Charles de Lint...

...is a Canadian author and Americana/folk musician. The term "Mythic Fiction" is widely credited to Charles de Lint and Terri Windling — examples can be seen in their work and in the work of authors such as John Crowley, Alice Hoffman, Alfredo Vea Jr., and Jane Yolen. It is sometimes also considered "urban myth" and is known for being "fantasy for people who normally don't read fantasy." Charles has received multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award, and is the author of over 40 novels and short stories. Charles and partner MaryAnn Harris will end the reading with live music as they perform a few of his songs!

Charles will also teach "Mythic Fiction" during the Writing Fantastic Fiction workshop series.

September 17, 2007  ·  7:00 p.m.  ·  Richard Hugo House

John Crowley...

...is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed novels, including the classic Little, Big, soon to be reissued in a museum-quality 25th anniversary edition featuring a critical introduction by Harold Bloom. His work has been honored with the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Premio Flaianno (Italy). Recent work includes The Translator, Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land, and Endless Things, the final volume of the Aegypt series. Since 1993 Crowley has taught creative writing at Yale University, and is currently Yale's Director of the Summer Session Creative Writing Program.

John will also teach "It's about Time" during the Writing Fantastic Fiction workshop series.

October 22, 2007  ·  7:00 p.m.  ·  Richard Hugo House

John Kessel...

...directs the creative writing program at North Carolina State University. Winners of the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the Locus Poll, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, his books include Good News from Outer Space, Corrupting Dr. Nice, and The Pure Product. His short story collection, Meeting in Infinity, was named a notable book of 1992 by the New York Times Book Review, and one of his stories, "A Clean Escape," was adapted for television by ABC and aired in 2007.

John will also teach "Slipping into the Strange" during the Writing Fantastic Fiction workshop series.

November 19, 2007  ·  7:00 p.m.  ·  Richard Hugo House

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