{"id":2,"date":"2017-02-22T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-05-26T22:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T02:43:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Lucy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Lucy &#8230; thanks for visiting! Five of my works have received the <a href=\"http:\/\/horror.org\/awards\/stokers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bram Stoker Award<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My fiction collection <i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BlackStarsBurn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">While the Black Stars Burn<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li>My fiction collection <i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Apocalypses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soft Apocalypses<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/writersurvival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer&#8217;s Survival Guide<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li>My short story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/fiction\/magdala-amygdala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Magdala Amygdala&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My poetry collection <i>Chimeric Machines<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m also the author of the Jessie Shimmer urban fantasy series from Del Rey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><a id=\"amznPsBmLink_9850543\" class=\"amzn_ps_bm_tl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spellbent-Lucy-Snyder\/dp\/034551209X\/ref=as_li_bk_tl\/?tag=lookwhatifoun-20&amp;linkId=3f24555cff96d03f29f867cc6ed573f2&amp;linkCode=ktl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword=\"Spellbent\" data-amzn-link-id=\"3f24555cff96d03f29f867cc6ed573f2\">Spellbent<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a id=\"amznPsBmLink_2241402\" class=\"amzn_ps_bm_tl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shotgun-Sorceress-Lucy-Snyder\/dp\/0345512103\/ref=as_li_bk_tl\/?tag=lookwhatifoun-20&amp;linkId=47a97491cfac312b13a67af62b2ba41d&amp;linkCode=ktl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword=\"Shotgun Sorceress\" data-amzn-link-id=\"47a97491cfac312b13a67af62b2ba41d\">Shotgun Sorceress<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a id=\"amznPsBmLink_1374195\" class=\"amzn_ps_bm_tl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Switchblade-Goddess-Lucy-Snyder\/dp\/0345512111\/ref=as_li_bk_tl\/?tag=lookwhatifoun-20&amp;linkId=55b33049964b49193bbc989fcd16b6cb&amp;linkCode=ktl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword=\"Switchblade Goddess\" data-amzn-link-id=\"55b33049964b49193bbc989fcd16b6cb\">Switchblade Goddess<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find more stories about the characters in <i>Spellbent<\/i> in my collection <i><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mcgSqO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orchid Carousals<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also the author of <i>Sparks and Shadows<\/i>, which won the 2008 Editors&#8217; Choice Black Quill Award for Best Dark Genre Collection. My humor collection <i>Installing Linux on a Dead Badger<\/i> came out in October 2007.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a graduate of the <a href=\"http:\/\/clarion.ucsd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarion<\/a> workshop and from 2006-2014 I directed the writing workshops at the Context convention. From 2010-2020, I was a faculty member in Seton Hill University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/fiction.setonhill.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction<\/a>. In June 2016, I graduated from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goddard.edu\/mfa-creative-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goddard College MFA in Creative Writing<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>To date, I&#8217;ve made over 150 short fiction sales, over 60 poetry sales, and over 160 nonfiction sales on topics ranging from faeries to medicinal botany to ethernet switches. I have also written for role playing, online and educational games. If you&#8217;d like to see my entire list of publications, see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/published-work\/\">bibliography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I live in Ohio with my husband, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garybraunbeck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary A. Braunbeck<\/a>; we&#8217;ve written several stories together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re looking for more about me, please visit my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/biography\/\">Biography<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/photos\/\">Photos<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/interviews\/\">Interviews<\/a> pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What Kind of Fiction Do I Write?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"entry\">I mostly write in different sub-genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. I occasionally do media tie-in work and have written stories for a <i>Doctor Who<\/i> anthology, a <i>Pathfinder<\/i> gaming anthology, an <i>X-Files<\/i> anthology, and a <i>Hellraiser<\/i> anthology. I&#8217;ve written some erotica, but I haven&#8217;t written any romance (some readers picked up my urban fantasy novels expecting them to be romances and were not prepared for all the demonic mayhem). My science fiction is also often fairly dark, and my horror is darker still.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written a fair bit of zombie fiction and other post-apocalyptic fiction; I also write Lovecraftian fiction, steampunk, arcanepunk, biopunk, weird westerns, alternate history, quiet horror, social science fiction &#8230; if I enjoy it as a reader, chances are I&#8217;ve written it.<\/p>\n<h2>Am I the Lucy (or the Snyder) You Seek?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"entry\">Did you come here looking for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/pandp\/people\/people.htm?personid=47415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucy A. Snyder (the USDA bee researcher)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sacredrok.org\/about-sacred-rok\/board-and-staff\/#lucysnyder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucy Snyder (board member at Sacred Rok)<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucysnyder01.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucy Snyder (animator, artist and director)<\/a>? I am not any of these ladies and we haven&#8217;t even met. I <i>do<\/i> know author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariavsnyder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maria V. Snyder<\/a>, since we both mentor students at Seton Hill, but as far as I know we&#8217;re not related.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hi, I&#8217;m Lucy &#8230; thanks for visiting! Five of my works have received the Bram Stoker Award: My fiction collection While the Black Stars Burn <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/\" title=\"About Lucy\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8qT6f-2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/writing-editing\/accolades\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":0},"title":"Awards &#038; Recognition","author":"Lucy A. Snyder","date":"February 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Awards Five of my works have received the Bram Stoker Award: My fiction collection While the Black Stars Burn My fiction collection Soft Apocalypses Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide My short story \"Magdala Amygdala\" My poetry collection Chimeric Machines Two of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stokers-y73dmg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stokers-y73dmg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stokers-y73dmg.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stokers-y73dmg.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stokers-y73dmg.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/stokers-y73dmg.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":252,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/biography\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":1},"title":"Biography","author":"Lucy A. 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I'm the author of 12 books and over 100 published short stories. My most recent books are the collection Garden of Eldritch Delights and the forthcoming novel The Girl With the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CM4-COVER-small-e1488218557337.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CM4-COVER-small-e1488218557337.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CM4-COVER-small-e1488218557337.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CM4-COVER-small-e1488218557337.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CM4-COVER-small-e1488218557337.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CM4-COVER-small-e1488218557337.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":112,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/about\/interviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":3},"title":"Interviews","author":"Lucy A. Snyder","date":"February 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Image below: Lucy being interviewed for the September 2015 cover story of WM Magazine at Chattel House Books in Bridgetown, Barbados. Image courtesy Chattel House Books. I've been interviewed by: Columbus Underground The Eldritch Index The Horror Writers Association Nightmare Magazine The X-Cast Dark Regions Press Turn To Ash ASU\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chattelhouse.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chattelhouse.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chattelhouse.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/chattelhouse.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":330,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/writing-help\/writing-workshops\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":4},"title":"Writing Workshops","author":"Lucy A. 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(With regard to in-person workshops, I can\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1894899.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1894899.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1894899.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1894899.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1894899.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1894899.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":313,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/writing-help\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":5},"title":"Writing Assistance","author":"Lucy A. 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