Davis, Grania
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1943-2017) US author and editor, married to Avram Davidson from 1962 to 1964, who began publishing work of genre interest with "My Head's in a Different Place, Now" for Universe 2 (anth 1972) edited by Terry Carr. Much of her work consists of co-edited collections of Davidson's numerous uncollected or unpublished stories, and of collaborations with him, in particular Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (1987) and The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil (1998), which she completed from his manuscript. The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection (coll 1998), edited with Robert Silverberg, assembles Davidson's best and often much-anthologized short stories. Most of her work in her own right is fantasy or nonfantastic. [JC]
Grania Eve Kaiman Davis
born Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 17 July 1943
died San Rafael, California: 28 April 2017
works (selected)
- The Proud Peacock and the Mallard (Emeryville, California: Dharma Publishing, 1976) [chap: pb/Anne Christman]
- Dr Grass (New York: Avon Books, 1978) [pb/]
- The Great Perpendicular Path (New York: Avon Books, 1980) [pb/McMacken]
- The Rainbow Annals (New York: Avon Books, 1980) [pb/]
- Moonbird (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1986) [hb/Cathy Canzani]
- Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (New York: Baen Books, 1987) with Avram Davidson [pb/Neal McPheeters]
- The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil (San Francisco, California: Tachyon Publications, 1998) with Avram Davidson [hb/Michael Dashow]
collections
- The King and the Mangoes: Tales of the Buddha (Emeryville, California: Dharma Publishing, 1975) [coll: chap: pb/Sheila Johnson]
- Tree of Life, Book of Death: The Treasures of Grania Davis (Vancleave, Mississippi: Ramble House/Surinam Turtle Press, 2013) [coll: pb/Gavin L O'Keefe]
works as editor
- Avram Davidson. The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection (New York: Tor, 1998) edited with Robert Silverberg [coll: hb/nonpictorial]
- Avram Davidson. The Investigations of Avram Davidson (New York: St Martin's Press, 1999) edited with Richard Lupoff [coll: hb/]
- Avram Davidson. Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven: Essential Jewish Tales of the Spirit (Jerusalem, Israel: Devora Publishing, 2000) edited with Jack Dann [coll: hb/Avi Katz]
- Avram Davidson. The Other Nineteenth Century: A Story Collection by Avram Davidson, Containing Startling Revelations of the Lives of Literary Persons; Also, Truthful Accounts of Living Fossils, Montavarde's Camera, The Irradiodiffusion Machine, and El Vilvoy de las Islas; With Heinous Crimes, Noble Ladies in Adversity, Brilliant Detections, Imperial Eunuchs, Political Machinations, etc, etc (New York: Tor, 2002) edited with Henry Wessells [coll: hb/Tom Kidd]
- Avram Davidson. ¡Limekiller! (Baltimore, Maryland: Old Earth Books, 2003) edited with Henry Wessells [coll: hb/Douglas Klauba]
- Avram Davidson. The Ennead: The Romaunt of Vergil Magus: The Scarlet Fig; Or, Slowly Through a Land of Stone (London: The Rose Press, 2005) edited with Henry Wessells [Vergil Magus: hb/nonpictorial]
- Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (Tokyo: Kurodahan Press, 2007) with Gene Van Troyer [anth: Japan: pb/Naoyuki Katō]
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