Carole Johnstone

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Carole Johnstone
NationalityBritish
Alma materGlasgow Caledonian University

Carole Johnstone is a Scottish short story writer and novelist.

Biography[]

Carole Johnstone is from Lanarkshire,[1] Scotland though she spent much of her life in north Essex. Johnstone first published a short story in 2008.[2] Since then she has won a British Fantasy Award in 2014 for her short story Signs of the Times[3] as well as having had numerous nominations. Johnstone has had work published by Titan Books,[4] Tor Macmillan,[5] Simon & Schuster,[6] and many others. She has also written Sherlock Holmes stories for Constable & Robinson.[7] Her work has been selected by Ellen Datlow for the Best of the Best and Best Horror of the Year, by for the Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror series and by Salt Publishing for Best British Fantasy.[8] Her work makes a regular appearance on the Locus Recommended Reading List.[9][10][11][12][13] Her debut novel, Mirrorland, one of the top prized books from the London Book Fair, was described by Stephen King as “dark and devious…beautifully written and plotted with a watchmaker’s precision.[14]” It has been optioned for television.[15]

She now writes full-time and lives on the Scottish coast in Argyll & Bute.[1]

Bibliography[]

Novel[]

  • Mirrorland, 2021

Collections[]

  • The Bright Day Is Done, 2014

Short fiction[]

  • "The Morning After", 2008
  • "Sanctuary", 2008
  • "The Discomfort of Words", 2009
  • "Frenzy", 2009
  • "The Blind Man", 2009
  • "Dead Loss", 2009
  • "Scent", 2009
  • "The Invitation", 2010
  • "Stamping Ground", 2010
  • "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", 2010
  • "A Hard Place", 2010
  • "Machine", 2010
  • "Bury the Truth", 2010
  • "Electric Dreams", 2011
  • "The Claife Crier", 2011
  • "The Monster of Venice", 2011
  • "God of the Gaps", 2012
  • "The Pest House", 2012
  • "Sometimes I Get a Good Feeling", 2012
  • "Signs of the Times", 2013
  • "21 Brooklands: Next to Old Western, Opposite the Burnt Out Red Lion", 2013
  • "If You Can Read This, You're Too Close", 2013
  • "Ad Astra", 2013
  • "Departures", 2014
  • "Cold Turkey", 2014
  • "Catching Flies", 2014
  • "Equilibrium", 2014
  • "There You'll Be", 2015
  • “The Draugr of Tromso”, 2015
  • "Circa Diem", 2016
  • "Wetwork", 2016
  • “The Case of the Cannibal Club”, 2017
  • “Just”, 2017
  • "Better You Believe", 2017
  • "Skyshine, or Death by Scotland", 2017
  • "The Eyes Are White and Quiet", 2017
  • "In the Gallery of Silent Screams", 2018 with Chris Kelso
  • "Skinner Box", 2019
  • "Deep, Fast, Green", 2019

References and sources[]

  1. ^ a b "About Carole Johnstone". Carole Johnstone. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. ^ ThisIsHorror (2013-01-27). "Carole Johnstone". This Is Horror. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2014 | The British Fantasy Society". www.britishfantasysociety.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  4. ^ "Carole Johnstone". Titan Books. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  5. ^ "Skinner Box - Carole Johnstone". US Macmillan. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  6. ^ "Carole Johnstone". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  7. ^ "school of detection". Hachette UK. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  8. ^ Johnstone, Carole. "Carole Johnstone". Smashwords. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  9. ^ "2019 Locus Recommended Reading List". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  10. ^ "Paul Di Filippo Reviews The Best of the Best Horror of the Year, Edited by Ellen Datlow – Locus Online". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  11. ^ "2017 Locus Recommended Reading List". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  12. ^ "2012 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  13. ^ "2014 Locus Recommended Reading List". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  14. ^ Mirrorland. 2021-04-20. ISBN 978-1-9821-3635-2.
  15. ^ Grater, Tom (2019-03-12). "Heyday Television options London Book Fair hot title 'Mirrorland'". Screen. Retrieved 2020-02-04.


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