Shirley Jackson Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 12 (2018) Winner
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Edition 13 (2019) Winner
Priya Sharma
プリヤ・シャルマ
Priya Sharma
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1971-12-30 （North West England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- North West England → Wirral Peninsula
Career
- Occupations
- Short story writer, Novelist, General practitioner
- Active Years
- 2005-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical school | — | — | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | — | United Kingdom |
Medical school
Degree:
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | British Fantasy Award | Fabulous Beasts | Best Short Fiction | British Fantasy Society | Winner |
| 2018 | Shirley Jackson Award | All the Fabulous Beasts | — | — | Winner |
| 2019 | British Fantasy Award | All the Fabulous Beasts | Best Collection | British Fantasy Society | Winner |
| 2019 | Shirley Jackson Award | Ormeshadow | — | — | Winner |
| 2020 | British Fantasy Award | Ormeshadow | Best Novella | British Fantasy Society | Winner |
| 2023 | World Fantasy Award | Pomegranates | Novella | — | Winner |
British Fantasy Award
2016
Work:
Fabulous Beasts
Category:
Best Short Fiction
Organization:
British Fantasy Society
Result:
Winner
Shirley Jackson Award
2018
Work:
All the Fabulous Beasts
Result:
Winner
British Fantasy Award
2019
Work:
All the Fabulous Beasts
Category:
Best Collection
Organization:
British Fantasy Society
Result:
Winner
Shirley Jackson Award
2019
Work:
Ormeshadow
Result:
Winner
British Fantasy Award
2020
Work:
Ormeshadow
Category:
Best Novella
Organization:
British Fantasy Society
Result:
Winner
World Fantasy Award
2023
Work:
Pomegranates
Category:
Novella
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
World Fantasy Award
1 appearances
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Edition 49 (2023) WinnerWork: Pomegranates
A novella that reworks the Persephone myth while layering climate collapse over family rupture.
A mythic retelling that folds climate dread into family pain.
102 pagesnovellamyth retellingclimate changefamilyhorror
Works
Major Works
All the Fabulous Beasts
2018 Fantasy and HorrorShort story collection.
FantasyHorror
Ormeshadow
2019 Fantasy and HorrorDebut novella.
FamilyTransformation
Pomegranates
2022 Fantasy and HorrorNovella.
Mythology
Bibliography
- In the Garden
- Sweetpea
- Screaming Purple Psychosis
- The Englishman
- The Lady, Eve
- The Last Man in Africa
- The Indifferent Stars
- The Soul of Stones
- The Nature of Bees
- The Bitterness of Apples
- The Show
- The Virgin's Tears
- Lebkuchen
- The Fox Maiden
- The Orchid Hunters
- Fish Skins
- Pearls
- The Ballad of Boomtown
- Needlepoint
- Lady Dragon and the Netsuke Carver
- Rag and Bone
- Thesea and Astaurius
- After Mary
- Egg
- The Sunflower Seed Man
- The Anatomist's Mnemonic
- The Rising Tide
- The Firebrand
- The Absent Shade
- The Red Vortex
- Fabulous Beasts
- Blonde
- Grave Goods
- Inheritance, or The Ruby Tear
- The Crow Palace
- Mercury
- A Son of the Sea
- Small Town Stories
- Maw
- My Mother's Ghosts
- Feral
- Mari Lwyd
- The Beechfield Miracles
- Papa Eye
- Tales from Alexandria
- The Ghost of a Flea
- A Short History of My Mother
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fantasy horrorShort fiction-focused
Legacy
British fantasy and horror writer acclaimed for multiple award-winning works.
Trivia
- Born to an Indian father and an Anglo-Indian mother.
- Works full-time as a general practitioner on the Wirral Peninsula.