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The New York Times bestselling writer, editor, teacher, and publisher, Jeff VanderMeer has won the Rhysling Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, the World Fantasy Award three times, and most recently the Nebula Award for ANNIHILATION, the first volume of The Southern Reach trilogy.  Other acclaimed fiction includes BORNE, the rest of The Southern Reach trilogy (AUTHORITY and ACCEPTANCE),  CITY OF SAINTS AND MADMEN, SHRIEK: AN AFTERWORD, and FINCH. Many of his shorter works have been collected in THE DAY DALI DIED SECRET LIFE, SECRET LIVES, THE SURGEON’S TALE AND OTHER STORIES (WITH CAT RAMBO), THE THIRD BEAR, and THE COMPASS OF HIS BONES AND OTHER STORIES.

VanderMeer co-edited several groundbreaking and popular anthologies including THE THACKERY T. LAMBSHEAD POCKET GUIDE TO ECCENTRIC & DISCREDITED DISEASES (with Mark Roberts), THE NEW WEIRD (with Ann VanderMeer),  STEAMPUNK (with Ann VanderMeer), STEAMPUNK II: STEAMPUNK RELOADED (with Ann VanderMeer),  THE WEIRD (with Ann VanderMeer), THE TIME TRAVELER’S ALMANAC (with Ann VanderMeer), SISTERS OF THE REVOLUTION: A FEMINIST SPECULATIVE FICTION ANTHOLOGY (with Ann VanderMeer) and THE BIG BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION (with Ann VanderMeer). Also with his wife Ann, VanderMeer produced THE KOSHER GUIDE TO IMAGINARY ANIMALS.

Among his numerous nonfiction volumes are the acclaimed volumes BOOKLIFE: STRATEGIES AND SURVIVAL TIPS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WRITER, THE STEAMPUNK BIBLE (With S. J. Chambers), and WONDERBOOK: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO CREATING IMAGINATIVE FICTION.

All of us at Tachyon wish the multi-faceted Jeff VanderMeer a squidastic birthday!

For more info about THE THIRD BEAR, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about THE NEW WEIRD, visit the Tachyon page.

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For more info about STEAMPUNK, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Ann Monn

For more info about STEAMPUNK II: STEAMPUNK RELOADED, visit the Tachyon page.

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Design by Ann Monn

For more info about THE KOSHER GUIDE TO IMAGINARY ANIMALS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Coulthart

For more info about BOOKLIFE: STRATEGIES AND SURVIVAL TIPS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WRITER, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Coulthart