Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Caitlín R. Kiernan

Index Caitlín R. Kiernan

Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born 26 May 1964) is an Irish-born American author of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including ten novels, many comic books, and more than two hundred and fifty published short stories, novellas, and vignettes. [1]

77 relations: A Is for Alien, Alabaster (short story collection), Andrew Morton (writer), Archaeology, Athens, Georgia, Atlanta, Beowulf (2007 film), Biostratigraphy, Birmingham, Alabama, Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Award, Brown University, Centipede Press, Clarkesworld Magazine, Clive Barker, Dark fantasy, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Dorling Kindersley, Douglas E. Winter, Dromaeosauridae, Dublin, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Extended play, From Weird and Distant Shores, Genus, GLAAD, Gothic rock, Goths, H. P. Lovecraft, Herpetology, International Horror Guild Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award, John Hay Library, Josh Boone (director), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Leeds, Alabama, Locus Award, Mosasaur, Mythopoeic Awards, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Neil Gaiman, Novelization, Paganism, Paleontology, Poppy Z. Brite, Providence, Rhode Island, Punk rock, Roger Avary, ..., S. T. Joshi, Selmasaurus, Shirley Jackson Award, Sonya Taaffe, Species, Subterranean Press, Tales of Pain and Wonder, Ted Naifeh, Tetanurae, The Ammonite Violin & Others, The Dreaming (comics), The Drowning Girl, The Sandman (Vertigo), Theropoda, Thomas Ligotti, To Charles Fort, with Love, Transsexual, Trussville, Alabama, Ulysses (novel), University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Colorado Boulder, Vignette (literature), Vince Locke, Weird fiction, World Fantasy Award, Wrong Things, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Expand index (27 more) »

A Is for Alien

A is for Alien is Caitlín R. Kiernan's fifth short story collection, her first devoted entirely to her science fiction work.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and A Is for Alien · See more »

Alabaster (short story collection)

Alabaster is dark fantasy and science fiction author Caitlin R. Kiernan's fourth collection of short fiction.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Alabaster (short story collection) · See more »

Andrew Morton (writer)

Andrew David Morton is an English journalist and writer who has published biographies of royal figures such as Diana, Princess of Wales, and celebrity subjects including Tom Cruise, Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Monica Lewinsky; several of his books have been unauthorised and contain contested assertions.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Andrew Morton (writer) · See more »

Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Archaeology · See more »

Athens, Georgia

Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city–county and American college town in the U.S. state of Georgia.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Athens, Georgia · See more »

Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Atlanta · See more »

Beowulf (2007 film)

Beowulf is a 2007 British-American 3D animated epic fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, based on the Old English epic poem of the same name.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Beowulf (2007 film) · See more »

Biostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Biostratigraphy · See more »

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Birmingham, Alabama · See more »

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Bram Stoker Award · See more »

British Fantasy Award

The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS) and were first awarded in 1976.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and British Fantasy Award · See more »

Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Brown University · See more »

Centipede Press

Centipede Press is an American independent book and periodical publisher focusing on horror, weird tales, crime narratives, science fiction, gothic novels, fantasy art, and studies of literature, music and film.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Centipede Press · See more »

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Clarkesworld Magazine · See more »

Clive Barker

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Clive Barker · See more »

Dark fantasy

Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate darker and frightening themes of fantasy.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Dark fantasy · See more »

Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book and manga publisher.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Dark Horse Comics · See more »

DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and DC Comics · See more »

Dorling Kindersley

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Dorling Kindersley · See more »

Douglas E. Winter

Douglas E. Winter (born October 30, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American writer, critic and lawyer.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Douglas E. Winter · See more »

Dromaeosauridae

Dromaeosauridae is a family of feathered theropod dinosaurs.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Dromaeosauridae · See more »

Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Dublin · See more »

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Edgar Allan Poe · See more »

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name Lord Dunsany.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany · See more »

Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Extended play · See more »

From Weird and Distant Shores

From Weird and Distant Shores is fantasist Caitlin R. Kiernan's second solo short-story collection, released by Subterranean Press in 2002.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and From Weird and Distant Shores · See more »

Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Genus · See more »

GLAAD

GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and GLAAD · See more »

Gothic rock

Gothic rock (alternately called goth-rock or goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the late 1970s.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Gothic rock · See more »

Goths

The Goths (Gut-þiuda; Gothi) were an East Germanic people, two of whose branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the long series of Gothic Wars and in the emergence of Medieval Europe.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Goths · See more »

H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and H. P. Lovecraft · See more »

Herpetology

Herpetology (from Greek "herpein" meaning "to creep") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras).

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Herpetology · See more »

International Horror Guild Award

The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and International Horror Guild Award · See more »

James Tiptree Jr. Award

The James Tiptree Jr.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and James Tiptree Jr. Award · See more »

John Hay Library

The John Hay Library is the second oldest library on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and John Hay Library · See more »

Josh Boone (director)

Josh Boone (born April 5, 1979) is an American screenwriter and film director.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Josh Boone (director) · See more »

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP) was founded in 1980 at the University of Oklahoma by Dr.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · See more »

Leeds, Alabama

Leeds is a tri-county municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby counties in the State of Alabama and is an eastern suburb of Birmingham.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Leeds, Alabama · See more »

Locus Award

The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Locus Award · See more »

Mosasaur

Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse river', and Greek σαύρος sauros meaning 'lizard') are an extinct group of large marine reptiles containing 38 genera in total.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Mosasaur · See more »

Mythopoeic Awards

The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given by the Mythopoeic Society to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Mythopoeic Awards · See more »

Nebula Award for Best Novel

The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novels.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Nebula Award for Best Novel · See more »

Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Neil Gaiman · See more »

Novelization

A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, comic book or video game.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Novelization · See more »

Paganism

Paganism is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for populations of the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian population or because they were not milites Christi (soldiers of Christ).

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Paganism · See more »

Paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Paleontology · See more »

Poppy Z. Brite

Billy Martin (born May 25, 1967), known professionally as Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Poppy Z. Brite · See more »

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Providence, Rhode Island · See more »

Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Punk rock · See more »

Roger Avary

Roger Avary (born August 23, 1965) is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter and producer.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Roger Avary · See more »

S. T. Joshi

Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born 22 June 1958), known as S. T. Joshi, is an American literary critic, novelist, and a leading figure in the study of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors of weird and fantastic fiction.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and S. T. Joshi · See more »

Selmasaurus

Selmasaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Selmasaurus · See more »

Shirley Jackson Award

The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Shirley Jackson Award · See more »

Sonya Taaffe

Sonya Taaffe is a Massachusetts-based author of short fiction and poetry.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Sonya Taaffe · See more »

Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Species · See more »

Subterranean Press

Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Burton, Michigan.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Subterranean Press · See more »

Tales of Pain and Wonder

Tales of Pain and Wonder is Caitlín R. Kiernan's first short story collection.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Tales of Pain and Wonder · See more »

Ted Naifeh

Edward "Ted" Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist known for his illustrations in the goth romance comic Gloomcookie.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Ted Naifeh · See more »

Tetanurae

Tetanurae (/ˌtɛtəˈnjuːriː/ or "stiff tails") is a clade that includes most theropod dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurids, megalosaurids, ornithomimids, allosaurids, maniraptora, and Aves.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Tetanurae · See more »

The Ammonite Violin & Others

The Ammonite Violin & Others is Caitlin R. Kiernan's sixth short story collection.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and The Ammonite Violin & Others · See more »

The Dreaming (comics)

The Dreaming is a fictional place, a comic book location published by DC Comics.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and The Dreaming (comics) · See more »

The Drowning Girl

The Drowning Girl: A Memoir is a 2012 novel by American writer Caitlín R. Kiernan, set in Providence, Rhode Island.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and The Drowning Girl · See more »

The Sandman (Vertigo)

The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and The Sandman (Vertigo) · See more »

Theropoda

Theropoda (or, from Greek θηρίον "wild beast" and πούς, ποδός "foot") or theropods are a dinosaur suborder characterized by hollow bones and three-toed limbs.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Theropoda · See more »

Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is a contemporary American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Thomas Ligotti · See more »

To Charles Fort, with Love

To Charles Fort, With Love is a short story collection by fantasist Caitlin R. Kiernan, published by Subterranean Press in 2005.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and To Charles Fort, with Love · See more »

Transsexual

Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with, or not culturally associated with, their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including hormone replacement therapy and other sex reassignment therapies) to help them align their body with their identified sex or gender.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Transsexual · See more »

Trussville, Alabama

Trussville is a city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties in the State of Alabama.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Trussville, Alabama · See more »

Ulysses (novel)

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Ulysses (novel) · See more »

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and University of Alabama at Birmingham · See more »

University of Colorado Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder (commonly referred to as CU or Colorado) is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and University of Colorado Boulder · See more »

Vignette (literature)

In a novel, theatrical script, screenplay, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or character and gives a trenchant impression about that character, an idea, setting, and/or object.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Vignette (literature) · See more »

Vince Locke

Vincent Locke is an American comic book artist known for his work on Deadworld and A History of Violence and for his ultraviolent album covers for death metal band Cannibal Corpse.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Vince Locke · See more »

Weird fiction

Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Weird fiction · See more »

World Fantasy Award

The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and World Fantasy Award · See more »

Wrong Things

Wrong Things is a short story collection by Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Wrong Things · See more »

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror was a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1987 to 2008.

New!!: Caitlín R. Kiernan and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror · See more »

Redirects here:

Caitlin Kiernan, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Caitlín Kiernan, Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan, Frog Toes and Tentacles.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlín_R._Kiernan

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »