Richard Dirrane Bowes was born January 8, 1944, in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] He attended school both in Boston and on Long Island, New York. His brother is fine artist, David Bowes. In his third year, he took writing courses with Mark Eisenstein at Hofstra University. After graduation, Bowes moved to Manhattan in 1965, doing the usual jumble of things that writers do in order to earn a living. He launched his Speculative Fiction writing career in the early 1980s and published novels Warchild,[2]Feral Cell and Goblin Market.
In 1992, Bowes began writing a series of semi-autobiographical stories narrated by Kevin Grierson. These stories were published primarily in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later became the novel Minions of the Moon. One story, "Streetcar Dreams," won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1998. The novel itself won the Lambda Literary Award in 2000.
A short fiction collection, Transfigured Night and Other Stories, was published by Time Warner in 2001. It included the original novella My Life in Speculative Fiction. These stories plus recent material appeared in Streetcar Dreams and Other Midnight Fancies from England's PS Publishing in 2006.
During his later years, Bowes wrote a series of stories about Time Rangers and the Gods, which formed the mosaic novelFrom the Files of the Time Rangers, published September 2005 by Golden Gryphon Press. Two of the stories – novelettes "The Ferryman’s Wife" and "The Mask of the Rex", both originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction – were finalists for the prestigious Nebula Award, in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Other Time Rangers stories appeared in Sci Fiction and Black Gate.
In 2013 Bowes published the novel/story cycle Dust Devils on a Quiet Street, about a group of writers in New York City before, during, and after 9/11. Dust Devils appeared on the World Fantasy and Lambda Award short lists.
The first chapter is his widely reprinted 2005 short story "There's a Hole in the City", which won the 2006 StorySouth Million Writers Award, The International Horror Guild Award and was nominated for a Nebula.
"If Angels Fight" won the Novella 2009 World Fantasy Award.[3] The story was published in the February 2008 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said" was nominated in the Best Novella category for the 2010 World Fantasy Awards.[4] The story ran in the December 2009 edition of F&SF.
Bowes died on December 24, 2023, at the age of 79.[5]
Bibliographyedit
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2021)
Warchild. New York: Warner Books. 1986.
Feral Cell
Goblin Market
Minions of the Moon
Transfigured Night and Other Stories
Streetcar Dreams and Other Midnight Fancies
"The shadow and the gunman". F&SF. 86 (2). February 1994.
"Sir Morgravain Speaks of Night Dragons and Other Things". F&SF. 121 (1&2): 186–194. July–August 2011.
Dust Devils on a Quiet Street (2013)
Referencesedit
^"SFF Author Richard Bowes | Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews". Retrieved 2020-03-05.
^"Author Spotlight: Richard Bowes". Nightmare Magazine. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
^World Fantasy Convention (2010). . Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.
^World Fantasy Convention (2010). . Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.
^"Richard Bowes (1944–2023)". Locus. December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
richard, bowes, richard, bowes, january, 1944, december, 2023, american, author, science, fiction, fantasy, bowes, 2008, contents, biography, bibliography, references, external, linksbiography, editrichard, dirrane, bowes, born, january, 1944, boston, massachu. Richard C Bowes January 8 1944 December 24 2023 was an American author of science fiction and fantasy Bowes in 2008 Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editRichard Dirrane Bowes was born January 8 1944 in Boston Massachusetts 1 He attended school both in Boston and on Long Island New York His brother is fine artist David Bowes In his third year he took writing courses with Mark Eisenstein at Hofstra University After graduation Bowes moved to Manhattan in 1965 doing the usual jumble of things that writers do in order to earn a living He launched his Speculative Fiction writing career in the early 1980s and published novels Warchild 2 Feral Cell and Goblin Market In 1992 Bowes began writing a series of semi autobiographical stories narrated by Kevin Grierson These stories were published primarily in The Magazine of Fantasy amp Science Fiction and later became the novel Minions of the Moon One story Streetcar Dreams won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1998 The novel itself won the Lambda Literary Award in 2000 A short fiction collection Transfigured Night and Other Stories was published by Time Warner in 2001 It included the original novella My Life in Speculative Fiction These stories plus recent material appeared in Streetcar Dreams and Other Midnight Fancies from England s PS Publishing in 2006 During his later years Bowes wrote a series of stories about Time Rangers and the Gods which formed the mosaic novel From the Files of the Time Rangers published September 2005 by Golden Gryphon Press Two of the stories novelettes The Ferryman s Wife and The Mask of the Rex both originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy amp Science Fiction were finalists for the prestigious Nebula Award in 2002 and 2003 respectively Other Time Rangers stories appeared in Sci Fiction and Black Gate In 2013 Bowes published the novel story cycle Dust Devils on a Quiet Street about a group of writers in New York City before during and after 9 11 Dust Devils appeared on the World Fantasy and Lambda Award short lists The first chapter is his widely reprinted 2005 short story There s a Hole in the City which won the 2006 StorySouth Million Writers Award The International Horror Guild Award and was nominated for a Nebula If Angels Fight won the Novella 2009 World Fantasy Award 3 The story was published in the February 2008 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy amp Science Fiction I Needs Must Part the Policeman Said was nominated in the Best Novella category for the 2010 World Fantasy Awards 4 The story ran in the December 2009 edition of F amp SF Bowes died on December 24 2023 at the age of 79 5 Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items February 2021 Warchild New York Warner Books 1986 Feral Cell Goblin Market Minions of the Moon Transfigured Night and Other Stories Streetcar Dreams and Other Midnight Fancies The shadow and the gunman F amp SF 86 2 February 1994 Sir Morgravain Speaks of Night Dragons and Other Things F amp SF 121 1 amp 2 186 194 July August 2011 Dust Devils on a Quiet Street 2013 References edit SFF Author Richard Bowes Fantasy Literature Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews Retrieved 2020 03 05 Author Spotlight Richard Bowes Nightmare Magazine 2016 01 27 Retrieved 2020 03 05 World Fantasy Convention 2010 Award Winners and Nominees Archived from the original on December 1 2010 Retrieved 4 Feb 2011 World Fantasy Convention 2010 2010 World Fantasy Award Winners amp Nominees Archived from the original on October 27 2012 Retrieved 4 Feb 2011 Richard Bowes 1944 2023 Locus December 26 2023 Retrieved December 27 2023 External links editRichard Bowes official site Richard Bowes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Golden Gryphon Press official site About From the Files of the Time Rangers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Bowes amp oldid 1195243809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
