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American writer and filmmaker

Gregory Norman Bossert
Born	(1962-01-09) January 9, 1962 (age 62) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, Filmmaker
Period	1981–present
Genre	Speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy (genre), horror fiction
Website
www.gregorynormanbossert.com

Gregory Norman Bossert (born January 9, 1962) is an American writer and filmmaker. He has won the World Fantasy Award and is a finalist for the Sturgeon Award. He lives in Marin County, California, and works at Industrial Light & Magic.

Writing

Bossert's first sale was to Asimov's Science Fiction in 2009. He attended the Clarion Workshop in 2010. His story "The Telling" from Beneath Ceaseless Skies #109, November 2012, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, and his story "Bloom" from Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2013, is a finalist for the 2014 Theodore Sturgeon Award. Both stories also appeared on Locus Online yearly recommended reading lists.

Film

Bossert works in the feature film industry. He also creates short animated films, including the One Minute Weird Tales series for Weird Tales, and promotional videos for Abrams Books and Cheeky Frawg Books.

Awards

The Telling (2013) (World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story)
"Bloom" (2014) (Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award)

Bibliography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2018)

Short fiction

Chapbooks

The Night Soil Salvagers 2020

Stories

Title	Year	First published	Notes
The Union of Soil and Sky	2010	"The Union of Soil and Sky". Asimov's Science Fiction. 134 (4&5). April–May 2010.	Novella
The Telling	2012	"The Telling". Beneath Ceaseless Skies. 109. November 2012.	Winner, World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction, 2013
Lost Wax	2013	"Lost Wax". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (8): 56–70. August 2013.	Novelette
Bloom	2013	"Bloom". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (12): 57–69. December 2013.	Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Award, 2014
Twelve and Tag	2015	"Twelve and Tag". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (3): 46–60. March 2015.	Novelette

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Notes

Short stories unless otherwise noted.

Notes

"Schlock Talks | Greg Bossert". Schlock Magazine. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
"Gregory Norman Bossert Author Interview". Unlikely Story. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
"Clarion at UC San Diego Graduates and Instructors". Archived from the original on 27 April 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
"Locus Online: 2012 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
"Locus Online: 2013 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. February 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
Gregory Bossert at IMDb
"Weird Tales #356, Uncanny Beauty–Now Out! (And the Future!)". Ecstatic Days. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
Doctorow, Cory (16 October 2010). "Trailer for Wonderbook: an illustrated guide to creative imaginative fiction". Boing Boing. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
"ODD?! Odd Anthology, Odd Video, Odd Subscriptions". 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
"Sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2013". Locus. Archived from the original on 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
"Sfadb: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2014". Locus. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

External links

Official website
Gregory Norman Bossert at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
" Gregory Norman Bossert Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation.
Gregory Bossert at IMDb

v t e World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction
1975–2000	"Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aickman (1975) "Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber (1976) "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk (1977) "The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell (1978) "Naples" by Avram Davidson (1979) "Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie) "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie) "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981) "The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison (1982, tie) "Do the Dead Sing?" by Stephen King (1982, tie) "The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee (1983) "Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee (1984) "The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan (1985, tie) "Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker (1985, tie) "Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock (1986) "Red Light" by David J. Schow (1987) "Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll (1988) "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford (1989) "The Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser (1990) "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (1991) "The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell (1992) "Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1993, tie) "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons (1993, tie) "The Lodger" by Fred Chappell (1994) "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King (1995) "The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones (1996) "Thirteen Phantasms" by James Blaylock (1997) "Dust Motes" by P. D. Cacek (1998) "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link (1999) "The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod (2000)
2001–present	"The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan (2001) "Queen for a Day" by Albert E. Cowdrey (2002) "Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (2003) "Don Ysidro" by Bruce Holland Rogers (2004) "Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (2005) "CommComm" by George Saunders (2006) "Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (2007) "Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora Goss (2008) "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (2009) "The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler (2010) "Fossil-Figures" by Joyce Carol Oates (2011) "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012) "The Telling" by Gregory Norman Bossert (2013) "The Prayer of Ninety Cats" by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014) "Do You Like to Look at Monsters?" by Scott Nicolay (2015) "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016) "Das Steingeschöpf" by G. V. Anderson (2017) "The Birding: A Fairy Tale" by Natalia Theodoridou (2018) "Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs / "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake" by Mel Kassel (2019) "Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley (2020) "Glass Bottle Dancer" by Celeste Rita Baker (2021) "(emet)" by Lauren Ring (2022)

World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction

1975–2000

"Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aickman (1975)
"Belsen Express" by Fritz Leiber (1976)
"There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" by Russell Kirk (1977)
"The Chimney" by Ramsey Campbell (1978)
"Naples" by Avram Davidson (1979)
"Mackintosh Willy" by Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie)
"The Woman Who Loved the Moon" by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie)
"The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981)
"The Dark Country" by Dennis Etchison (1982, tie)
"Do the Dead Sing?" by Stephen King (1982, tie)
"The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee (1983)
"Elle Est Trois, (La Mort)" by Tanith Lee (1984)
"The Bones Wizard" by Alan Ryan (1985, tie)
"Still Life with Scorpion" by Scott Baker (1985, tie)
"Paper Dragons" by James Blaylock (1986)
"Red Light" by David J. Schow (1987)
"Friend's Best Man" by Jonathan Carroll (1988)
"Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by John M. Ford (1989)
"The Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser (1990)
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (1991)
"The Somewhere Doors" by Fred Chappell (1992)
"Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1993, tie)
"This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons (1993, tie)
"The Lodger" by Fred Chappell (1994)
"The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King (1995)
"The Grass Princess" by Gwyneth Jones (1996)
"Thirteen Phantasms" by James Blaylock (1997)
"Dust Motes" by P. D. Cacek (1998)
"The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link (1999)
"The Chop Girl" by Ian R. MacLeod (2000)

2001–present

"The Pottawatomie Giant" by Andy Duncan (2001)
"Queen for a Day" by Albert E. Cowdrey (2002)
"Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (2003)
"Don Ysidro" by Bruce Holland Rogers (2004)
"Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (2005)
"CommComm" by George Saunders (2006)
"Journey Into the Kingdom" by M. Rickert (2007)
"Singing of Mount Abora" by Theodora Goss (2008)
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (2009)
"The Pelican Bar" by Karen Joy Fowler (2010)
"Fossil-Figures" by Joyce Carol Oates (2011)
"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012)
"The Telling" by Gregory Norman Bossert (2013)
"The Prayer of Ninety Cats" by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014)
"Do You Like to Look at Monsters?" by Scott Nicolay (2015)
"Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016)
"Das Steingeschöpf" by G. V. Anderson (2017)
"The Birding: A Fairy Tale" by Natalia Theodoridou (2018)
"Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs / "Ten Deals with the Indigo Snake" by Mel Kassel (2019)
"Read After Burning" by Maria Dahvana Headley (2020)
"Glass Bottle Dancer" by Celeste Rita Baker (2021)
"(emet)" by Lauren Ring (2022)

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