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Will Shetterly and Emma Bull in 1994

Will Shetterly (born 1955) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel Dogland (1997). The novel is inspired by his childhood at the tourist attraction Dog Land owned by his parents.[1] He won the Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction for his novel Elsewhere (1991),[2] and was a finalist with Nevernever (1993);[3] both books are set in Terri Windling's The Borderland Series shared universe. He has also written short stories for various Borderland anthologies.

Biography

Shetterly is married to the author Emma Bull. The couple lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and were both members of the writing group The Scribblies, which also included, Pamela Dean, Kara Dalkey, Nate Bucklin, Patricia Wrede, and Steven Brust. Shetterly and Bull created and edited the Liavek shared universe anthologies.

Shetterly created the comic book character Captain Confederacy, played a small role in the film Toxic Zombies, and ran for governor of Minnesota in 1994 on the Grassroots Party ticket.[1]

In 2009, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.[4]

Bibliography

Short stories

Novels

Collection

Anthology series

Nonfiction

Awards

He won the Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction for his novel Elsewhere, and was nominated for the 2008 World Fantasy Award for his novel, The Gospel of the Knife.

References

  1. ^ a b Shetterly, Will. "A short autobiography by Will Shetterly". Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Minnesota Book Awards 1992 Finalists and Winners". The Friends of the Saint Paul Library. 1992. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  3. ^ "Minnesota Book Awards 1994 Finalists and Winners". The Friends of the Saint Paul Library. 1994. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  4. ^ "Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011., Northern Illinois University
  5. ^ "The Princess Who Kicked Butt". Archived from the original on October 9, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
  6. ^ "Oldthings". Archived from the original on October 11, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "Dream Catcher". Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
  8. ^ "Taken He Cannot Be". Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
  9. ^ "Secret Identity". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
  10. ^ Shetterly, Will (April 23, 2007). "Qwerty Ranch: Little Red and the Big Bad". Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  11. ^ Shetterly, Will (April 25, 2012). "it's all one thing: "The People Who Owned the Bible" by Will Shetterly". Shetterly.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  12. ^ "Kasim's Haj". Archived from the original on April 22, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.

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