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John Shirley

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American writer, screenwriter and musician

United StatesWritersBorn 1953 · age 73
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John Shirley is an American writer, primarily of horror, fantasy, science fiction, noir fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas.

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1998Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection

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John Shirley is an American writer, primarily of horror, fantasy, science fiction, noir fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays - including The Crow - and has published over 84 books including 10 short story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. Shirley won the Bram Stoker Award for his story collection Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side. His newest novels are Stormland, Suborbital 7, Axle Bust Creek, the Spur Award winning novel Gunmetal Mountain,Blood in Sweet River and The Silver Revolver. He has published non-fiction pieces in Wired Magazine, The Utne Reader, Boing Boing, and other publications.

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United States
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Born 1953 · age 73
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