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Jeff VanderMeer
POB 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315
vanderworld@hotmail.com
Focus Highly experienced creative writing workshop leader and lecturer
looking for additional opportunities to provide teaching and mentoring
for beginning and intermediate fiction/nonfiction writers.
Professional Profile I am an award-winning fiction writer and anthologist with more than 20 years
of experience teaching creative writing through workshops, correspondence
courses, and individual instruction.
Public Appearances
Workshops
Over two dozen creative writing workshops, teaching various aspects of
fiction. Components generally include group manuscript critique, individual
sessions with critique/analysis, dynamic group exercises intended to
strengthen the students' abilities, and lectures on a variety of topics, including
but not limited to: the uses of fantasy fiction, the uses of experimental writing,
general fiction technique, and PR strategies after publication. Venues include:
Brisbane Book Festival Cairns and Brisbane, Australia (2005)
Clarion Workshop, Univ. of California San Diego, California (2007)
Florida Suncoast Writers Festival, Univ. of Tampa Tampa, Florida (2003)
Odyssey Workshop, Saint Anselm College Mt. Vernon, NH (2006)
Turkey City Workshop Austin, Texas (2006)
Trinity Prep School Orlando, Florida (2003 and 2007)
Readings & Presentations
Over three hundred readings and presentations at venues such as the
following:
Associated Writers Program Conference (2005 2007)
Bumbershoot Seattle, Washington
Brasov Bookstore Brasov, Romania
Brisbane Book Festival Brisbane, Australia
Eastercon Blackpool, England
Elliott Bay Bookstore Seattle, Washington
Finncon Helsinki, Finland
KGB Reading Series New York, New York
IMPAC Bookstore Lisbon, Portugal
Otherlands Bookstore Berlin, Germany
Netopejr Bookstore Prague, Czech Republic
New Orleans Independent Book Festival New Orleans, Louisiana
South Carolina Book Festival - Columbia, South Carolina
Trinity Prep School Orlando, Florida
Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Media
Multiple television appearances on local and national Romanian arts or
news programs.
Extensive radio appearances on, among others, national NPR's "All Things
Considered," national Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Bush
Telegraph," Australia's Queensland ABC arts programs, and
Minneapolis/New York City Pacifica arts programs.
Internet radio appearances on the Bats Segundo Show out of San
Francisco, Dragon Page, and the Agony Column.
Over two hundred interviews given in twelve countries, the more exotic
appearing in such venues as Finland's largest newspaper, Romania's largest
newspaper (for the "Romania's Man of the Day" feature), and the Czech
Republic's largest fiction magazine, in addition to places such as The
Tallahassee Democrat and Publishers Weekly.
Fiction Writing and Book-Length Fiction
Editing Author of several novels and short story collections published in English
by Bantam Books, Tor Books, Pan Macmillan, Prime Books, Night Shade
Books, and Golden Gryphon Press, among others. These novels and
collections have been reprinted in more than a dozen languages, including
Russian, French, German, Romanian, Czech, and Portuguese.
Finalist in the novel category for the Bram Stoker Award, the World
Fantasy Award (collection and novel), the IHG Award, the British Fantasy
Award, and others.
Positive reviews in The Washington Post, The Guardian, CNN.com, and
hundreds of others.
Selected for BookSense's list of Notable Books.
Selected in multiple years for the annual "best of" lists of Amazon.com,
Publishers Weekly, Publishers News, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Austin
Chronicle, SF Site, Locus Magazine, and many others.
Short Fiction
Author of over two hundred published short stories, reprinted in more
than twenty languages.
Named one of the Top 10 fantasy short fiction writers in the world by
Locus Online (2002).
Winner of a World Fantasy Award for novella-length fiction.
Stories and novellas reprinted in several year's best anthologies.
Shortlisted for Best American Short Stories 2005, edited by Michael Chabon.
Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (1993).
Recipient of a scholarship to the Clarion Writers Workshop (Michigan
State University, 1992).
Recipient of an NEA-funding Florida Individual Artist Fellowship for
fiction (1996).
Recipient of a Florida Artist Enhancement Grant (2005).
Anthologies
Editor or co-editor of several original anthologies, including the
groundbreaking Leviathan fiction series, Album Zutique, Fast Ships Black Sails,
and the classic The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric &
Discredited Diseases, a fake medical guide from Bantam Books.
Editor or co-editor of several reprint anthologies, including Best American
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Fantasy, Mapping the Beast: The Best of Leviathan & Album Zutique, The New
Weird, and Steampunk.
Winner of the World Fantasy Award for editing Leviathan 3.
Finalist for the Hugo Award, the IHG Award, and British Fantasy Award.
Selected for the annual "best of" lists of The San Francisco Chronicle, LA
Weekly, and several others.
Nonfiction
Books
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?: Essays, Reviews, and Observations about SF,
Fantasy, and Horror (Monkey Brain Books, 2004).
The Evil Monkey Guide to Writing Fiction (forthcoming from Prime Books).
Reviews, Articles, and Essays (Highlights)
Regular columnist on SF/Fantasy for the Amazon Book Blog.
Freelance book reviewer for The Washington Post Book World, Publishers
Weekly, Locus Online, and others.
Regular columnist for Realms of Fantasy, SFSite.com (books) and Bookslut.com
(comics/graphic novels)
Graphic novel/comics year-in-review writer for the annual Year's Best
Fantasy & Horror (St. Martin's Press).
General interest articles for The Gainesville Sun, Tallahassee Democrat, and
Locus Magazine among others.
Introductions for books from the University of Nebraska Press, PS
Publishing UK), Earthling Books, and many others.
Interviews for Novel & Short Story Writers' Markets (Writer's Digest Books),
Publishers Weekly, Mystery Scene, SF Site, and many others.
Literary essays for the Supernatural Fiction Writers reference series
(Thomson-Gale), Cyclopedia of World Authors (Magill), Magill's Guide to Science
Fiction and Fantasy Literature (Magill's), The New York Review of SF, and Locus
Online, among others.
Other Media
Movies & Video
Screenplay writer and co-editor for the short film, "Shriek," which had
limited release in 2006 at venues such as the Clinton Street Theater in
Portland, Oregon, 12 Galaxies in San Francisco, California, the Colony
Theater in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Five Spot in Atlanta, Georgia, the
British Fantasy Convention in Nottingham, England, and Otherlands
Bookstore in Berlin, Germany. The movie is slated for internet release in
2007.
Creator of "The Exchange," an internet film based on a short story.
Creator of a series of book review videos hosted by "Evil Monkey," an
alter ego.
Video interviews with prominent international book editors, as featured on
SF Site.
Writer and editor for a documentary on the book business, in progress.
Multi-Media
Creator and presenter of "A Rough Guide to Ambergris," a 40-minute
immersive combination of spoken word, images from several nationally-
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known artists, and music that details the mysteries of an imaginary city.
Web Sites
Creator of the popular VanderWorld blog.
Coordinated design of and provided content for the following Web sites:
http://www.shriekthenovel.com, http://www.bestamericanfantasy.com,
http://www.jeffvandermeer.com, and several others.
Public
Relations/Publishing Ministry of Whimsy Press (1994 to 2004)
Founded and ran all aspects of the publishing company, from selection of
fiction to editing/ copy-editing, typesetting, and proofreading.
Selected cover art and provided design specs for artists and graphic
designers.
Provided graphic design experts with concepts and text for advertisements
in national publications and for Web banner advertisements.
Created advertising and press release text for several books.
Coordinated printing with offset printers across the country.
Personally created and ran national publicity campaigns for several books.
Coordinated editing and PR tasks with editorial staff.
First independent press to have a book win the Philip K. Dick award for
excellence in paperback publishing (1998).
Finalist for several awards, including the World Fantasy Award.
Consultant
Omnidawn Press San Francisco, California (2006 2007)
Night Shade Books, San Francisco, California (2003 2004)
Prime Books Canton, Ohio (2001 2006)
Education English Major, History Minor - University of Florida, 1986-1990
Gainesville, Florida
SAT National Merit Semi-Finalist and P.R.I.D.E.
Scholarship recipient
Michael T. Hauptmann Award recipient (for excellence in
undergraduate creative writing)
National Young Leaders Conference invitee
References & Writing Samples Available
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