Paul Park is an American

United States

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 science fiction author and fantasy author

Fantasy author

The definition of a fantasy author is somewhat diffuse, and a matter of opinion – Jules Verne considered H. G. Wells to be a fantasy author – and there is considerable overlap with science fiction authors and horror fiction authors...

. He lives in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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, with his wife and two children. He teaches a course in reading and writing science fiction at Williams College

Williams College

Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...

. He has also taught at the Clarion West writing workshop and the Clarion workshop

Clarion Workshop

Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Knight and Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA, it was founded in 1968 by Robin Scott Wilson at Clarion State College in...

 and was an instructor at Clarion West in 2011.

Writing career

Park appeared on the American science fiction scene in 1987 and quickly established himself as a writer of polished, if often grim, literary science fiction. His first work was the Starbridge Chronicles trilogy, set on a world with generations-long seasons much like Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE is an English author of both general fiction and science fiction. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss. Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss is a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society...

' Helliconia

Helliconia

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 trilogy. His critically acclaimed novels have since dealt with colonialism on alien worlds (Coelestis), Biblical (Three Marys) and theosophical (The Gospel of Corax) legends, a parallel world

Parallel universe (fiction)

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 where magic works (A Princess of Roumania and its sequels, The Tourmaline, The White Tyger and The Hidden World), and other topics. He has published short stories in Omni Magazine, Interzone

Interzone (magazine)

Interzone is an award-winning British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running science fiction magazine in history and the longest-running British SF magazine...

and other magazines. In 2010 his short story "The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale" was nominated for a World Fantasy Award

World Fantasy Award

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; and his novella "Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance" was nominated for a 2010 Nebula Award

Nebula Award

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Novels

• The Starbridge Chronicles
  • Soldiers of Paradise. New York: Arbor House, 1987. ISBN 0-87795-861-0
  • Sugar Rain. New York: Morrow, 1989. ISBN 1-55710-029-2
  • The Cult of Loving Kindness. New York: Morrow, 1991. ISBN 0-688-10574-2
• Coelestis (vt US Celestis, 1995). London: HarperCollins, 1993, ISBN 0-00-224175-7
• The Gospel of Corax. New York: Soho Press, 1996. ISBN 1-56947-061-8
• Three Marys. Canton, OH: Cosmos Books, 2003. ISBN 1-58715-519-2
• A Princess of Roumania
  • A Princess of Roumania. New York: Tor, 2005. ISBN 0-7653-1096-1
  • The Tourmaline. New York: Tor, 2006. ISBN 0-7653-1441-X
  • The White Tyger. New York: Tor, 2007. ISBN 0-7653-1529-7
  • The Hidden World. New York: Tor, 2008. ISBN 0-7653-1668-4

Collections

• If Lions Could Speak, Rockville, MD: Wildside Press, April 2002, ISBN 1-58715-512-5

Interviews

• Science Fiction Weekly interview captured in April 2006
• Infinity Plus interview captured in April 2006
• SFsite.com 2002 interview

External links

• Paul Park's website is at http://www.sfwa.org/members/park/Index.html
• SFsite.com review of If Lions Could Speak and Other Stories
• SFsite.com review of A Princess of Roumania
• theArgonauts.info review of A Princess of Romania
• SFsite.com review of The Tourmaline
• theArgonauts.info review of The Tourmaline