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<h2 id="early-life-and-education">Early life and education</h2> <p>VanderMeer was born in <a href="/facts/Bellefonte%2c_Pennsylvania/3VhTwzMH">Bellefonte, Pennsylvania</a> in 1968, and spent much of his childhood in the <a href="/facts/Fiji/JU8Hs8WH">Fiji Islands</a>, where his parents worked for the <a href="/facts/Peace_Corps/6FWo2THj">Peace Corps</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> After returning to the United States, he spent time in <a href="/facts/Ithaca%2c_New_York/mPyMCjEd">Ithaca</a>, New York, and <a href="/facts/Gainesville%2c_Florida/zL3WUbEG">Gainesville</a>, Florida. He attended the <a href="/facts/University_of_Florida/zGg0HXXs">University of Florida</a> for three years and, in 1992, took part in the <a href="/facts/Clarion_Workshop/LDLmfkBD">Clarion Writers Workshop</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>When VanderMeer was 20, he read <a href="/facts/Angela_Carter/BfFhjyKn">Angela Carter</a>'s novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Infernal_Desire_Machines_of_Doctor_Hoffman/JM8TDNQj">The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman</a></i>, which he has said "blew the back of my head off, rewired my brain: I had never encountered prose like that before, never such passion and boldness on the page."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> Carter's fiction inspired VanderMeer to both improve and be fearless with his own writing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <h3>Writing</h3> <p>VanderMeer began writing in the late 1980s while still in high school and quickly became a prolific contributor to small-press magazines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> During this time VanderMeer wrote a number of <a href="/facts/Horror_fiction/vugIWsz8">horror</a> and <a href="/facts/Fantasy_literature/nYHRllzw">fantasy</a> short stories, some of which were collected in his 1989 self-published book <i>The Book of Frog</i> and in the 1996 collection <i>The Book of Lost Places</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> He also wrote poetry—his poem "Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over" was a co-winner of the 1994 <a href="/facts/Rhysling_Award/0gJmyFlf">Rhysling Award</a>—and edited two issues of the self-published <a href="/facts/Zine/m8kIhUKL">zine</a> <i>Jabberwocky</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>One of VanderMeer's early successes was his 2001 short-story collection <i><a href="/facts/City_of_Saints_and_Madmen/JutNJus9">City of Saints and Madmen</a>,</i> set in the imaginary city of Ambergris. Several of VanderMeer's novels were subsequently set in the same place, including <i><a href="/facts/Shriek%3a_An_Afterword/P5b0AbtS">Shriek: An Afterword</a></i> (2006) and <i><a href="/facts/Finch_(novel)/VfRCHCyD">Finch</a></i> (2009), the latter of which was a finalist for the <a href="/facts/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel/T3MQCwp8">Nebula Award for Best Novel</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> In 2000, his novella <i>The Transformation of Martin Lake</i> won the <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Award%25E2%2580%2594Long_Fiction/h5D1uLlz">World Fantasy Award</a>. </p><p>VanderMeer has also worked in other media, including on a movie based on his novel <i>Shriek</i> that featured an original soundtrack by rock band <a href="/facts/The_Church_(band)/7VyXcSnp">The Church</a>. The band <a href="/facts/Murder_by_Death_(band)/brgeTQo9">Murder By Death</a> likewise recorded a soundtrack for <i><a href="/facts/Finch_(Murder_By_Death_album)/z5CDEGl9">Finch</a></i>, which was released alongside a limited edition of the book. VanderMeer also wrote a <i><a href="/facts/List_of_Predator_novels/RJbTEYbM">Predator</a></i> tie-in novel for <i><a href="/facts/Dark_Horse_Comics/fTal0C6o">Dark Horse Comics</a></i> called <i>Predator: South China Seas</i> and worked with animator <a href="/facts/Joel_Veitch/T5jKlcgK">Joel Veitch</a> on a Play Station Europe animation of his story "A New Face in Hell". </p> <h4>The Southern Reach Series</h4> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Southern_Reach_Series/6umRaBjc">Southern Reach Series</a></p> <p>In 2014, <a href="/facts/Farrar%2c_Straus_and_Giroux/cRpKdNUE">Farrar, Straus and Giroux</a> published VanderMeer's <a href="/facts/Southern_Reach_Series/6umRaBjc">Southern Reach Series</a>, consisting of the novels <i><a href="/facts/Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)/6IYAlunK">Annihilation</a>, <a href="/facts/Authority_(novel)/A2hInRUN">Authority</a>,</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Acceptance_(novel)/YPGDDg8S">Acceptance</a></i>. The story focuses on a secret agency that manages expeditions into a location known as Area X. The area is an uninhabited and abandoned part of the United States that nature has begun to reclaim after a mysterious world-changing event.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> </p><p>VanderMeer has said that the main inspiration for Area X and the series was his hike through <a href="/facts/St._Marks_National_Wildlife_Refuge/4tbDsPgf">St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> <i>The Other Side of the Mountain</i> by <a href="/facts/Michel_Bernanos/IBkP6n8c">Michel Bernanos</a> is among the books VanderMeer has cited as also having had an influence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> </p><p>The original trilogy was released in quick succession over an 8-month period, in what has been called an innovative "<a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a>-inspired strategy."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> The strategy helped the second and third books reach the <a href="/facts/New_York_Times_Bestseller_list/6UYSsPpG"><i>New York Times</i> Bestseller list</a>, and established VanderMeer as "one of the most forward-thinking authors of the decade."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p><p>The series ended up being highly honored, with <i>Annihilation</i> winning the <a href="/facts/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel/T3MQCwp8">Nebula</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Shirley_Jackson_Award/tzJjxYtU">Shirley Jackson</a> Awards for Best Novel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> The entire original trilogy was also named a finalist for the 2015 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Award%25E2%2580%2594Novel/GukFcSPS">World Fantasy Award</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> and the 2016 <a href="/facts/Kurd-La%25C3%259Fwitz-Preis/WRlVlSUE">Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <i>Annihilation</i> was also adapted into <a href="/facts/Annihilation_(film)/HRujX2S5">a film of the same name</a> by writer-director <a href="/facts/Alex_Garland/m8kyKrn8">Alex Garland</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> The film stars <a href="/facts/Natalie_Portman/AF0DIScu">Natalie Portman</a>, <a href="/facts/Gina_Rodriguez/NIXLkPlD">Gina Rodriguez</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Tessa_Thompson/VJnbeXMJ">Tessa Thompson</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Jennifer_Jason_Leigh/6VHGfXyT">Jennifer Jason Leigh</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Oscar_Isaac/e92xQboB">Oscar Isaac</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> </p> <h4>Later writing</h4> <p>In 2017 VanderMeer released <i><a href="/facts/Borne_(novel)/6d7zwt4z">Borne</a>,</i> a "biotech apocalypse" novel<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> about a scavenger named Rachel trying to survive both a city "plunged into a primordial realm of myth, fable, and fairy tale"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> and a five-story-tall flying bear named Mord. As with the Southern Reach trilogy, the novel was highly praised, with <i><a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a></i> saying, "VanderMeer’s recent work has been <a href="/facts/Ovid/qw6buQ2V">Ovidian</a> in its underpinnings, exploring the radical transformation of life forms and the seams between them."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Publishers_Weekly/dKIIbrLw">Publishers Weekly</a></i> said the novel reads "like a dispatch from a world lodged somewhere between science fiction, myth, and a video game" and that with <i>Borne</i> Vandermeer has essentially invented a new literary genre, "weird literature."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Paramount_Pictures/F6UIvDD9">Paramount Pictures</a> has optioned the film rights to <i>Borne</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> </p><p>In August 2017 VanderMeer released the novella <i><a href="/facts/The_Strange_Bird%3a_A_Borne_Story/jJqUolzo">The Strange Bird: A Borne Story</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> The stand-alone story is set in the same world as <i>Borne</i> but featuring different characters. </p><p><a href="/facts/Dead_Astronauts_(novel)/wKFktYRe"><i>Dead Astronauts</i></a>, a stand-alone short novel set in the Borne universe, was released on December 3, 2019.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> A stand-alone novel, <a href="/facts/Hummingbird_Salamander/ML2fbD0R">Hummingbird Salamander</a>, was published on April 6, 2021. </p> <h3>Literary criticism and editing</h3> <p>VanderMeer is a frequent writer of critical literary reviews and essays, which have appeared in numerous publications including <i><a href="/facts/The_Atlantic/zVtl4Lcr">The Atlantic</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> <a href="/facts/The_Washington_Post/dRvzvqJc">The Washington Post</a></i> Book World, <i><a href="/facts/Publishers_Weekly/dKIIbrLw">Publishers Weekly</a></i>, and other places. For a number of years he was a regular columnist for the Amazon book-culture blog and has served as a judge for the <a href="/facts/Eisner_Awards/Rdx7arW7">Eisner Awards</a>, among others. He has been a guest speaker at such diverse events as the <a href="/facts/Brisbane_Writers_Festival/AT9L0wus">Brisbane Writers Festival</a>, <a href="/facts/Finncon/k0k6Lbj4">Finncon</a> in Helsinki, and the <a href="/facts/American_Library_Association/3jVtqULk">American Library Association</a> annual conference. </p><p>In 2019, VanderMeer was a judge for the <a href="/facts/National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/vmBIme7g">National Book Award for Fiction</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> </p><p>VanderMeer has also edited a number of anthologies. He won a 2003 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Award%25E2%2580%2594Anthology/6AXugyJd">World Fantasy Award</a> for <i>Leviathan, Volume Three</i>, a collection of genre-bending stories he edited with <a href="/facts/Forrest_Aguirre/4mTV0GJT">Forrest Aguirre</a>. He and Mark Roberts were also finalists for the same award the next year for the anthology <i>The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases</i>. </p><p>Most of his recent anthologies have been collaborations with his wife, <a href="/facts/Ann_VanderMeer/Q48A4MAQ">Ann VanderMeer</a>, the Hugo-award-winning former editor of <i><a href="/facts/Weird_Tales/1KzDX5cI">Weird Tales</a></i>. These anthologies include <i>The New Weird</i>, a collection of stories from New Weird authors; <i>Last Drink Bird Head</i>, a charity anthology benefiting literacy; <i><a href="/facts/The_Weird/878BT4af">The Weird</a></i>, a <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Award%25E2%2580%2594Anthology/6AXugyJd">World Fantasy Award</a> winning collection of weird fiction; <i>Time Traveler's Almanac</i>, an anthology of time-travel fiction; <i>Fast Ships, Black Sails</i>, a pirate fiction anthology; and the <a href="/facts/Locus_Award/PhDCAxYR">Locus Award</a> winning <i>The Big Book of Science Fiction</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> </p><p>VanderMeer is the founding editor and publisher of the <i>Ministry of Whimsy Press</i>, which he set up in the late 1980s while still in high school.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a> The press is currently an imprint of <a href="/facts/Wyrm_Publishing/1uneuggz">Wyrm Publishing</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> One of the <i>Ministry'</i>s publications, <i><a href="/facts/The_Troika/o7VJKu8u">The Troika</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Stepan_Chapman/9ISs3tMV">Stepan Chapman</a>, won the <a href="/facts/Philip_K._Dick_Award/2A8laElF">Philip K. Dick Award</a> in 1997. </p> <h3>Teaching</h3> <p>VanderMeer has been involved in teaching creative writing. One of the projects he is involved with is Shared Worlds, an annual two-week program that aims to teach creative writing to teenagers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> VanderMeer has also taught at the <a href="/facts/Clarion_Workshop/LDLmfkBD">Clarion Workshop</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a> and at <a href="/facts/Trinity_Preparatory_School/L6RQDVr2">Trinity Prep School</a>. In addition to his teaching, VanderMeer has also written guides to creative writing such as <i>Wonderbook</i>, which won a BSFA Award,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> a Locus Award, and was nominated for a Hugo and World Fantasy Award.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> </p> <h3>Critical reputation</h3> <p>VanderMeer has been called "one of the most remarkable practitioners of the literary fantastic in America today,"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> with <i><a href="/facts/The_New_Yorker/2RfeBrsR">The New Yorker</a></i> naming him the "King of Weird Fiction."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> VanderMeer's fiction is noted for eluding genre classifications<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> even as his works bring in themes and elements from genres such as <a href="/facts/Postmodern_literature/r0wMqB0Q">postmodernism</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Ecofiction/VfPVKIky">ecofiction</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> the <a href="/facts/New_weird/PzvAGQw2">New Weird</a> and <a href="/facts/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction/6a9bYkqe">post-apocalyptic fiction</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a> </p><p>VanderMeer's fiction has been described as "evocative (with) intellectual observations both profound and disturbing"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> and "lyrical and harrowing,"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> with his mixing of genres producing "something unique and unsettling."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a> </p><p>VanderMeer's writing has been compared with the works of <a href="/facts/Jorge_Luis_Borges/UgfVLqdk">Jorge Luis Borges</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Franz_Kafka/VfEIcH7E">Kafka</a>, and <a href="/facts/Henry_David_Thoreau/pVoPIsK3">Thoreau</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>In 2003, VanderMeer married <a href="/facts/Ann_VanderMeer/Q48A4MAQ">Ann Kennedy</a>, then editor for the small Buzzcity Press and <i>Silver Web</i> magazine. The couple lives in <a href="/facts/Tallahassee%2c_Florida/jQHdVSYG">Tallahassee, Florida</a>. They have two cats.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> One is named Neo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <p>VanderMeer has been nominated for the <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Award/06HjomVy">World Fantasy Award</a> 14 times.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> He has also won an NEA-funded Florida Individual Writers' Fellowship, and, the Le Cafard Cosmique award in France and the Tähtifantasia Award in Finland, both for <i>City of Saints</i>. He has also been a finalist for the <a href="/facts/Hugo_Award/E7VlgHeF">Hugo Award</a>, <a href="/facts/Bram_Stoker_Award/3sjPo3YH">Bram Stoker Award</a>, <a href="/facts/International_Horror_Guild_Award/6Ysd6ISu">International Horror Guild Award</a>, <a href="/facts/Philip_K._Dick_Award/2A8laElF">Philip K. Dick Award</a>, and many others. Novels such as <i><a href="/facts/Veniss_Underground/8BCSdwgw">Veniss Underground</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Shriek%3a_An_Afterword/P5b0AbtS">Shriek: An Afterword</a></i> have made the year's best lists of Amazon.com, <i><a href="/facts/The_Austin_Chronicle/DkGXHC82">The Austin Chronicle</a></i>, the <i><a href="/facts/San_Francisco_Chronicle/HV7h1xrr">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Publishers_Weekly/dKIIbrLw">Publishers Weekly</a></i>, among others. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Work</th><th>Year & Award</th><th>Category</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Flight is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over</i></td><td>1994 <a href="/facts/Rhysling_Award/0gJmyFlf">Rhysling Award</a></td><td>Short Poem</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Bone-Carver's Tale</i></td><td>1996 Asimov's Readers' Poll</td><td>Short Story</td><td>10th Place</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Dradin, In Love</i></td><td>1997 <a href="/facts/Theodore_Sturgeon_Award/jcLeHbL0">Theodore Sturgeon Award</a></td><td>Short Science Fiction</td><td>Finalist</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Ministry of Whimsy Press</i></td><td>1998 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Special_Award%25E2%2580%2594Non-professional/ex6WFEju">World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional</a></td><td></td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Leviathan 2</i><p><i>(with Rose Secrest)</i></p></td><td>1999 <a href="/facts/British_Fantasy_Award/YxkgzKpX">British Fantasy Award</a></td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Legacy of Boccaccio</i></td><td>1999 <a href="/facts/British_Fantasy_Award/YxkgzKpX">British Fantasy Award</a></td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Transformation of Martin Lake</i></td><td>2000 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Award/06HjomVy">World Fantasy Award</a></td><td>Novella</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>Leviathan 3</i><p><i>(with <a href="/facts/Forrest_Aguirre/4mTV0GJT">Forrest Aguirre</a>)</i></p></td><td>2002 <a href="/facts/Philip_K._Dick_Award/2A8laElF">Philip K. Dick Award</a></td><td></td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003 <a href="/facts/Locus_Award/PhDCAxYR">Locus Award</a></td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2003 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/facts/City_of_Saints_and_Madmen/JutNJus9">City of Saints and Madmen</a></i></td><td>2002 Locus Award</td><td>Collection</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Collection</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007 <a href="/facts/T%25C3%25A4htifantasia_Award/YIY1vCky">Tähtifantasia Award</a></td><td></td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Exchange by Nicholas Sporlender, illustrated by Louis Verden</i></td><td>2002 Locus Award</td><td>Short Story</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/facts/Veniss_Underground/8BCSdwgw">Veniss Underground</a></i></td><td>2003 <a href="/facts/International_Horror_Guild_Award/6Ysd6ISu">International Horror Guild Award</a></td><td>First Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2003 <a href="/facts/Bram_Stoker_Award/3sjPo3YH">Bram Stoker Award</a></td><td>First Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004 Locus Award</td><td>First Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/facts/The_Thackery_T._Lambshead_Pocket_Guide_to_Eccentric_%2526_Discredited_Diseases/4xdRcXzp">The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases</a></i><p><i>(with Mark Roberts)</i></p></td><td>2004 <a href="/facts/Hugo_Award/E7VlgHeF">Hugo Award</a></td><td>Related Work</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003 International Horror Guild Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004 British Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Album Zutique</i></td><td>2004 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Secret Life</i></td><td>2005 Locus Award</td><td>Collection</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Three Days in a Border Town</i></td><td>2005 Locus Award</td><td>Novelette</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Farmer's Cat</i></td><td>2006 Locus Award</td><td>Short Story</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Shriek%3a_An_Afterword/P5b0AbtS">Shriek: An Afterword</a></i></td><td>2007 Locus Award</td><td>Fantasy Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Secret Paths of Rajan Khanna</i></td><td>2007 Locus Award</td><td>Short Story</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>The Third Bear</i></td><td>2008 <a href="/facts/WSFA_Small_Press_Award/68MwJTQ2">WSFA Small Press Award</a></td><td></td><td>Shortlisted</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008 Locus Award</td><td>Short Story</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008 Shirley Jackson Award</td><td>Short Fiction</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>The Third Bear</i> (Collection)</td><td>2011 Shirley Jackson Award</td><td>Collection</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2011 Locus Award</td><td>Collection</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Collection</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Surgeon's Tale</i></td><td>2008 Locus Award</td><td>Novelette</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Situation</i></td><td>2009 Shirley Jackson Award</td><td>Novelette</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>Fast Ships, Black Sails</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2009 Shirley Jackson Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2009 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010 <a href="/facts/FantLab%2527s_Book_of_the_Year_Award/aHpChQ22">FantLab's Book of the Year Award</a></td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Fixing Hanover</i></td><td>2009 Locus Award</td><td>Short Story</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i>Steampunk</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2009 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The New Weird</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2009 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Best American Fantasy</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2010 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/facts/Finch_(novel)/VfRCHCyD">Finch</a></i></td><td>2010 Locus Award</td><td>Fantasy Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010 <a href="/facts/Nebula_Award/CEQB8MhL">Nebula Award</a></td><td>Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011 <a href="/facts/RUSA_awards/Fm88hfo1">RUSA CODES Reading List</a></td><td>Fantasy</td><td>Shortlisted</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2012 Shirley Jackson Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2012 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i>The Steampunk Bible</i><p><i>(with Selena Chambers)</i></p></td><td>2012 Hugo Award</td><td>Related Work</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Special_Award%25E2%2580%2594Professional/Dgstt8cs">World Fantasy Special Award—Professional</a></td><td></td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/facts/The_Weird/878BT4af">The Weird</a></i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2012 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012 British Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Weird Fiction Review</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer & Adam Mills)</i></p></td><td>2013 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Special_Award%25E2%2580%2594Professional/Dgstt8cs">World Fantasy Special Award—Professional</a> award</td><td></td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><i>Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction</i></td><td>2013 <a href="/facts/BSFA_Award/ex6vyCWA">BSFA Award</a></td><td>Non-Fiction</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014 Locus Award</td><td>Non-Fiction</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014 Hugo Award</td><td>Related Work</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014 <a href="/facts/World_Fantasy_Special_Award%25E2%2580%2594Professional/Dgstt8cs">World Fantasy Special Award—Professional</a> award</td><td></td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"><i><a href="/facts/Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)/6IYAlunK">Annihilation</a></i></td><td>2014 <a href="/facts/Shirley_Jackson_Award/tzJjxYtU">Shirley Jackson Award</a></td><td>Novel</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014 <a href="/facts/Goodreads_Choice_Awards/XcsJosw0">Goodreads Choice Awards</a></td><td>Science Fiction</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2015 Locus Award</td><td>SF Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015 RUSA CODES Reading List</td><td>Science Fiction</td><td>Shortlisted</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2015 <a href="/facts/Premio_Ignotus/SJ5CWbe4">Premio Ignotus</a></td><td>Foreign Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015 Nebula Award</td><td>Novel</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015 <a href="/facts/Kurd_La%25C3%259Fwitz_Award/WRlVlSUE">Kurd Laßwitz Award</a></td><td>Foreign Work</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2016 <a href="/facts/T%25C3%25A4htivaeltaja_Award/FGs9jzaF">Tähtivaeltaja Award</a></td><td></td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Authority_(novel)/A2hInRUN">Authority</a></i></td><td>2015 Locus Award</td><td>SF Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Acceptance_(novel)/YPGDDg8S">Acceptance</a></i></td><td>2015 Locus Award</td><td>SF Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/The_Time_Traveler%2527s_Almanac/1mboKaoA">The Time Traveler's Almanac</a></i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2015 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy</i></td><td>2015 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015 <a href="/facts/John_W._Campbell_Memorial_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel/BNfNsQoc">John W. Campbell Memorial Award</a></td><td></td><td>Finalist</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016 <a href="/facts/Kurd_La%25C3%259Fwitz_Award/WRlVlSUE">Kurd Laßwitz Award</a></td><td>Foreign Work</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>From Annihilation to Acceptance: A Writer's Surreal Journey</i></td><td>2015 <a href="/facts/BSFA_Award/ex6vyCWA">BSFA Award</a></td><td>Non-Fiction</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2016 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>The Big Book of Science Fiction</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2017 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><i>Borne</i></td><td>2017 Goodreads Choice Awards</td><td>Science Fiction</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2018 Locus Award</td><td>SF Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018 <a href="/facts/Arthur_C._Clarke_Award/gQF7ufmu">Arthur C. Clarke Award</a></td><td></td><td>Finalist</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018 <a href="/facts/John_W._Campbell_Memorial_Award_for_Best_Science_Fiction_Novel/BNfNsQoc">John W. Campbell Memorial Award</a></td><td></td><td>Finalist</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018 Kurd Laßwitz Award</td><td>Foreign Work</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2021 <a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_l%2527Imaginaire/FBuN3r6y">Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire</a></td><td>Foreign Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Dead_Astronauts/yoI0cEQd">Dead Astronauts</a></i></td><td>2020 Locus Award</td><td>Fantasy Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020 <a href="/facts/Dragon_Awards/wx6hXUlh">Dragon Awards</a></td><td>Fantasy</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i>The Big Book of Classic Fantasy</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2020 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020 British Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Hummingbird_Salamander/ML2fbD0R">Hummingbird Salamander</a></i></td><td>2022 Shirley Jackson Award</td><td>Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2022 Locus</td><td>SF Novel</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i>A Peculiar Peril</i></td><td>2021 Locus Award</td><td>Young Adult Book</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021 Dragon Awards</td><td>Young Adult/Middle Grade</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i>The Big Book of Modern Fantasy</i><p><i>(with Ann VanderMeer)</i></p></td><td>2021 Locus Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021 World Fantasy Award</td><td>Anthology</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Absolution_(VanderMeer_novel)/4agd8Vv8">Absolution</a></i></td><td>2024 Goodreads Choice Awards</td><td>Science Fiction</td><td>Nominated</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <h3>Novels</h3> <ul><li><i>Dradin, In Love</i> (1996, collected in all editions of <i>City of Saints and Madmen</i>)</li> <li><i>The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris, by Duncan Shriek</i> (1999, collected in all editions of <i>City of Saints and Madmen</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Veniss_Underground/8BCSdwgw">Veniss Underground</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Shriek%3a_An_Afterword/P5b0AbtS">Shriek: An Afterword</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Predator_(novel_series)/RJbTEYbM">Predator</a>: South China Sea</i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Finch_(novel)/VfRCHCyD">Finch</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Southern_Reach_Series/6umRaBjc">Southern Reach Series</a>: <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)/6IYAlunK">Annihilation</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Authority_(novel)/A2hInRUN">Authority</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Acceptance_(novel)/YPGDDg8S">Acceptance</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Absolution_(VanderMeer_novel)/4agd8Vv8">Absolution</a></i> (2024)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Borne_(novel)/6d7zwt4z">Borne</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dead_Astronauts_(novel)/wKFktYRe">Dead Astronauts</a></i> (2019)</li> <li>The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead: <ul><li><i>A Peculiar Peril</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>A Terrible Trouble</i> (forthcoming)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hummingbird_Salamander/ML2fbD0R">Hummingbird Salamander</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i>The Stone Shed</i> (forthcoming)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Nonfiction</h3> <ul><li><i>Why Should I Cut Your Throat?</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st Century Writer</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>The Steampunk Bible</i> (2010) (with Selena Chambers)</li> <li><i>Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy through Essays, Articles & Reviews</i> (2011)</li> <li><i>Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction</i> (2013)</li> <li><i>The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams</i> (2014)</li></ul> <h3>Collections</h3> <ul><li><i>The Book of Frog</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Lyric of the Highway Mariner: A Collection of Poems</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>The Book of Lost Places</i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/City_of_Saints_and_Madmen/JutNJus9">City of Saints and Madmen</a>: The Book of Ambergris</i> (2001) <ul><li><i>City of Saints and Madmen</i> (2002, substantially expanded from the 2001 edition)</li> <li><i>City of Saints and Madmen</i> (2004, expanded from the 2002 edition)</li></ul></li> <li><i>The Day Dali Died</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Secret Life</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Why Should I Cut Your Throat?</i> (non-fiction, 2004)</li> <li><i>VanderMeer 2005</i> (promotional sampler, 2005)</li> <li><i>Secret Lives</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories</i> (with <a href="/facts/Cat_Rambo/U5uH1B28">Cat Rambo</a>, 2007)</li> <li><i>The Third Bear</i> (2010, <a href="/facts/Tachyon_Publications/REmHKRuv">Tachyon Publications</a>)</li> <li><i>The Compass of His Bones and Other Stories</i> (2011)</li> <li><i>Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance</i> (2014)</li></ul> <h3>Short fiction</h3> <p>(Uncollected) </p> <ul><li><i>The Mare Tenebrosum (1988)</i></li> <li><i>Varlags Are Strange</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>One-Armed Bandit</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>So the Dead Walk Slowly</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Disintegration</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Requiem for the Machine</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Welcome to the Masque</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Flesh</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Ex Post Facto</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Confessions</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Ghost in the Machine</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>A Report on the Living Dead (A Memoir of the Last Days)</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>David Pangborn Takes A Walk</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>Afterwards, Drowning</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>Afterwards, Burying the Dog</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Mansions on the Moon</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>An Enthusiastic Foreword by the Editors</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Tian Shan-Gobi Assimilation</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>How Benjobi Song Came to Rule Iphagenia</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>A New Face in Hell</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>King Tales</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Island Tales</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>The Situation</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Why the Vulture is Bald</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>The Mona Lisa</i> (2009) (with Tessa Kum)</li> <li><i>Errata</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>The Lizard Dance</i> (2011) (with Gio Clairval)</li> <li><i>Myster Odd Theme Song</i> (Poem) (2011)</li> <li><i>Komodo</i> (2012)</li> <li><i>No Breather in the World but Thee</i> (2013)</li> <li><i>Fragments from the Notes of a Dead Mycologist</i> (2014)</li> <li><i>Marmot Season</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>The Strange Bird</i> (a <i>Borne</i> story) (2017)</li> <li><i>This World is Full of Monsters</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>The Comet Man Book Club Questions</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Epilogue: Clarity, Now With Hellscape</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>The Leviathan's Tale</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Wildlife</i> (2022)</li></ul> <h3>Other projects</h3> <ul><li><i>The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals</i> (with <a href="/facts/Ann_VanderMeer/Q48A4MAQ">Ann VanderMeer</a>, 2010, <a href="/facts/Tachyon_Publications/REmHKRuv">Tachyon Publications</a>)</li></ul> <h3>Anthologies edited</h3> <ul><li><i>Leviathan 1</i> (with Luke O'Grady, 1994)</li> <li><i>Leviathan 2</i> (with Rose Secrest, 1998)</li> <li><i>Leviathan 3</i> (with <a href="/facts/Forrest_Aguirre/4mTV0GJT">Forrest Aguirre</a>, 2002)</li> <li><i>Album Zutique</i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Thackery_T._Lambshead_Pocket_Guide_to_Eccentric_%2526_Discredited_Diseases/4xdRcXzp">The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases</a></i> (with Mark Roberts, 2003)</li> <li><i>The New Weird</i> (with <a href="/facts/Ann_VanderMeer/Q48A4MAQ">Ann VanderMeer</a>, 2007)</li> <li><i>Best American Fantasy</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2007)</li> <li><i>Best American Fantasy: v. 2</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2008)</li> <li><i>Last Drink Bird Head</i>, (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Steampunk_(anthology)/ICIluLIg">Steampunk</a></i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2008)</li> <li><i>Fast Ships, Black Sails</i>, (with Ann VanderMeer, 2009) – Fantasy pirate stories</li> <li><i>Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2011)</li> <li><i>ODD?</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Weird/878BT4af">The Weird</a></i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Time_Traveler%2527s_Almanac/1mboKaoA">The Time Traveler's Almanac</a></i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2014)</li> <li><i>Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2015)</li> <li><i>The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2016)</li> <li><i>The Big Book of Classic Fantasy</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2019)</li> <li><i>The Big Book of Modern Fantasy</i> (with Ann VanderMeer, 2020)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikiquote has quotations related to <i>Jeff VanderMeer</i>. <ul><li><a href="https://www.jeffvandermeer.com/">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.goldengryphon.com/secret-frame.html">Golden Gryphon Press official site</a> – About <i>Secret Life</i></li> <li><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Jeff_VanderMeer">Jeff VanderMeer</a> at the <a href="/facts/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database/3pvkKL6m">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.iblist.com/author678.htm">Jeff VanderMeer</a> at the Internet Book List</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Summary Bibliography: Jeff VanderMeer". 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class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"The Thrill and Pain of Inventing Angela Carter Archived July 26, 2022, at the Wayback Machine" by Jeff VanderMeer, The Atlantic, April 20, 2017. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/the-invention-of-angela-carter-review/523326/" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/the-invention-of-angela-carter-review/523326/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"The Thrill and Pain of Inventing Angela Carter Archived July 26, 2022, at the Wayback Machine" by Jeff VanderMeer, The Atlantic, April 20, 2017. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/the-invention-of-angela-carter-review/523326/" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/the-invention-of-angela-carter-review/523326/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers by David Pringle, St. James Press, 1998. <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers by David Pringle, St. James Press, 1998. <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers by David Pringle, St. James Press, 1998. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Jeff VanderMeer: South of Reality Archived July 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine," Locus Magazine, July 6, 2014. <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2014/07/jeff-vandermeer-south-of-reality/" target="_blank">http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2014/07/jeff-vandermeer-south-of-reality/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot – SFWA". 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