Nationality American Role Writer | Name Michael Cisco Period 1999—Present | |
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Born October 13, 1970 (age 54) New York City, New York, United States (current residence) ( 1970-10-13 ) Occupation Novelist, Short story writer, Academic Genre Horror fiction, Dark fantasy Influenced by H. P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe Nominations Locus Award for Best First Novel Books The Narrator, The Tyrant, The San Veneficio Canon, The Traitor, Celebrant Similar People H P Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, Jay Lake, William S Burroughs |
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Michael Cisco (born October 13, 1970) is an American writer, Deleuzian academic, teacher, and translator currently living in New York City. He is best known for his first novel, The Divinity Student, winner of the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel of 1999. His novel, The Great Lover, was nominated for the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel of the Year, and declared the Best Weird Novel of 2011 by the Weird Fiction Review. He has described his work as "de-genred" fiction.
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Samples of his work, including readings, can be found on his website, Prosthetic Libido .
A Conversation with Michael Cisco
Awards / Nominations
Cisco's novel The Great Lover was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award in 2012.
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