Christopher Rowe (born December 25, 1969) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, whose stories have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the World Fantasy Award.
Career Rowe's first professionally published short story was "Kin to Crows" (Realms of Fantasy, 1998). His best-known story is "The Voluntary State" (Sci Fiction, 2004), which was nominated for multiple major awards. That story was followed by two sequels: "The Border State" (2017) and These Prisoning Hills (2022).
His 2017 short-story collection Telling the Map received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly ("wild creativity, haunting imagery, and lyricism"), Kirkus Reviews (a "clutch of complex, persuasive visions of an alternate South"), and Tor.com ("a stellar set of stories that mesh well together").
Personal life He lives in Adair County, Kentucky. He was married to fellow author Gwenda Bond, with whom he co-authored The Supernormal Sleuthing Service book series, from 2004 to 2023.
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Short fiction Collections
StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted. TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotesKin to crows1998Realms of FantasyThe Voluntary State2004Sci FictionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (ed. Gardner Dozois)The unveiling2015The Border State2017Sequel to "The Voluntary State"Knowledgeable Creatures2019The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (ed. Rich Horton)These Prisoning Hills2022Novella; sequel to "The Voluntary State" and "The Border State"The Navigating Fox2023Novella; set in the same milieu as "Knowledgeable Creatures" ——————— Notes
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