Jemiah Jefferson
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Jemiah Jefferson | |
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Born | Denver, Colorado |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Genre | Erotic literature, Horror, gothic, genre fiction, dark fantasy |
Notable works | Voice of the Blood, Wounds, Fiend, and A Drop of Scarlet |
Website | |
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Jemiah Jefferson (born 1972) is an African-American author of contemporary horror and erotic literature. Jefferson resides in Portland, Oregon.
Works[]
Jemiah Jefferson's first printed work was St*rf*ck*ng, a collection of short erotic stories published by Future Tense Books. Her first full-length novel was written in 24 hours in 1990.[1] This became Voice of the Blood, published by Leisure Books in 2001 and then as an e-book in 2011. This was also Jefferson's first published work detailing the adventures of the vampire Daniel Blum.
Jefferson has written a series of novels, the second of which, Wounds, was released in May 2002. The third novel, Fiend, was released in April 2005, and in 2007 Jefferson published A Drop of Scarlet. In 2010, Underland Press also published Jefferson's wovel FirstWorld.[2] In September 2011, Mixtape for the Apocalypse was released as an e-book.[3]
Jefferson has also written for Willamette Week, a free weekly paper in Portland, the GLBT publication Just Out, as well as Plazm, 2Gyrlz Quarterly, and Cafe 80s Magazine.
Education and career[]
Jemiah Jefferson graduated from Reed College in 1994.[4] Jefferson currently works in the editorial department at Dark Horse Comics and is a regular contributor to Popshifter.com.[5]
References[]
External links[]
Interviews[]
- "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Evil", Village Voice, 2002
- Jemiah Jefferson: Implants, Vampires, and Fun", Idea Lab, 2010
- "Heidi's Pick Six: Jemiah Jefferson", 2011
- 1972 births
- Living people
- American horror writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- Writers from Denver
- Writers from Portland, Oregon
- Reed College alumni
- African-American novelists
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Women horror writers
- American women short story writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women novelists
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- Novelists from Colorado
- Novelists from Oregon