Veronica Schanoes is an American author of

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stories and an associate professor in the department of English at

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. Her fiction has appeared on

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as well as in various anthologies. Her novella ''Burning Girls'' was nominated for the

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and the

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and won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella in 2013. She lives in New York City. Schanoes earned her doctorate in English literature from the

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in 2007. Her first scholarly monograph, ''Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytic Theory: Feminism and Re-telling the Tale'', was published by

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in 2014. Her research interests include

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, women's writing, and fantasy, with particular interest in feminist theory and Jewish representation in speculative fiction.University of Pennsylvania, "Veronica Schanoes," doctoral alumni page
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Bibliography

Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytic Theory: Feminism and Re-telling the Tale
Ashgate Press. 2014. * “Variations on Lovecraftian Themes.” ''The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu''. Ed. Paula Guran. Prime Books. 2015. * “Cyclops.” ''Bestiary''. Ed. Ellen Datlow. 2015. * “Ballroom Blitz.” ''Tor.com''. April 1, 2015. http://www.tor.com/2015/04/01/ballroom-blitz-veronica-schanoes/ * “The Permanent Collection.” ''The Doll Collection''. Eds. Ellen Datalow and Terri Windling. New York: Tor Books. 2015. * “Among the Thorns.” ''Tor.com''. May 7, 2014. http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/05/among-the-thorns-veronica-schanoes * “Burning Girls.” ''Tor.com''. June 14, 2013. http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/06/burning-girls * “Phosphorus.” ''Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells''. Eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. New York: Tor Books, 2013. 203-223. * “Rats.” ''Apex Magazine''. March 5, 2011. https://www.apex-magazine.com/rats/

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"Burning Girls"
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