Already an accomplished and prolific short story author and poet, as well as a respected editor, in 2005 Pratt came out with debut novel, The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, with Bantam Spectra. But Pratt’s “high gear” is a world apart. He also edited reprint anthology, Sympathy for the Devil, and coedited original anthology Rags and Bones with Melissa Marr.įor most folks, this would be more than enough to keep them busy.

Meanwhile, Pratt also edited Star*Line from 2002 to 2004 and coedited Flytrap with his wife Heather Shaw from 2003–2008. “Soul Searching,” a poem published in Strange Horizons in 2004, won a Rhysling Award, and short story “Impossible Dreams” in the July 2006 Asimov’s won their Readers’ Poll and earned Pratt a Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

To date, he has appeared on ballots and short lists for the Sturgeon, Stoker, Nebula, World Fantasy, and much more. Once his writing career had started, Pratt never stopped instead, he cranked into high gear, continually putting out fiction (usually multiple pieces every year) and poetry.īy 2002, Pratt was appearing in readers’ polls and earning major awards nominations. In 2000 he had the poem “Visions” in Star*Line plus more short fiction publications, including “The Fallen and the Muse of the Street” in Strange Horizons. That same year, Tim Pratt’s stories started showing up: “53rd Annual Mantis Homecoming Dance” in Maelstrom, and “Angel of the Ordinary” in Drabblecast. He graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC with a BA in English, and then attended the Clarion Writers’ Workshop in 1999. In 2001 he moved to Oakland, CA and landed a job as editorial assistant at Locus Magazine.īorn in Goldsboro, NC, as a child Pratt traveled with his mother, living in Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, and West Virginia, then back to Goldsboro. Long before winning a Hugo and a Rhysling, Tim Pratt worked as an advertising copywriter (briefly), and as a tech writer and office manager for a disability advocacy company.

Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt