Sean Stewart
Sean Stewart | |
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Born | (1965-06-02) June 2, 1965 (age 58) Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Alberta |
Occupation | Writer |
Sean Stewart (born June 2, 1965) is an American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.
Biography
Born in Lubbock, Texas, Sean Stewart moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1968. After stints in Houston, Texas, Vancouver, British Columbia, Irvine, California, Monterey, California Davis, Santa Monica, California, and Pasadena, California, he now again lives in Santa Monica.
He received an Honors degree in English from University of Alberta in 1987, following which he spent many years writing novels. He gradually moved from writing novels to interactive fiction, first as lead writer on the Web-based alternate reality game ([1]) The Beast.
He served as a consultant on several computer games, and was on the management team of the 42 Entertainment experiential marketing and entertainment company, where he was lead writer for Haunted Apiary aka ilovebees and Last Call Poker. His novel series Cathy's Book (and its sequels) seems to represent the melding of his two careers, as it crosses the alternate reality game format with a teen novel. In 2007, he and several 4orty2wo co-founders left that company to start Fourth Wall Studios, where they won an Emmy for interactive television in 2013. In 2014, he joined Microsoft's Xbox Studios as Creative Director. After Xbox Studios closed in late 2014, Stewart began consulting for Magic Leap, joining them as Creative Director/Design Director in early 2016.[1]
Bibliography
- Passion Play (1992, science fiction novel, winner of the Prix Aurora and Arthur Ellis Awards)
- Nobody's Son (1994, fantasy novel, winner of the Aurora Award)
- Resurrection Man (1995, magic realist fantasy novel, New York Times Best Science Fiction Book of the Year)
- Clouds End (1996, heroic fantasy novel)
- The Night Watch (1997, set in the same world as Resurrection Man)
- Mockingbird (1998, New York Times Notable Book of the Year, World Fantasy Award nominee, Speculations Readers' Poll Best Book of the Year)
- Galveston (2000, World Fantasy Award[2] and Sunburst Award winner, again set in the same world as Resurrection Man)
- Perfect Circle (2004, another magic realist fantasy novel; Nebula nominee; also published under the title Firecracker)
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (Star Wars: A Clone Wars Novel) (2004)
- Cathy's Book (2006)
- Cathy's Key (2008)
- Cathy's Ring (2009)
References
External links
- Official website
- Sean Stewart at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- 42 Entertainment, Sean Stewart's former job
- Fourth Wall Studios, co-founded by Stewart
- 1999 interview by Locus (locusmag.com)
- 2005 interview by Locus
- 2006 interview on alternate reality gaming at Encyclopedia Hanasiana (hanasiana.com)
- Discussion of Stewart at theforce.net
- 2016 article/interview of Sean Stewart on aescifi.ca
- Sean Stewart at Library of Congress, with 16 library catalogue records
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- The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip (1975)
- Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson (1976)
- Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle (1977)
- Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber (1978)
- Gloriana by Michael Moorcock (1979)
- Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980)
- The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (1981)
- Little, Big by John Crowley (1982)
- Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea (1983)
- The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford (1984)
- Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock / Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (1985)
- Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (1986)
- Perfume by Patrick Süskind (1987)
- Replay by Ken Grimwood (1988)
- Koko by Peter Straub (1989)
- Lyonesse: Madouc by Jack Vance (1990)
- Only Begotten Daughter by James K. Morrow / Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (1991)
- Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon (1992)
- Last Call by Tim Powers (1993)
- Glimpses by Lewis Shiner (1994)
- Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow (1995)
- The Prestige by Christopher Priest (1996)
- Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack (1997)
- The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (1998)
- The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich (1999)
- Thraxas by Martin Scott (2000)
- Declare by Tim Powers / Galveston by Sean Stewart (2001)
- The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (2002)
- The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce / Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip (2003)
- Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (2004)
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005)
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)
- Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (2007)
- Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (2008)
- The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford / Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (2009)
- The City & the City by China Miéville (2010)
- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (2011)
- Osama by Lavie Tidhar (2012)
- Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (2013)
- A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (2014)
- The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (2015)
- The Chimes by Anna Smaill (2016)
- The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North (2017)
- Jade City by Fonda Lee / The Changeling by Victor LaValle (2018)
- Witchmark by C. L. Polk (2019)
- Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (2020)
- Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2021)
- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (2022)
- Saint Death's Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney (2023)