Biography
Marie Brennan holds a joint B.A. in
anthropology (archaeology) and folklore & mythology from Harvard University. She is
currently completing a master's degree in anthropology and folklore. She's been writing
fantasy since she was nine or ten years old, and blames this fact on Diana Wynne
Jones.
PUBLICATIONS
- Novels
- Warrior -- Orbit Books, August 2008; originally issued as Doppelganger, Warner Books, April 2006
- Witch -- Orbit Books, August 2008; originally issued as Warrior and Witch, Warner Books, October 2006
- Midnight Never Come -- Orbit Books, June 2008
- In Ashes Lie -- Orbit Books, June 2009
- A Star Shall Fall -- forthcoming from Tor Books, August 31st, 2010
- (untitled Onyx Court novel) -- forthcoming from Tor Books, 2011
- Short stories
- "White Shadow" -- Summoned to Destiny, ed. Julie Czerneda, 2004
- "The Princess and the . . ." -- Flash Me Magazine, PDF issue, April 30th, 2005; audio reprint in PodCastle, November 2008
- "Silence, Before the Horn" -- Jabberwocky 1, July 2005
- "Shadows' Bride" -- Shadow Box, ed. Shayne Jiraiya Cummings and Angela Challis, October 31st, 2005; audio forthcoming from PseudoPod
- "The Twa Corbies" -- Talebones #31, December 2005; audio reprint in PodCastle, December 2009
- "For the Fairest" -- Son and Foe #1, December 11th, 2005
- "Sing for Me" -- Fictitious Force #2, May 2006
- "The Wood, the Bridge, the House" -- Dark Wisdom #9, May 2006
- "Such as Dreams Are Made Of" -- Aberrant Dreams #8, Summer 2006
- "Execution Morning" -- Glorifying Terrorism, ed. Farah Mendlesohn, February 2007
- "A Thousand Souls" -- Aberrant Dreams, February 2007
- "But Who Shall Lead the Dance?" -- Talebones #34, February 2007
- "Selection" -- Electric Velocipede #13, November 2007
- "Nine Sketches, in Charcoal and Blood" -- On Spec #70, November 2007
- "Lost Soul" -- Intergalactic Medicine Show #7, January 2008
- "Kiss of Life" -- Beneath the Surface, ed. Tim Deal, 2008
- "The Deaths of Christopher Marlowe" -- Paradox #12, April 2008
- "Beggar's Blessing" -- Shroud Magazine #2, 2008
- "A Mask of Flesh" -- Clockwork Phoenix, ed. Mike Allen, July 2008
- "Kingspeaker" -- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #3, November 2008; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, December 2008
- "A Heretic by Degrees" -- Intergalactic Medicine Show #10, November 2008; audio reprint in Podcastle, September 2009
- "Letter Found in a Chest Belonging to the Marquis de Montseraille Following the Death of That Worthy Individual" -- Abyss and Apex #29, January 2009
- "Driftwood" -- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #14, April 2009; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2009
- "Salt Feels No Pain" -- Paradox Magazine #13, May 2009
- "Once a Goddess" -- Clockwork Phoenix 2, July 2009
- "Tower in Moonlight" -- Shroud Magazine #6, 2009
- "The Waking of Angantyr" -- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #2, October 2009
- "The Snow-White Heart" -- Talebones #39, October 2009
- "The Last Wendy" -- forthcoming in On Spec
- "The Gospel of Nachash" -- forthcoming in Clockwork Phoenix 3
- "Footprints" -- forthcoming in Shroud Magazine #9
- "Comparison of Efficacy Rates for Seven Antipathetics as Employed Against Lycanthropes" -- forthcoming in Running with the Pack, ed. Ekaterina Sedia
Many of the older stories are available on AnthologyBuilder, a service which allows you to create a self-designed POD collection of short fiction.
- Non-fiction
- "Mesoamerican Calendars" -- Strange Horizons, Aug. 30th, 2004
- "The Logic of Sacrifice" -- Strange Horizons, Dec. 6th, 2004
- "Bull-Leaping in Bronze Age Crete" -- Strange Horizons, Jan. 24th, 2005
- "Ireland's Ancient Code" -- Strange Horizons, Apr. 25th, 2005
- "That Fairy-Tale Feel: A Folkloric Approach to Meredith Ann Pierce's The Darkangel" -- Strange Horizons, Jul. 31st, 2006
AWARDS
- "Calling into Silence" -- Grand Prize, Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing, 2003
- "The Legend of Anahata" -- Honorable Mention, Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing, 2003
- "The Wood, the Bridge, the House" -- Honorable Mention, Chiaroscuro Short Story Contest, 2004
- "Shadows' Bride" -- Honorable Mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006
- "Nine Sketches, in Charcoal and Blood" -- Honorable Mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007
- "A Mask of Flesh" -- Honorable Mention, Year's Best Science Fiction 26