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