J. M. McDermott (Joe M. McDermott) is an American writer of fantasy, and science fiction.

McDermott lives in Georgia, and holds an MFA in popular fiction from the University of Southern Maine and a BA in creative writing from the University of Houston.[1]

His first novel, Last Dragon, was #6 on Amazon.com's Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2008,[2] shortlisted for a Crawford Prize for First Fantasy,[3] and on Locus Magazine's Recommended Reading List for Debuts in 2008.[4] His second novel, Never Knew Another[5] [6] is the beginning of the Dogsland Trilogy, from Nightshade Books.[7][8] It received strong critical praise including a review by noted genre critic, John Clute, in Strange Horizons.[9] The second novel of the trilogy was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, praising the depiction of the anti-hero of the novel.[6]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "About Me". J. M. Mcdermott.
  2. ↑ Omnivoracious: A Brilliant New Talent: J.M. McDermott
  3. ↑ Locus Online News: Gregory Wins Crawford
  4. ↑ Locus Online: 2008 Books Directory: Novels
  5. ↑ REVIEW: Never Knew Another by J.M. McDermott - SF Signal
  6. 1 2 Fiction Book Review: When We Were Executioners by J.M. McDermott. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $14.99 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-59780-338-0
  7. ↑ "Giving Birth to the Dark Monster: A Conversation with J. M. McDermott".— by Jeremy L. C. Jones, ClarksWworld.
  8. ↑ Night Shade Books: McDermott, J. M. - Never Knew Another - Dogsland Book 1
  9. ↑ Strange Horizons Columns: Scores, by John Clute Archived 2012-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Philip Athans; R.A. Salvatore (18 June 2010). The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: 6 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Bestseller!. Adams Media. pp. 43–. ISBN 1-4405-0729-5.
  11. ↑ Never Knew Another by JM McDermott book review
  12. ↑ Book Review: Never Knew Another by J. M. McDermott – Grasping for the Wind
  13. ↑ Strange Horizons Reviews: When We Were Executioners by J. M. McDermott, reviewed by Jesse Bullington Archived 2013-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ The Book Smugglers | Book Review: When We Were Executioners by J. M. McDermott
  15. ↑ "Maze by J. M. McDermott Reviewed by Nina Allan" Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine. Strange Horizons. 14 May 2014
  16. ↑ "We Leave Together". Publishers Weekly.
  17. ↑ Excerpts from Fortress at the End of Time on Tor.com
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