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Schimel, Lawrence

(1971-    ) US poet, story writer, editor and translator resident in Spain since 1999 where he combines his own writing in both Spanish and English with work as a literary translator. His first genre story was "The Last Bite" in Dead of Night #6 in July 1990 and by the end of the decade had published nearly 100 stories, many with gay/lesbian or Vampire themes, and issued his first collection, The Drag Queen of Elfland and Other Stories (coll 1996). Two more collections followed. His poem "How to Make A Human" was first published in Half-Human (anth 2001) edited by Bruce Coville and won the 2002 Rhysling Award in the long form category. In 1997 he co-edited four Anthologies alongside Martin H Greenberg, and several more followed soon after. Since his move to Spain he has published, in Spanish, a poetry collection as well as many well-regarded children's books and a Graphic Novel. [RR]

Lawrence Schimel

born New York: 16 October 1971

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Fantastic

American Vampires

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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
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