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Sarah Gailey
Born1990 Edit this on Wikidata
California Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter, comics writer, essayist, novelist Edit this on Wikidata
Stylehorror fiction, science fiction, fantasy Edit this on Wikidata
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Websitehttps://www.sarahgailey.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Sarah Gailey is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, and mystery novels, short stories, and comics.

As a comics writer, they have published Eat the Rich (2021); an arc in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, The Vampire Slayer (2022–2023); and another original, Know Your Station (2022–2023).

Perhaps best known for their American Hippo duology, the alternate history novella River of Teeth (2017) was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella,[1] the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella,[2] and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Novella.[3] A follow-up, Taste of Marrow, was shortly released thereafter, with an omnibus published the year next.

Their full-length novels include award-nominated Magic for Liars (2019), The Echo Wife (2021) and Just Like Home (2022).

Career

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Gailey's fiction has been published in The Atlantic,[4] Tor.com,[5] and Fireside Magazine. Their non-fiction writing has appeared on Tor.com,[6] Mashable,[7] The Boston Globe[8] and Uncanny Magazine.[9]

According to Gailey's website, their work has been translated into seven different languages.

Novels and other work

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Gailey first became well known for their 2017 American Hippo duology, consisting of the novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow.[10][11][12] The pair of novellas is about the hypothetical of if hippos had been imported into southern US bayou country as food stock as well as a counteractive measure against invasive water hyacinth; and inspired by the real proposed House Resolution 23261 (1910). Louisiana Congressman Robert F. Broussard's bill is retconned as a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Buchanan during his lame duck period in 1861. Years later an extermination group is hired to eliminate feral individuals that have killed locals. Main characters are notably LGBT or non-binary, and reviewers have discussed the complexity of their interactions. It was well-received (for its interesting characters, creative worldbuilding, and fast-paced action) by critics, who had minor grievances with the novella format and structural length, transition decisions, and the failed chance to depict indigenous populations accurately.[13]

Upright Woman Wanted, a standalone novella, was published in February 2020.[14]

Their first full-length novel, Magic for Liars, was published by Tor Books in June 2019. Magic for Liars steeps into the crime and mystery dimension of writing, while also retaining fantasy aspects of magic, which notably are largely not exposited.[15] BuzzFeed News called it "one of the best fantasies of 2019."[16]

Their debut young adult novel, When We Were Magic, was published by Simon Pulse in March 2020.[17]

Gailey's second novel for adults, The Echo Wife, was published in February 2021 by Tor Books.[18]

In 2022 Gailey released their third novel for adults, Just Like Home, published in July by Tor Books.[19][20]

Comics

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In August 2021, their five-issue original comics series Eat the Rich premiered.[21]

They continued their work in comics with a 12-issue Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics arc titled The Vampire Slayer (2022–2023)[22][23] and an original science fiction series titled Know Your Station (2022–2023),[24][25] co-created with artist Liana Kangas.

Personal life

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Gailey is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area,[26] and as of 2019 lives in Los Angeles.[16]

Gailey is non-binary.[27]

Awards and nominations

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Year Work Award Category Result Reference
2017 — John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer — Shortlisted [28]
"The Women of Harry Potter" posts British Fantasy Award Non-fiction Shortlisted [29]
Hugo Award Related Work Shortlisted [28]
River of Teeth Nebula Award Novella Shortlisted [1]
2018 Hugo Award Novella Shortlisted [2][3]
Locus Award Novella Nominated [2][3]
— Hugo Award Fan Writer Shortlisted [2]
2019 "STET" Hugo Award Short Story Shortlisted [30]
Locus Award Short Story Nominated [31]
2020 "Away With the Wolves" Hugo Award Novelette Shortlisted [32]
Magic for Liars Locus Award First Novel Nominated [33]
2021 Upright Women Wanted Hugo Award Novella Shortlisted [34]
2021 Locus Award Novella Nominated [35]

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • —— (2019). Magic for Liars. Tor Books. ISBN 9781250174611.
  • —— (2020). When We Were Magic. Simon Pulse. ISBN 9781534432871.
  • —— (2021). The Echo Wife. Tor Books. ISBN 9781250174666.
  • —— (2022). Just Like Home. Tor Books. ISBN 9781250174727.

Comics Collections

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American Hippo novella series

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  • —— (2017). River of Teeth. Tor Books. ISBN 9780765395221.
  • —— (2017). Taste of Marrow. Tor Books. ISBN 9780765395245.
  • —— (2018). American Hippo. omnibus containing the novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, as well as additional short stories, including "Worth Her Weight in Gold". Tor Books. ISBN 9781250176424.

Other novellas

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Short stories

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Year Title Publication
2015 "Stars" —— (Autumn 2015). "Stars". The Colored Lens (17).
"Bargain" —— (Oct 2015). "Bargain". Mothership Zeta. 1 (1). Escape Artists, Inc.
2016 "Haunted" —— (Mar 2016). "Haunted". Fireside Magazine (31).
"Of Blood and Bronze" —— (Aug 2016). "Of Blood and Bronze". Devilfish Review (17).
"Homesick" —— (Sep 2016). "Homesick". Fireside Magazine (36).
"Rescue" —— (Oct 2016). "Rescue". Mothership Zeta. 1 (5). Escape Artists, Inc.
2017 "The Art of Asterculture" —— (May 10, 2017). "The Art of Asterculture". Tor.com.
"A Lady's Maid" —— (May 2017). "A Lady's Maid". Barnes & Noble.
"Single Parent" —— (Jun 2017). "Single Parent". Cast of Wonders (253). Escape Artists, Inc.
"The Fisher of Bones" —— (Aug–Dec 2017). "The Fisher of Bones". Fireside Magazine (46–51).
2018 "STET" —— (Oct 2018). "STET". Fireside Magazine (60).
"Bread and Milk and Salt" —— (Nov 7, 2018). "Bread and Milk and Salt". Tor.com.
"From the Void" —— (Nov 2018). "From the Void". Shimmer (46).
2019 "Away With the Wolves" —— (Sep 2019). "Away With the Wolves". Uncanny.
"Wild to Covet" —— (Sep 2019). "Wild to Covet". The Mythic Dream. Saga Press.
2020 "Drones to Ploughshares" —— (Feb 4, 2020). "Drones to Ploughshares". Vice.
"We Don't Talk About the Dragon" —— (Jun 2020). "We Don't Talk About the Dragon". The Book of Dragons. HarperVoyager.
"At the Threshold of Your Bedchamber on the Fifth Night" —— (Jul 2020). "At the Threshold of Your Bedchamber on the Fifth Night". Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3. Subterranean Press.
"Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right" —— (Oct 2020). "Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right". Escape Pod. Titan Books.
2021 "I Swim Up From Below" —— (Sep 2021). "I Swim Up From Below". Mermaids Monthly (9).
2022 "I Remember Satellites" —— (May 2022). "I Remember Satellites". Someone in Time. Solaris.

Select nonfiction

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  • "This Future Looks Familiar: Watching Blade Runner in 2017". Tor.com. October 2017.
  • "Impostor/Abuser: Power Dynamics in Publishing". Fireside Magazine. March 2019.

References

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  1. ^ a b River of Teeth, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 19, 2019
  2. ^ a b c d 2018 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019
  3. ^ a b c 2018 Locus Award Winners, at Locus Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019
  4. ^ An Augmented Reality at The Atlantic; retrieved June 19, 2019
  5. ^ Worth Her Weight in Gold at Tor.com; retrieved June 19, 2019
  6. ^ Tor.com content by Sarah Gailey at Tor.com; retrieved June 19, 2019
  7. ^ The Harry Potter series is actually one long story about PTSD at Mashable.com; retrieved June 19, 2019
  8. ^ Dissociation is scary. Dissociation is safety. at The Boston Globe; retrieved June 19, 2019
  9. ^ City of Villains: Why I Don't Trust Batman at Uncanny Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019
  10. ^ Of Hippos and Humans, by Ana Grilo, at Kirkus Reviews; published June 9, 2017; retrieved June 13, 2018
  11. ^ River of Teeth, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published May 13, 2017; retrieved June 13, 2018
  12. ^ Hip, Hippo Hooray For 'River Of Teeth', by Amal El-Mohtar, at National Public Radio; published May 28, 2017; retrieved June 13, 2018
  13. ^ November 2017, Samira Nadkarni Issue: 27 (2017-12-01). "River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2024-06-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Read the First Chapter From Sarah Gailey’s Upright Women Wanted at Tor.com; published January 6, 2020; retrieved March 8, 2020
  15. ^ "Magic for Liars Asks What If Your". NPR.
  16. ^ a b The Author Of One Of The Best Fantasies Of 2019 Walks Us Through Their Writing Space at Buzzfeed News; published June 6, 2019
  17. ^ When We Were Magic | Book by Sarah Gailey | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster; retrieved March 8, 2020
  18. ^ The Echo Wife | Sarah Gailey | Macmillan; retrieved March 8, 2020
  19. ^ "Just like Home by Sarah Gailey". www.publishersweekly.com. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  20. ^ Mandelo, Lee (2022-07-19). "Unsheathing a Violent Wave of Tenderness: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey". Tor.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  21. ^ Adams, Tim (2021-07-13). "Eat the Rich #1 Teases the Unspeakable Horrors of the One Percent (Exclusive)". CBR. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  22. ^ "THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Series Announcement". BOOM! Studios. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  23. ^ Terror, Jude (2022-04-15). "Vampire Slayer #1 Preview: Scoobies vs. Crabs". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  24. ^ "KNOW YOUR STATION Series Announcement". BOOM! Studios. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  25. ^ Grunenwald, Joe (2022-11-21). "PREVIEW: Welcome to The First Resort in KNOW YOUR STATION #1". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  26. ^ Interview with Sarah Gailey, at Civilian Reader; retrieved June 20, 2019
  27. ^ "Sarah Gailey". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  28. ^ a b 2017 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019
  29. ^ British Fantasy Awards 2017 Shortlist at the British Fantasy Society; retrieved June 19, 2019
  30. ^ 2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 19, 2019
  31. ^ 2019 Locus Awards Finalists, at Locus Magazine; retrieved June 19, 2019
  32. ^ Tor.com (2020-04-07). "Announcing the 2020 Hugo Award Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  33. ^ Tor.com (2020-05-29). "Announcing the 2020 Locus Awards Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  34. ^ "Announcing the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists". Tor.com. 13 Apr 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  35. ^ Andrew Liptak (3 May 2021). "Here are the 2021 Locus Award Finalists". Tor.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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