Sheree Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas | |
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 Sheree Renée Thomas at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | |
| Born | September 30, 1972 Memphis, Tennessee,U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, Editor, Publisher |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Fiction, Short Story, Poetry |
| Notable awards | World Fantasy Award |
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| shereereneethomas | |
Sheree Renée Thomas(born September 30, 1972) is an American writer, book editor and publisher. In 2020, Thomas was named editor ofThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.[1]
Career
[edit]Thomas is the editor of theDark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diasporaanthology (2000) andDark Matter: Reading the Bones,Dark Matter,winners of the 2001 and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, which collect works by many African-American writers in the genres ofscience fiction,horrorandfantasy.[2]Dark Matterreceived the 2005 and the 2001World Fantasy Awardand was named aNew York TimesNotable Book of the Year.[3]
Thomas is the author ofNine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future (Third Man Books, 2020),the multigenre collectionsSleeping Under the Tree of Life,longlisted for the 2016James A. Tiptree, Jr. Award[4]andShotgun Lullabies: Stories & Poems,is publisher ofWanganegresse Press,and has contributed to national publications includingThe Washington Post,The New York Times,Book World,Black Issues Book Review,QBR,andHip Mama.Her fiction and poetry has been widely anthologized and appears in "The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (1945-2010)," in Ishmael Reed'sKonch,Drumvoices Revue,Obsidian III,African Voices,storySouth,and other literary journals, and has received Honorable Mention in theYear's Best Fantasy and Horror,16th and 17th annual collections. A native ofMemphis,Thomas lived inNew York Cityfor over two decades and is now based in her hometown. In fall 2020 she was named the tenth editor ofThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,founded in 1949. She also serves as the Associate Editor ofObsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora,founded in 1975.[5]
References
[edit]- ^Liptak, Andrew (November 12, 2020)."Sheree Renée Thomas Is the New Editor for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction".Tor.RetrievedNovember 19,2020.
- ^Acosta, Belinda (May 27, 2005)."Summer Reading: Dark Matter: Reading the Bones".The Austin Chronicle.RetrievedJanuary 14,2018.
- ^"wards"ArchivedOctober 27, 2012, at theWayback Machine,World Fantasy Convention.
- ^2016 James A. Tiptree, Jr. Award Longlist: Sleeping Under the Tree of Life by Sheree Renée Thomas (Aqueduct Press, 2016)https://tiptree.org/award/2016-james-tiptree-jr-award/2016-long-list
- ^"Authors: Sheree R. Thomas".Archived fromthe originalon March 13, 2006.RetrievedMarch 11,2006.
Sources
[edit]- Bringing Challenging Feminist Science Fiction to the Demanding Reader(Aqueduct Press)[1]
- Thomas, Sheree Renée (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)[2]
External links
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- Official website
- Blackpot Mojo— Sheree Renée Thomas' Blog
- Sheree R. Thomasat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- Sheree Thomas' publications in Drumvoices Revue
- Connected to Culture: A Conversation with Sheree Renée Thomas, Clarkesworld (July 2021)
- Afrofuturist Writer Sheree Renée Thomas, In the Green Room, Zocalo (September 30th, 2022)
- Guest Lecturer Sheree Renée Thomas,Interview, Writing Workshop
- A Conversation with Editor Sheree Renée Thomas at FiyahCon
- Sheree Renée Thomas returns to Wakanda for BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE!
| International | |
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| National | |
| Other | |
- American science fiction editors
- American book editors
- Writers from Memphis, Tennessee
- Living people
- American science fiction writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- American women short story writers
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Afrofuturist writers
- 1972 births
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 20th-century African-American women writers
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American women writers
- 21st-century African-American writers