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Jedediah Berry

Eligible for Campbell Award

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Jedediah Berry, raised in that part of New York State known as the Land of Rip Van Winkle, recently woke up in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, where he works as Assistant Editor of Small Beer Press. His first novel, The Manual of Detection, is forthcoming from The Penguin Press in February 2009.

His short story "Inheritance," originally published in Fairy Tale Review, was chosen by guest editor Richard Bausch for inclusion in Best New American Voices 2008. Another story, "Minus, His Heart," was published in Chicago Review, and will appear in Best American Fantasy 2008.

Bibliography

The Manual of Detection, forthcoming February 2009 (Penguin Press).

"Minus, His Heart," Chicago Review, October 2007; Best American Fantasy 2008.

"The Other Labyrinth," The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds., July 2007 (Viking/Penguin).

"Inheritance," Fairy Tale Review, Green Issue, December 2006; Best New American Voices 2008, Richard Bausch, ed.

"To Measure the Earth," Salon Fantastique, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds., October 2006 (Thunder's Mouth).

"The Big Game," 3rd Bed #10.

"The Running of the Bulls," Red China #2.

"The Naming," Twelfth Street Review, Vol. 4, No. 1.

"Thumb War," Pindeldyboz.

"Selections from The Book of Beasts," La Petite Zine.

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews
on "Inheritance"

A mordant, gripping fantasy about a suburban husband obliged to deal with his macho father's "legacy": a hirsute "beast" discovered in his cellar, which excites his neighbors' fears and his wife's protective fascination.

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