Will Shetterly
(1955 --)
An American writer best known for his novel Dogland (1997).
Together with his wife Emma Bull, he created and edited the Liavek shared universe anthologies. In 1983 he founded SteelDragon Press with Emma Bull.
His novels Elsewhere (1991) and Neverwhere (1993) are both set in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe. He has also written short stories for various Borderland anthologies.
Shetterly created the comic book character "Captain Confederacy," played a small role in the film Toxic Zombies, and ran for governor of Minnesota in 1994 on the Grassroots Party ticket. He placed third out of six candidates.
He was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Kara Dalkey, Nate Bucklin, Patricia Wrede, and Steven Brust.
In 2009, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1991 -- OryCon 13, Archon 15, Toastmaster at Silicon '91
- 1992 -- MileHiCon 24
- 1993 -- Philcon 1993, DeepSouthCon 31
- 1994 -- Boskone 31
- 1996 -- ICON 21, Arisia '96
- 2002 -- Minicon 24, Con-Dor IX
- 2004 -- DemiCon 15
- 2005 -- 31 Flavors of ConFusion
- 2006 -- TusCon 33
- 2007 -- ConDFW VI
- 2008 -- Special Guest at TusCon 36, World Fantasy Award: The Gospel of the Knife (nomination)
- 2010 -- Foolscap 12
- 2011 -- ArmadilloCon 33
- 2013 -- Minnesota Fantasy Award
- 2014 -- Featured Author at METHOD Con 2
- Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction: Elsewhere
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