Kelly Link

Kelly Link (born July 19, 1969) is an American editor

and writer. Mainly known as an author of short stories, Kelly Link
she published her first novel The Book of Love in
2024.[3][4] While some of her fiction falls more clearly
within genre categories, many of her stories might be
described as slipstream or magic realism: a
combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror,
mystery, and literary fiction. Among other honors, she
has won a Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and a
World Fantasy Award for her fiction, and she was one
of the recipients of the 2018 MacArthur "Genius"
Grant.[5]

Kelly Link and Gavin Grant

Biography Born July 19, 1969
Miami, Florida, U.S.[1]
Link is a graduate of Columbia University in New
York and the MFA program of UNC Greensboro. In Occupation Writer
1995, she attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop. Education Columbia University (BA)
University of North Carolina,
Link and husband Gavin Grant manage Small Beer Greensboro (MFA)
Press, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Genre Fantasy, horror, magical realism
couple's imprint of Small Beer Press for intermediate Spouse
Gavin Grant
readers is called Big Mouth House. They also co-
Children 1[2]
edited St. Martin's Press's The Year's Best Fantasy and
Horror anthology series with Ellen Datlow for five
years, ending in 2008. (The couple inherited the "fantasy" side from Terri Windling in 2004.) In 2019,
Link and Grant opened Book Moon, a new and used bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts.[6] Link
also co-edits the literary magazine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet,[7] and was the slush reader for Sci
Fiction, edited by Datlow.

Link taught at Lenoir–Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, with the Visiting Writers Series for
spring semester 2006. She has taught or visited at a number of schools and workshops including:

Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York;

Brookdale Community College of Lincroft, New Jersey;
the Imagination Workshop at Cleveland State University;
New England Institute of Art & Communications, Brookline, Massachusetts;
Clarion East at Michigan State University, Lansing;
Clarion West in Seattle, Washington; and
Smith College, near her home in Northampton.
She has participated in the Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers.

Awards
2017: World Fantasy Award for contributions to the genre (nominee)
2018: MacArthur Fellowship[8]
2023: Honorary degree from Smith College.[9]

Bibliography

Books
Stranger Things Happen: 2001 Salon Book of the Year, The Village Voice favorite (available
here [1] (https://web.archive.org/web/20070220010942/http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/sth/) as
a free download, under a Creative Commons license)
Magic for Beginners: 2006 Locus Award for Best Short Story Collection
Pretty Monsters: 2008 World Fantasy[10] and Locus Award finalist.
Get in Trouble: 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist.
White Cat, Black Dog: 2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist.
The Book of Love: 2024[11][12][13][14]

Selected stories (award winners)

"The Game of Smash and Recovery": 2016 Theodore Sturgeon Award
"The Summer People": 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette, 2013 The O. Henry
Prize Stories
"Pretty Monsters": 2009 Locus Award for Best Novella
"Magic for Beginners": 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novella
"The Faery Handbag": 2005 Hugo and Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award
winner
"Stone Animals": 2005 The Best American Short Stories
"Louise's Ghost": 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novelette
"The Specialist's Hat": 1999 World Fantasy Award
"Travels with the Snow Queen": 1997 James Tiptree, Jr. Award

As author
4 Stories (chapbook), Small Beer Press, 2000
Stranger Things Happen, Small Beer Press, 2001
Magic for Beginners, Small Beer Press, 2005 (reprinted by Harcourt, 2005)
Catskin: a swaddled zine, Jelly Ink Press, date unknown
Pretty Monsters: Stories, Viking Juvenile, 2008
 The Wrong Grave, 2009
Get in Trouble: Stories, Random House, 2015
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories, Random House, 2023[15]
The Book of Love, Random House, 2024[16][17][18][19]

As editor
Trampoline Small Beer Press, 2003
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror volume 17– (with Ellen Datlow and Gavin J. Grant) St.
Martin's Press, 2004–2008
In addition, Link and Grant have edited a semiannual small press fantasy magazine: Lady Churchill's
Rosebud Wristlet (or LCRW) since 1997. An anthology, The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet,
was published by Del Rey Books in 2007.

References
1. "About Kelly" (https://web.archive.org/web/20130315010831/http://kellylink.net/pretty-monst
ers-bio). Kelly Link. Archived from the original (http://kellylink.net/pretty-monsters-bio) on
March 15, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
2. Grant, Gavin (May 20, 2009). "Small Beer, little baby" (http://smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journ
al/2009/05/20/small-beer-little-baby/). Small Beer Press. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
3. Miller, Laura (November 19, 2001). "An interview with Kelly Link" (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20080307164703/http://archive.salon.com/audio/col/mill/2001/11/19/kelly_link/index.html).
Salon. Archived from the original (http://archive.salon.com/audio/col/mill/2001/11/19/kelly_lin
k/index.html) on March 7, 2008.
4. Miller, Laura (February 4, 2015). " "Get in Trouble": Going back inside the weird and
wonderful world of Kelly Link" (https://www.salon.com/abtest3/2015/02/04/get_in_trouble_go
ing_back_inside_the_weird_and_wonderful_world_of_kelly_link/). Salon.
5. Charles, Ron (October 4, 2018). "Short-story writer Kelly Link wins MacArthur 'genius' grant"
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/short-story-writer-kelly-link-wins-mac
arthur-genius-grant/2018/10/04/75b53be8-c768-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html). The
Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
6. "Book Moon" (https://www.bookmoonbooks.com/). Book Moon. Retrieved February 29,
2024.
7. About Kelly. (January 7, 2020). Retrieved July 31, 2020, from https://kellylink.net/about-kelly
8. "Kelly Link - MacArthur Foundation" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1017/).
www.macfound.org.
9. "Speakers & Honorary Degrees | Smith College" (https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/college
-events/commencement/speakers-and-honorary-degrees-2023). www.smith.edu. Retrieved
May 22, 2024.
10. World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees" (https://web.archive.org/
web/20101201074405/http://worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html). Archived from the
original (http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html/) on December 1, 2010.
Retrieved February 4, 2011.
11. Garrett, Yvonne C. (July 29, 2024). "Kelly Link's The Book of Love | The Brooklyn Rail" (http
s://brooklynrail.org/2024/03/books/Kelly-Links-The-Book-of-Love/). brooklynrail.org.
Retrieved September 17, 2024.
12. Gould, Emily (February 22, 2024). "How Kelly Link Wrote a Very Good First Novel" (https://w
ww.thecut.com/article/interview-kelly-link-book-of-love.html). The Cut. Retrieved
September 17, 2024.
13. Iglesias, Gabino (February 15, 2024). "Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is
magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange" (https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231331761/kelly-lin
k-debut-novel-the-book-of-love-review). NPR. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
14. El-Mohtar, Amal (February 12, 2024). "Book Review: 'The Book of Love,' by Kelly Link" (http
s://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/books/review/kelly-link-the-book-of-love.html). The New
York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
15. "White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link" (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704687/
white-cat-black-dog-by-kelly-link/). Penguin Random House. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
16. "The Book of Love by Kelly Link" (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239722/the
-book-of-love-by-kelly-link/). Penguin Random House. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
17. El-Mohtar, Amal (February 12, 2024). "Kelly Link Returns with a Dreamlike, Profoundly
Beautiful Novel" (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/books/review/kelly-link-the-book-of-lo
ve.html). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-433
1). Retrieved March 18, 2024.
18. Link, Kelly (February 16, 2024). "Novelist Kelly Link: 'I was drawn to the monsters and half-
naked women on fantasy covers' " (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/16/novelist
-kelly-link-i-was-drawn-to-the-monsters-and-half-naked-women-on-fantasy-covers). The
Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved
March 18, 2024.
19. "Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange" (http
s://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231331761/kelly-link-debut-novel-the-book-of-love-review).
NPR.

External links
Children and Young
Adult Literature
portal

Official website (http://www.kellylink.net/)

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (http://www.lcrw.net/lcrw/)
Kelly Link (https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Kelly_Link) at the Internet Speculative
Fiction Database
Kelly Link's awards and nominations (http://www.sfadb.com/Kelly_Link) at the Science
Fiction Awards Database
Essay (https://web.archive.org/web/20051125045740/http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/v
a-link/) on Link's story "Lull" at Fantastic Metropolis
RealAudio Interview (http://www.kcrw.com/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=bw&air_date=1/5/
06&tmplt_type=Show) from KCRW's Bookworm show
An excerpt from Origin Story (https://web.archive.org/web/20070404000859/http://www.apu
blicspace.org/issue1/link.shtml) from the magazine A Public Space
Reading by Kelly from the Stonecoast MFA program's Winter 2008 residency (http://maineh
umanities.org/podcasts/stonecoast.html) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/2018092415
1840/https://mainehumanities.org/podcasts/stonecoast.html) September 24, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine

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