Priya Sharma (author)

Priya Sharma (born 30 December 1971) is a British fantasy and horror short story writer and novelist.

Priya Sharma
Priya Sharma signing books at author event
Born	(1971-12-30) 30 December 1971 (age 52) North West England
Occupation	Short story writer, novelist
Language	English
Period	2005–present
Genre	Fantasy and horror
Notable works	All the Fabulous Beasts (2018) Ormeshadow (2019)
Notable awards	?
Website
priyasharmafiction.wordpress.com

Her short story "Fabulous Beasts" won the 2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, her debut collection All the Fabulous Beasts won the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award and the 2019 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and her debut novella Ormeshadow won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award and the 2020 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella.^[1][2][3]

Personal life

Sharma was born to an Indian father and an Anglo-Indian mother^[4] and grew up in North West England. She gained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at medical school and works full-time as a general practitioner on the Wirral Peninsula .

Works

Novellas

• Ormeshadow, 2019, Tor Books: ISBN 978-1-250-24144-3
• Pomegranates, 2022, PS Publishing: ISBN 978-1786368751

Collections

• All the Fabulous Beasts, 2018, Undertow Publications: ISBN 978-1-988964-02-7

Stories

• In the Garden, 2005
• Sweetpea, 2005
• Screaming Purple Psychosis, 2006
• The Englishman, 2006
• The Lady, Eve, 2007
• The Last Man in Africa, 2009
• The Indifferent Stars, 2009
• The Soul of Stones, 2009
• The Nature of Bees, 2010
• The Bitterness of Apples, 2010
• The Show, 2011
• The Virgin's Tears, 2011
• Lebkuchen, 2011
• The Fox Maiden, 2011
• The Orchid Hunters, 2011
• Fish Skins, 2012
• Pearls, 2012
• The Ballad of Boomtown, 2012
• Needlepoint, 2012
• Lady Dragon and the Netsuke Carver, 2012
• Rag and Bone, 2013, tor.com
• Thesea and Astaurius, 2013
• After Mary, 2013
• Egg, 2013
• The Sunflower Seed Man, 2013
• The Anatomist's Mnemonic, 2013
• The Rising Tide, 2014
• The Firebrand, 2014
• The Absent Shade, 2015
• The Red Vortex, 2015
• Fabulous Beasts, 2015, tor.com
• Blonde, 2015
• Grave Goods, 2016
• Inheritance, or The Ruby Tear, 2016
• The Crow Palace, 2017
• Mercury, 2017
• A Son of the Sea, 2018
• Small Town Stories, 2018
• Maw, 2018
• My Mother's Ghosts, 2019
• Feral, 2020
• Mari Lwyd, 2021
• The Beechfield Miracles, 2021
• Papa Eye, 2022
• Tales from Alexandria, 2022
• The Ghost of a Flea, 2022
• A Short History of My Mother, 2022

References

1. BFA Winners, British Fantasy Society. Accessed 28 May 2021
2. 2018 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners, Locus, 15 July 2019. Accessed 28 May 2021.
3. 2019 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners, Locus, 13 July 2020. Accessed 28 May 2021.
4. "Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Priya Sharma". Horror Writers. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

External links

• Priya Sharma Fiction author blog
• Priya Sharma at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Priya Sharma at tor.com