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Jonathan Carroll

April 10, 2024

This article is about the writer. For other people with the same name, see Jonathan Carroll (disambiguation).

Jonathan Samuel Carroll (born January 26, 1949) is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since 1974.[1]

Jonathan Carroll
Carroll in 2008
BornJonathan Samuel Carroll
(1949-01-26) January 26, 1949 (age 75)
New York City, US
OccupationNovelist, writer
GenreMagic realism, slipstream, contemporary fantasy
Website
www.jonathancarroll.com
JCarroll in Poland (2012)

Life and work edit

Carroll was born in New York City to Sidney Carroll, a film writer whose credits included The Hustler, and June Carroll (née Sillman),[1] an actress and lyricist who appeared in numerous Broadway shows and two films. He is the half brother of composer Steve Reich and nephew of Broadway producer Leonard Sillman. His parents were Jewish, but Carroll was raised in the Christian Science religion.[2] A self-described "troubled teenager", he finished primary education at the Loomis School in Connecticut and graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1971, marrying artist Beverly Schreiner in the same year.[1] He relocated to Vienna, Austria a few years later and began teaching literature at the American International School, and has made his home in Austria ever since.

His first novel, The Land of Laughs (1980), is indicative of his general style and subject matter. Told through realistic first person narration, the novel concerns a young schoolteacher, Thomas Abbey, researching the life of a favorite children's book author of his youth, which involves meeting the author's daughter in her and her late father's seemingly idyllic (fictitious) home town of Galen, Missouri. Everything seems fine until a dog in Galen begins talking to Abbey. The line gradually blurs between the fantasy world created by Abbey's research subject and the life of the people in Galen, while the reader begins to wonder just how much trust can be placed in this narrator. Subsequent novels would expand on these themes, but often contain unreliable narrators in a world where magic is viewed as natural. (One commentator claimed in The Times that "if he were a Latin American writer with a three-part name, his books would be described as magical-realist".)[3]

His son, Ryder Carroll, is the inventor of the Bullet Journal.[1]

Awards edit

Carroll's short story, "Friend's Best Man", won the World Fantasy Award.[4] His novel, Outside the Dog Museum won the British Fantasy Award[5] and his collection of short stories won the Bram Stoker Award. The short story "Uh-Oh City" won the French Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire.[6] His short story "Home on the Rain" was chosen as one of the best stories of the year by the Pushcart Prize committee.[7][8] Carroll has been a runner-up for other World Fantasy Awards, the Hugo, and British Fantasy Awards.

Bibliography edit

Novels edit

Novellas and short novels edit

  • Black Cocktail (1990)
  • The Discovery of Running Bare (1992) [Included in Paul J. McAuley and Kim Newman's SF and Horror fiction anthology, In Dreams (Victor Gollancz Ltd, London). ]
  • The Heidelberg Cylinder (2000) [1000 copy limited edition, signed by Jonathan Carroll and cover artist Dave McKean. A few remaining copies left over from the print run were sold without signatures.]
  • Teaching the Dog to Read (2015)

Short story collections edit

  • Die Panische Hand (1989) (German language edition)
  • The Panic Hand (1995) [expansion of the 1989 German language edition; the 1996 US edition adds the novella Black Cocktail]
  • The Woman Who Married A Cloud: Collected Stories (2012)

Nonfiction edit

  • The Crow's Dinner (2017)

Further reading edit

  • Edna Stumpf. "Jonathan Carroll: Galen to Vienna to the World". In Schweitzer, Darrell (ed). Discovering Modern Horror Fiction. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1985, pp. 129–34.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Myman, Francesca (March 8, 2021). "Jonathan Carroll: Mr. Breakfast". Locus Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jonathan Carroll". May 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Unnamed reviewer for The Times, quoted on blurb page of the Futura paperback edition of Outside the Dog Museum, 1991.
  4. ^ World Fantasy Convention. . Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
  6. ^ . Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  7. ^ Henderson, Bill (2007). Pushcart prize XXXI, 2007: best of the small presses. Pushcart Press. ISBN 9781888889437.
  8. ^ "Other novels by Jonathan Carroll". fantasyliterature.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "1989 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  10. ^ "1990 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  11. ^ "1995 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  12. ^ "1999 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  13. ^ "2000 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  14. ^ "2002 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  15. ^ "2003 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

External links edit

 
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This article is about the writer For other people with the same name see Jonathan Carroll disambiguation Jonathan Samuel Carroll born January 26 1949 is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism slipstream or contemporary fantasy He has lived in Austria since 1974 1 Jonathan CarrollCarroll in 2008BornJonathan Samuel Carroll 1949 01 26 January 26 1949 age 75 New York City USOccupationNovelist writerGenreMagic realism slipstream contemporary fantasyWebsitewww wbr jonathancarroll wbr comJCarroll in Poland 2012 Contents 1 Life and work 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 3 1 Novels 3 2 Novellas and short novels 3 3 Short story collections 3 4 Nonfiction 4 Further reading 5 References 6 External linksLife and work editCarroll was born in New York City to Sidney Carroll a film writer whose credits included The Hustler and June Carroll nee Sillman 1 an actress and lyricist who appeared in numerous Broadway shows and two films He is the half brother of composer Steve Reich and nephew of Broadway producer Leonard Sillman His parents were Jewish but Carroll was raised in the Christian Science religion 2 A self described troubled teenager he finished primary education at the Loomis School in Connecticut and graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1971 marrying artist Beverly Schreiner in the same year 1 He relocated to Vienna Austria a few years later and began teaching literature at the American International School and has made his home in Austria ever since His first novel The Land of Laughs 1980 is indicative of his general style and subject matter Told through realistic first person narration the novel concerns a young schoolteacher Thomas Abbey researching the life of a favorite children s book author of his youth which involves meeting the author s daughter in her and her late father s seemingly idyllic fictitious home town of Galen Missouri Everything seems fine until a dog in Galen begins talking to Abbey The line gradually blurs between the fantasy world created by Abbey s research subject and the life of the people in Galen while the reader begins to wonder just how much trust can be placed in this narrator Subsequent novels would expand on these themes but often contain unreliable narrators in a world where magic is viewed as natural One commentator claimed in The Times that if he were a Latin American writer with a three part name his books would be described as magical realist 3 His son Ryder Carroll is the inventor of the Bullet Journal 1 Awards editCarroll s short story Friend s Best Man won the World Fantasy Award 4 His novel Outside the Dog Museum won the British Fantasy Award 5 and his collection of short stories won the Bram Stoker Award The short story Uh Oh City won the French Grand Prix de l Imaginaire 6 His short story Home on the Rain was chosen as one of the best stories of the year by the Pushcart Prize committee 7 8 Carroll has been a runner up for other World Fantasy Awards the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards Bibliography editNovels edit The Land of Laughs 1980 Voice of Our Shadow 1983 The Answered Prayers Sextet Bones of the Moon 1987 slightly revised US edition 1988 Sleeping in Flame 1988 World Fantasy Award nominee 1989 9 A Child Across the Sky 1989 Washington Post Book of the Year BSFA nominee 1989 9 WFA and Clarke nominee 1990 10 Outside the Dog Museum 1991 British Fantasy Award winner WFA nominee 1992 5 After Silence 1992 From the Teeth of Angels 1994 New York Times Book Review Notable Book WFA nominee 1995 11 The Crane s View Trilogy Kissing The Beehive 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee 1999 12 The Marriage of Sticks 2000 British Fantasy Award nominee 2000 13 The Wooden Sea 2001 New York Times Book Review Notable Book Locus and World Fantasy Awards nominee 2002 14 White Apples 2002 Locus and World Fantasy Awards nominee 2003 15 Glass Soup 2005 Oko Dnia Eye of the Day 2006 Polish language edition The Ghost in Love 2008 Bathing the Lion 2014 Mr Breakfast 2019 Polish Language edition 2020 Italian Language edition TBP Jan 17 2023 English Language edition Novellas and short novels edit Black Cocktail 1990 The Discovery of Running Bare 1992 Included in Paul J McAuley and Kim Newman s SF and Horror fiction anthology In Dreams Victor Gollancz Ltd London The Heidelberg Cylinder 2000 1000 copy limited edition signed by Jonathan Carroll and cover artist Dave McKean A few remaining copies left over from the print run were sold without signatures Teaching the Dog to Read 2015 Short story collections edit Die Panische Hand 1989 German language edition The Panic Hand 1995 expansion of the 1989 German language edition the 1996 US edition adds the novella Black Cocktail The Woman Who Married A Cloud Collected Stories 2012 Nonfiction edit The Crow s Dinner 2017 Further reading editEdna Stumpf Jonathan Carroll Galen to Vienna to the World In Schweitzer Darrell ed Discovering Modern Horror Fiction Mercer Island WA Starmont House 1985 pp 129 34 References edit a b c d Myman Francesca March 8 2021 Jonathan Carroll Mr Breakfast Locus Magazine Retrieved March 17 2021 Jonathan Carroll May 14 2019 Unnamed reviewer for The Times quoted on blurb page of the Futura paperback edition of Outside the Dog Museum 1991 World Fantasy Convention Award Winners and Nominees Archived from the original on December 1 2010 Retrieved February 4 2011 a b 1992 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved May 17 2009 Nouvelles etrangeres Grand Prix de l Imaginaire Archived from the original on June 17 2011 Retrieved September 25 2010 Henderson Bill 2007 Pushcart prize XXXI 2007 best of the small presses Pushcart Press ISBN 9781888889437 Other novels by Jonathan Carroll fantasyliterature com Retrieved March 17 2021 a b 1989 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 1990 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 1995 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 1999 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 2000 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 2002 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 2003 Award Winners amp Nominees Worlds Without End Retrieved June 29 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonathan Carroll Official website Jonathan Carroll at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Portals nbsp Literature nbsp Speculative fiction nbsp Austria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jonathan Carroll amp oldid 1217871401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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