John Crowley Writer

John Crowley /ˈkraʊli/ (born December 1, 1942) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. He studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer. He is best known as the author of Little, Big (1981), which received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and has been called "a neglected masterpiece" by Harold Bloom and his Ægypt series of novels which revolve around the same themes of Hermeticism, memory, families and religion. Crowley writes the bi-monthly "Easy Chair" essay in Harper's Magazine.

Personal facts

John Crowley
Birth dateDecember 01, 1942
Birth place
Maine , Presque Isle Maine , United States
Nationality
American literature

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Writer

Career start1975
award
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
influenced
influenced by
notable work
Ægypt
Little Big
Engine Summer
Love & Sleep
Dæmonomania

John Crowley on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://crowleycrow.livejournal.com
  2. http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00145.xml&query=crowley,%20john&query-join=and
  3. http://webpages.charter.net/jsa1/jcrowley/index.html
  4. http://www.littlebig25.com