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American writer
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Male
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Birth:
13 October 1970(New York City)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Michael Cisco (born October 13, 1970) is an American writer, Deleuzian academic, teacher, and translator currently living in New York City. He is best known for his first novel, The Divinity Student, winner of the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel of 1999. His novel, The Great Lover, was nominated for the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel of the Year, and declared the Best Weird Novel of 2011 by the Weird Fiction Review. He has described his work as "de-genred" fiction.
Samples of his work, including readings, can be found on his website, Prosthetic Libido
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Awards / Nominations
Cisco's novel The Great Lover was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award in 2012.