Jeff VanderMeer
1968 – present · b. Bellefonte
United States
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Biography
Jeff VanderMeer is an American author, editor, and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Series. The series' first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, and was adapted into a Hollywood film by director Alex Garland. Among VanderMeer's other novels are Shriek: An Afterword and Borne. He has also edited with his wife Ann VanderMeer such influential and award-winning anthologies as The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction.
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- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (2021)No list
- Locus Award for Best Anthology (2017)No list
- Nebula Award for Best Novel (2015)
- Shirley Jackson Award for Novel (2014)No list
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (2012)No list
- British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (2012)No list
- Q130744609 (2007)No list
- Tähtifantasia Award (2007)No list
Notable Works
- Leviathan
- Southern Reach Series
Spouse
- Ann VanderMeer (2003–present)
Education
- University of Florida
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Fiction
1993
Dradin, in love
1996
City of Saints and Madmen
2001
Album Zutique
2003
Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
2003
The Day Dali Died
2003
Leviathan Three
2004
Secret life
2004
Veniss Underground
2004
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?
2004
Shriek
2006
Strange Tales Of Secret Lives
2006
Year's Best Fantasy 6
2006
Best American fantasy
2007
Mapping The Beast
2007
Surgeon's Tale
2007
Polluto
2008
South China Sea
2008
Booklife Strategies Survival Tips For The 21stcentury Writer
2009
Finch
2009
Year's Best SF 14
2009
Errata
2010
Steampunk II
2010
The Third Bear
2010
The steampunk bible
2011
The Thackery T. Lambshead cabinet of curiosities
2011
The Weird
2011
The Time Traveller's Almanac
2013
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
2013
Absolution
2014
Acceptance
2014
Annihilation
2014
Authority
2014
Experiments
Experiments
2014
Mazes and Traps
Mazes and Traps
2014
Reactionaries and Revolutionaries
Reactionaries and Revolutionaries
2014
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy
2015
Sisters of the revolution
2015
The Big Book of Science Fiction
2016
Strange Bird
2017
This World Is Full of Monsters
2017
Borne
2018
Dead Astronauts
2019
Lost Transmissions
2019
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy
2019
A Peculiar Peril
2020
Ambergris
2020
The Ambergris Trilogy
2020