Patricia Anthony
Patricia Anthony ( born January 3, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas; † August 2, 2013 ) was an American author of science fiction and historical novels.
Life
In the 1970s, lived and traveled Patricia Anthony shared with her family Portugal and Brazil. She worked at universities in these countries. In 1978 she was divorced and moved to Dallas. Here she worked for fourteen years as a journalist for The Dallas Morning News and has taught creative writing at times at Southern Methodist University.
Her first short story she published in 1987 in the U.S. magazine Aboriginal. As a science fiction author she became acquainted with the novel Cold Allies, for which she received the Locus Award for best first novel in 1994, and the 1995 German translation with the title appeared Cold allies. This was followed by six more novels and in 1997 a collection of short stories. Your published in 1995 novel Happy Policeman was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Characteristic of Patricia Anthony science fiction literature are the extraterrestrial beings or aliens who are part of human civilization and told from the perspective of Anthony social and political entanglements.
2002 James Cameron acquired the film rights for Patricia Anthony's novel published in 1993 Brother Termite. The film was not produced, however, were included in the special issue (Extended Collector's Edition ) of the sci-fi movie Avatar taken from scenes in 2012, based on the novel.
Works
Novels
- Cold Allies, 1993 ( German: Cold allies, Heyne, 1995, ISBN 3-453-09426-3 )
- Brother Termite, 1993 ( German: Brother Termite, Heyne, 1995, ISBN 3-453-09427-1 )
- Conscience of the Beagle, 1993
- Happy Policeman, 1994
- Cradle of Splendor, 1996
- God's Fires, 1997 ( historical novel; German: God's Fire, Heyne, 1999, ISBN 3-453-16169-6 )
- Flanders, 1998 ( historical novel )
Short stories
- Eating Memories, 1997