Genevieve Valentine | |
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 Valentine at WonderCon 2017 | |
| Born | 1981 (age 42–43)[1] |
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| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fantasy, steampunk, science fiction |
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Genevieve Valentine (born 1981) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her first novel, Mechanique: A tale of the Circus Tresaulti, won the Crawford Award[2] for a first fantasy novel, and was shortlisted for the Nebula.[3]
Her short stories have been nominated for multiple awards such as a Shirley Jackson award[4] and World Fantasy awards.[5][6]
Her second novel, a historical fiction and fairy tale retelling, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club was published in 2014.
She wrote The Persona Series for Saga Press (edited by Navah Wolfe), a science fiction thriller series which includes the novels Persona (2015) and Icon (2016).
From 2014 until 2015, Valentine scripted a new series for DC Comics featuring Catwoman, working with artists Garry Brown and David Messina. Afterwards, she worked on Batman and Robin Eternal as scripter.
Her new comic series Two Graves, illustrated by Annie Wu and Ming Doyle premiered in November 2022 from Image Comics.
Her cultural criticism has appeared at NPR.org, The AV Club, LA Review of Books, Vice, Vox, and The New York Times, among others.
