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Gemma Files

ジェマ・ファイルズ

Jema Fairuzu

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1968-04-04 (London, England)
国籍
Canada
言語
English
居住地歴
London (born 1968) → Toronto (1969-present)

経歴

職業
Writer, Journalist, Film critic
活動期間
1993年〜
所属
Eye Weekly
ノミネート
2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist 'The Jacaranda Smile', 2010 Shirley Jackson Award nominee 'each thing i show you is a piece of my death'

学歴

Ryerson Polytechnic University
Journalism
学位: ジャーナリズム学位
卒業年: 1991
国: Canada

受賞歴

International Horror Guild Award
1999
対象作品: The Emperor's Old Bones
部門: Best Short Story
結果: Winner
Shirley Jackson Award
2016
対象作品: Experimental Film
部門: Best Novel
結果: Winner
Sunburst Award
2016
対象作品: Experimental Film
部門: Best Canadian Speculative Fiction (Novel)
結果: Winner
Black Quill Award
2010
対象作品: A Book of Tongues
部門: Best Small Press Chill
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Experimental Film

2015年 Horror

A film scholar becomes obsessed with a lost silent film by a mysterious director.

HorrorSupernaturalCinema

A Book of Tongues

2010年 Horror

First volume of the Hexslinger series about hexslingers and outlaws.

MagicWeird WestHorror

A Rope of Thorns

2011年 Horror

Second volume of the Hexslinger series.

MagicSupernatural

全著作

  • A Book of Tongues
  • A Rope of Thorns
  • A Tree of Bones
  • Experimental Film
  • We Will All Go Down Together
  • Kissing Carrion
  • The Worm in Every Heart

翻案

  • Five short stories adapted for The Hunger (TV series)

作風・主題

文体
Rich, poetic proseIntense horror imagery
頻出モチーフ
WitchesChangelingsSupernatural horrorCanadian folklore

評価・遺産

Prominent Canadian horror author, multiple award winner including Shirley Jackson Award, known for weird westerns and supernatural horror.

大衆文化への影響

  • Works reviewed by NPR

豆知識

  • Parents are actors Elva Mai Hoover and Gary Files.
  • Married to SF author Stephen J. Barringer, one child.
  • Listed as one of Top 10 Coolest People in Canadian Cinema in 1996.