Nationality American Movies Jamie Marks Is Dead Role Author | Name Christopher Barzak Period 1999–present Awards Crawford Award | |
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Born July 21, 1975 (age 48)
Warren, Ohio ( 1975-07-21 ) Occupation Novelist, short story writer, teacher Genre Fiction, young-adult fiction, fantasy, general literature Influenced by Shirley Jackson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury Nominations James Tiptree, Jr. Award Books One for Sorrow, The Love We Share Without K, Before and Afterlives: Stories, So Fey, Wonders of the Invisible Similar People Carter Smith, Noah Silver, Shirley Jackson, Ursula K Le Guin, Ray Bradbury | ||
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Christopher Barzak (born July 21, 1975) is an American author. He has published many short stories, beginning with "A Mad Tea Party" in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet in 1999. In 2007 he published his debut novel, One for Sorrow, which won the 2008 Crawford Award, and was a nominee for the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award as well as Logo TV's NewNowNext Awards. His second novel, The Love We Share Without Knowing, was a 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award finalist and a 2009 Nebula Awards finalist for Best Novel. His first full-length short story collection, Before and Afterlives, was the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single-Author Collection in 2013.
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Barzak has worked as a teacher of English outside of Tokyo, in both primary and middle schools. His experiences over two years abroad in Japan led him to write his second novel, The Love We Share Without Knowing.
Barzak also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He currently teaches fiction writing at Youngstown State University, in Youngstown, Ohio.
His first novel, One for Sorrow, was made into the feature film Jamie Marks is Dead by the director, Carter Smith, for Verisimilitude Films, starring Liv Tyler, Judy Greer, Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, and Morgan Saylor. The film debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. The film had a limited release by Gravitas Ventures in the United States on August 29, 2014 and is now available on demand or on DVD.
His third novel, Wonders of the Invisible World, was published on September 8, 2015 and won a Stonewall Honor Award from the American Library Association in January, 2016.