Frankenstein's Monster"

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, June 20, 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018. ,

(2017);

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Audio June 2017. *''European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman'', , Saga Press (release date 10 July 2018); Simon & Schuster Audio (release date 10 July 2018) *''The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl'', , Saga Press (release date 1 October 2019); Simon & Schuster Audio (release date 1 October 2019)

Other books

*''Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems'' (collection), , Mythic Delirium Books (2019) *''The Thorn and the Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story'', with Scott Mckowen, ,

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(2012) *''In the Forest of Forgetting'' (collection), ,

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(2006). Some of the stories in this volume were previously published in ''The Rose in Twelve Petals & Other Stories''.

Books edited

*''Voices from Fairyland: The Fantastical Poems of Mary Coleridge, Charlotte Mew and Sylvia Townsend Warner'', ,Karen J. Weyant
"Reviews: Voices from Fairyland: The Fantastical Poems of Mary Coleridge, Charlotte Mew and Sylvia Townsend Warner, edited and with poems by Theodora Goss"
''

'', 22 Dec. 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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(2008) *(with Delia Sherman) ''Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing'', , Interstitial Arts Foundation (2007)

Short fiction

*"How to Become a Witch-Queen," ''Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery'', 2019.
Snow, Blood, Fur
''

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'', November 17, 2017. *"Come See the Living Dryad,"

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, March 9, 2017. *"To Budapest, With Love," ''

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'', 14, January/February 2017. *"The Other Thea," ''The Starlit Wood'', 2016. *"Red as Blood and White as Bone," Tor.com, May 4, 2016. *"In Autumn," ''Daily Science Fiction'', November 13, 2015. *"Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology," ''

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'', July 2014. *"Elena's Egg," ''

5'', 2013. *"Blanchefleur," ''Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales'', 2013. *"Lost Girls of Oz," ''Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond'', 2013. *"Estella Saves the Village," ''Queen Victoria's Book of Spells'', 2013. *"England under the White Witch," ''

'', 73, October 2012. *"Beautiful Boys," ''

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'', August 2012. *"Woola's Song," ''Under the Moons of Mars'', 2012. *"Christopher Raven," ''Ghosts by Gaslight'', 2011. *"Pug," ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', July 2011. *"Fair Ladies," ''

'', August 2010. *"The Mad Scientist's Daughter," ''

'', January 2010. *"Child-Empress of Mars," '' Interfictions 2'', 2009. *"Csilla's Story," ''Other Earths'', April 2009. *"The Puma," ''Apex Magazine'', March 2009.
Her Mother's Ghosts
" ''Clarkesworld Magazine'', 23, August 2008. *"Catherine and the Satyr," ''Strange Horizons'', October 2007. *"Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon," ''

'', June 2007. *"Singing of Mount Abora," ''Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories'', 2007. *"Letters from Budapest," ''Alchemy 3'', May 2006. *"Lessons with Miss Gray," '' Fantasy Magazine'', 2, April 2006. *"Death Comes for Ervina," ''Polyphony 5'', November 2005. *"Pip and the Fairies," ''Strange Horizons'', October 2005. *"A Statement in the Case," ''Realms of Fantasy'', August 2005. *"The Belt," ''Flytrap 4'', May 2005. *"The Wings of Meister Wilhelm," ''Polyphony 4'', September 2004. *"Miss Emily Gray," ''Alchemy 2'', August 2004. *"Lily, with Clouds," ''Alchemy 1'', December 2003. *"Sleeping with Bears," ''Strange Horizons'', November 2003. *"In the Forest of Forgetting," ''Realms of Fantasy'', October 2003. *"Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold," ''Polyphony 2'', April 2003. *"The Rapid Advance of Sorrow," ''

'', 11, November 2002. *"The Rose in Twelve Petals," ''Realms of Fantasy'', April 2002.

References

External links

Author's official website
* Theodora Goss a
Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing
(U. Southern Maine) site. * Interview

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'', May 2008).
Writing My Mother's Ghosts
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Interview
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