Tim Pratt


Timothy Aaron Pratt is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He won a Hugo Award in 2007 for his short story "Impossible Dreams". He has written over 20 books, including the Marla Mason series and several Pathfinder Tales novels. His writing has earned him nominations for Nebula, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker awards and has been published in numerous markets, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and Strange Horizons.

Life and career

Pratt grew up in the vicinity of Dudley, North Carolina, and attended Appalachian State University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in English. In 1999 he attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop. He moved to Santa Cruz, California in 2000, and now resides in Berkeley with his wife, Heather Shaw, and son, River. He currently works as a senior editor at Locus Magazine.
He has also contributed to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection archived at the Northern Illinois University Libraries.
In 2018, the performance of his short story "Six Jobs" at Podcastle won the Parsec award for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast.

Novels

As Tim Pratt

The [Strange Adventures of Rangergirl], Bantam Spectra, 2005

As T. A. Pratt ([Marla Mason] novels)

Blood Engines, Bantam Spectra, 2007Poison Sleep, Bantam Spectra, 2008Dead Reign, Bantam Spectra, 2008Spell Games, Bantam Spectra, 2009Broken Mirrors, 2010Grim Tides, 2012Bride of Death, 2013Lady of Misrule, 2015Queen of Nothing, 2015Closing Doors, 2017

As T. Aaron Payton

The Constantine Affliction, Night Shade Books, 2012

Collections

Little Gods, Prime Books, 2003If There Were Wolves, Prime Books, 2006Hart & Boot & Other Stories, Night Shade Books, 2007Antiquities and Tangibles & Other Stories, Merry Blacksmith, 2013

Edited Anthologies

Sympathy for the Devil, Night Shade Books, 2010Rags and Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales, Little Brown, 2013

Awards and nominations