Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne M. Valente (born May 5, 1979, Seattle, Washington) is an American poet, novelist and literary critic. Her writing tends to be postmodern, with rich language (drawing upon her Classics education) and surrealist elements. She has also ventured into a more mainstream style with her series of original fairy tales, The Orphan's Tales.

1 Selected bibliography
2 Awards
3 External links

Selected bibliography

Fiction

Novels

The Labyrinth (Prime Books) ISBN 1894815653 (2004)
Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams (Prime Books) ISBN 0809510871 (Blue and Red alternate editions) (2005)
The Grass-Cutting Sword (Prime Books) ISBN 0809562308 (June 2006)

The Orphan's Tales: In The Night-Garden (vol. 1) ISBN 0553384031 (Oct 2006)

Book of the Steppe
Book of the Sea

The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice (vol. 2) ISBN 055338404X (Oct 2007)

Book of the Storm
Book of the Scald

Poetry

Music of a Proto-Suicide (chapbook) (2004)
Apocrypha (Prime Books) ISBN 0809550741 (2005)
Oracles: A Pilgrimage (Prime Books) ISBN 0809500450 (2006)

Descent series (Papaveria Press)

The Descent of Inanna (2006)

Other Work

The Ice Puzzle (2004) -- original online casebook of The Snow Queen fairy tales across different cultures
Introduction to Jane Eyre (Illustrated) (Norilana Books) ISBN 193416979X (2007)

Awards

Year Award Work (if applicable) 2006 James Tiptree, Jr. AwardThe Orphan's Tales: In The Night-Garden (vol. 1) 2007 Story South Million Writers Award for Best Online Short Story Urchins, While Swimming, Clarkesworld MagazineIssue 3

External links

Catherynne M. Valente Official Homepage
Catherynne M. Valente at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Catherynne M. Valente interview at Fantasybookspot.com conducted by Jay Tomio
Catherynne M. Valente interview at Clarkesworld Magazine conducted by Tobias Buckell
Novel synopses, cover art, and reviews at FantasyLiterature.net

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