D. J. Butler

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D. J. Butler
BornDavid John Butler
Alma mater
Genres
Notable works
  • Witchy Eye
  • Witchy Winter
Notable awards
Years active2010–present[1]
SpouseEmily Butler[1]
Website
davidjohnbutler.com

David John Butler is an American speculative fiction author. His epic flintlock fantasy novel Witchy Kingdom won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020. Witchy Winter won the 2018 AML Award for Best Novel and the 2018 Whitney Award for Best Speculative Fiction, and Witchy Eye was a preliminary nominee for the Gemmell Morningstar Award.

Life and career[]

D.J. Butler attended the New York University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 1999. He spent over a decade working as a lawyer for companies including Micron Technology before opening an independent firm in 2010.[2] He is employed as a corporate trainer, using his skills as a storyteller to educate business people.[2] He began pursuing his childhood dream of being an author in 2010.[3] His steampunk Western novel City of Saints was a 2012 Whitney Award finalist in the speculative fiction category.[4] He also worked as acquisitions editor for WordFire Press.[2]

In 2017, Baen published the first of Butler's American epic flintlock fantasy series, Witchy Eye, set in an alternate 1815 America.[5] It was a finalist for a Dragon Award in 2017[6] and was a preliminary nominee for a Gemmell Morningstar Award in 2018.[7] The second book in the series, Witchy Winter, won the 2018 AML Award for Best Novel, the 2018 Whitney Award for Best Speculative Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.[8][9][10]

Bibliography[]

The Buza System[]

  • Crecheling (February 2015, WordFire Press)
  • Urbane (July 2016, WordFire Press, ISBN 9781614754268)

City of Saints[]

Alternate history Civil War era featuring secret agents Samuel Clemens and Edgar Allan Poe trying to obtain the plans for airship and ray gun technology.

  1. Liahona (June 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)
  2. Deseret (July 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)
  3. Timpanogos (August 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)
  4. Teancum (September 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)

An omnibus, collecting all four novels, was also published:

The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie[]

A clockwork boy, Charlie Pondicherry, has various adventures. This is a middle grade series.

  • The Kidnap Plot (June 2016, Knopf, ISBN 978-0-553-51295-3)[12][13]
  • The Giant's Seat (June 2017, Knopf, ISBN 978-0-553-51299-1)[14][15]
  • The Library Machine (September 2018, Knopf, ISBN 978-0-553-51303-5)[16]

Hiram Woolley[]

  • The Cunning Man with (November 2019, Baen, ISBN 9781982124168)
  • The Jupiter Knife with (February 2021, Baen, ISBN 9781982125189)

Indrajit and Fix[]

  • "The Path of the Hunter" in Negotiation edited by Kacey Ezell and Marisa Wolf (October 2019, Seventh Seal Press, ISBN 978-1-950420-57-5)
  • "No Trade for Nice Guys" in When Valor Must Hold edited by Rob Howell and Chris Kennedy (February 2020, New Mythology Press, ISBN 978-1-950420-97-1)
  • In the Palace of Shadow and Joy (July 2020, Baen, ISBN 9781982124700)

Rock Band Fights Evil[]

  • Hellhound on My Trail (February 2015, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-293-6)
  • Snake Handlin' Man (February 2015, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-301-8)
  • Crow Jane (February 2015, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-299-8)
  • Devil Sent the Rain (February 2015, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-258-5)
  • This World Is Not My Home (June 2016, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-406-0)
  • The Good Son (July 2016, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-390-2)
  • Earth Angel (July 2016, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-392-6)

Two omnibuses collect the first six novels:

  • Band on the Run (vol. 1–3, March 2016, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-388-9)
  • The Road to Hell (vols. 4–6, April 2017, WordFire Press, ISBN 978-1-61475-560-9)

The Witchy War[]

Alternate history flintlock fantasy set in the early 1800s North America.

Witchy Eye trilogy[]

  • Witchy Eye (March 2017, Baen, ISBN 978-1-4767-8211-9)[17][18]
  • Witchy Winter (April 2018, Baen, ISBN 978-1-4814-8314-8)[19][20]
  • Witchy Kingdom (August 2019, Baen, ISBN 9781481484152)

Serpent Daughter trilogy[]

  • Serpent Daughter (November 2020, Baen, ISBN 9781982124977)[21]

Awards and honors[]

Butler has received the following awards and honors:

Year Organization Award title,
Category 		Work Result Refs
2012 Storymakers Whitney Award,
Best Speculative Fiction 		City of Saints Finalist [4]
2016 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,
Middle Grade Novel 		The Kidnap Plot Finalist [22]
2017 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Alternate History Novel 		Witchy Eye Finalist [6]
2018 DGLA Gemmell Award,
Morningstar Award 		Witchy Eye Preliminary nominee [7]
2018 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,
Novel 		Witchy Winter Won [9]
2018 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Alternate History Novel 		Witchy Winter Finalist [8]
2018 Storymakers Whitney Award,
Best Speculative Fiction 		Witchy Winter Won [10]
2019 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,

Novel

The Cunning Man Finalist [23]
2020 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Alternate History Novel 		Witchy Kingdom Won [24]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Dave". Dave Butler Writes. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Interview with D.J. Butler, Lawyer and Speculative Writer". Anaphora Literary Press. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ Sharp, Nicole (15 April 2013). "Eagle Goes Gonzo – Eagle Magazine". Eagle Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "2012 Finalists – The Whitney Awards". Whitney Awards. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Witchy Eye Is a Flintlock Fantasy of a Different Breed". The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "2017 Dragon Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "2018 Dragon Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "2018 AML Award Winners". Dawning of a Brighter Day: Twenty-First Century Mormon Literature. Association for Mormon Letters. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Hall, Andrew (11 May 2019). "2018 Whitney Awards winners". Association for Mormon Letters. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Title: City of the Saints". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Title: The Kidnap Plot". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ^ The kidnap plot. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 922155305. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Title: The Giant's Seat". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  15. ^ The giant's seat. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 989724751. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Title: The Library Machine". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Title: Witchy Eye". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  18. ^ Butler, D. J. (27 February 2018). Witchy Eye. ISBN 9781481483117.
  19. ^ "Title: Witchy Winter". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  20. ^ Witchy winter. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 1059175489. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Serpent Daughter". Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  22. ^ Hall, Andrew (28 February 2017). "2016 AML Awards Finalists #1: Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels". Association for Mormon Letters. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  23. ^ "2019 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novels and Short Fiction". Dawning of a Brighter Day. 7 March 2020.
  24. ^ locusmag (2020-09-08). "2020 Dragon Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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