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About the Author

Graham Joyce, a four-time winner of the British Fantasy Award, lives in Leicester, England. His books include Dark Sister, Requiem, and The Tooth Fairy, which received a Booker nomination and was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998. (Publisher Provided) Graham Joyce was born on October show more 22, 1954. He received a Master's Degree in modern English and American literature from Leicester University. Before becoming an author, he worked for the National Association of Youth Clubs for eight years. His first novel, Dreamside, was published in 1991. His other works included House of Lost Dreams, Requiem, The Tooth Fairy, Some Kind of Fairy Tale, and The Year of the Ladybird. He won several awards including the British Fantasy award. He also taught a creative writing course at Nottingham Trent University. He died of lymphoma cancer on September 9, 2014 at the age of 59. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Graham Joyce, William Heaney, Graham Joyce: Spiderbite.

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Works by Graham Joyce

Popular Recent

Some Kind of Fairy Tale: A Novel (2012) 841 copies, 57 reviews

The Tooth Fairy (1996) 648 copies, 23 reviews

The Silent Land (2010) 469 copies, 52 reviews

The Facts of Life (2003) 361 copies, 14 reviews

Requiem (1995) 298 copies, 5 reviews

The Limits of Enchantment (2005) 289 copies, 19 reviews

Dark Sister (1992) 283 copies, 6 reviews

Memoirs of a Master Forger (2008) 261 copies, 12 reviews

Dreamside (1991) 237 copies, 5 reviews

Indigo (1999) 222 copies, 3 reviews

Smoking Poppy (2001) 211 copies, 7 reviews

The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit (2013) 176 copies, 12 reviews

The Exchange (2008) 101 copies, 5 reviews

The Stormwatcher (1998) 97 copies, 3 reviews

TWOC (2005) 95 copies, 7 reviews

House of Lost Dreams (1993) 44 copies

Partial Eclipse and Other Stories (2003) 31 copies

Leningrad Nights (1999) 26 copies, 1 review

Leningrad Nights / How The Other Half Lives (2000) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review

Black Dust and Other Tales of Interrupted Childhood (2001) 25 copies

Spiderbite (1997) 20 copies, 1 review

Tales For A Dark Evening (2011) 16 copies, 1 review

The Devil's Ladder (2009) 15 copies

25 Years in the Word Mines: The Best of Graham Joyce (2014) 14 copies

Simple Goalkeeping Made Spectacular: A Riotous Footballing Memoir About the Loneliest Position on the Field (2009) 11 copies

Three Ways to Snog an Alien (2008) 7 copies

Frontal (2006) 5 copies

First Catch Your Demon 3 copies

The Coventry Boy 3 copies

Horrograph (1994) 3 copies

Under the Pylon [short fiction] 2 copies

What Haunts the Heart (2016) 2 copies

A Tip From Bobby Moore 1 copy

The apprentice [short fiction] 1 copy, 1 review

Autograph, S.F. Writer, Signed Collector Card (Mine) (3) 1 copy

Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce(1905-07-04) 1 copy

The careperson [short fiction] 1 copy, 1 review

Candia 1 copy

Monastic Lives 1 copy

Pinkland 1 copy

Gap-Sickness [short story] (1993) 1 copy

Black Dust (short story) 1 copy

The Thrice-Named Hill 1 copy

The Oversoul (in Who Can Save Us Now? - KING) 1 copy

Tiger Moth 1 copy

Last Rising Sun 1 copy

Xenos Beach 1 copy

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Associated Works

Poe's Children: The New Horror: An Anthology (2008) — Contributor — 468 copies, 16 reviews

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Contributor — 268 copies, 4 reviews

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003) — Contributor — 234 copies, 2 reviews

Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories (2010) — Contributor — 223 copies, 7 reviews

Hellboy: Odder Jobs (2004) — Contributor — 176 copies, 1 review

Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories (2008) — Contributor — 158 copies, 7 reviews

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 (2003) — Contributor — 116 copies, 2 reviews

Gathering the Bones (2003) — Contributor — 111 copies, 1 review

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 (2002) — Contributor — 104 copies, 1 review

The PEN / O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 (2009) — Contributor — 101 copies

The Best of Interzone (1997) — Contributor — 101 copies

Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volume 1) (2013) — Contributor — 76 copies, 32 reviews

Wonderland (2003) — Foreword — 73 copies, 2 reviews

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12 (2001) — Contributor — 70 copies

Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy (1998) — Author — 55 copies, 3 reviews

Eurotemps (1992) — Contributor — 54 copies, 1 review

Best New Horror 4 (1993) — Contributor — 54 copies

In Dreams (1992) — Contributor — 53 copies

The Web: 2027 (1999) — Contributor — 53 copies

New Worlds (New Anthology Series , Vol 1) (1997) — Author — 47 copies, 1 review

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 10 (2007) — Contributor — 42 copies

Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy (2012) — Contributor — 39 copies

New Worlds 3 (1993) — Contributor — 38 copies

Foursight (2000) — Contributor — 31 copies, 1 review

The Giant Book of Terror (1994) — Contributor — 21 copies

Crossing the Border (1998) — Contributor — 21 copies, 1 review

Royal Crimes (1994) — Contributor — 17 copies

Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volumes 1 and 2) (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies, 14 reviews

Postscripts Magazine, Issue 13 (2007) — Introduction — 12 copies

Embrace the Mutation: Fiction Inspired by the Art of J. K. Potter (2002) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review

21st-Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 (2010) — Contributor — 10 copies

Dark Voices 5 (1993) — Contributor — 9 copies

Darklands 2 (1992) — Contributor — 6 copies

Subterranean Gallery (1999) — Contributor — 5 copies

Eat Reecebread 5 copies, 1 review

Best British Horror 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Joyce, Graham William
Other names: Heaney, William
Heaney, W.
Birthdate: 1954-10-22
Date of death: 2014-09-09
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Country (for map): England, UK
Birthplace: Keresley, West Midlands, England, UK
Place of death: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Cause of death: lymphoma
Places of residence: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Education: Bishop Lonsdale College (B.Ed|1977)
University of Leicester (MA|1980)
Nottingham Trent University (Ph.D)
Occupations: youth officer
writer
teacher
novelist
Organizations: National Association of Youth Clubs
Nottingham Trent University
Agent: Doug Stewart (Sterling Lord)

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Graham Joyce, 59 in Science Fiction Fans (November 2014)

Reviews

The Silent Land: A novel by Graham Joyce

Joyce sucessfully mixes a matter-of-fact tone with a series of menacing circumstances following a brush with death in the Alps.

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chaws | 51 other reviews | Nov 15, 2024 |

Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce

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DemFen | 56 other reviews | Oct 31, 2024 |

Some Kind of Fairy Tale: A Novel by Graham Joyce

Yeah, I was afraid I probably would find this too much like horror to enjoy it, and unfortunately I was right. I will check out the author's other titles, though, as this does seem beautifully written and so a subject of more interest to me might make for a book I want to read.

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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 56 other reviews | Oct 18, 2024 |

The Silent Land: A novel by Graham Joyce

This would have been better as a short story.

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blueskygreentrees | 51 other reviews | Feb 8, 2024 |

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