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Biography
Introduction
Peter Crowther (born 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is the founder (with Simon Conway) of PS Publishing. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction short stories published by DAW books. He is also the editor of Postscripts, an anthology established in 2004, releasing since 2012 the Exotic Gothic series.
Anthologies edited by Crowther
- Narrow Houses (1992)
- Touch Wood (1993)
- Blue Motel (1994)
- Heaven Sent (1995)
- Tombs (1996)
- Dante's Disciples (1997)
- Destination Unknown (1997)
- Tales in Time (1997)
- Tales in Space (1998)
- Moon Shots (1999)
- Foursight (1999)
- Taps and Sighs (1999)
- Futures (2000)
- Mars Probes (2002)
- Infinities (2002)
- Cities (2003)
- Constellations (2005)
- Forbidden Planets (2006)
- We Think, Therefore We Are (2009)
Literary awards
- British Fantasy Society : Best Collection winner (2000) : Lonesome Roads
Other Media
- In the television series "Fear Itself", an episode of season 1 (Eater) is based on the short story of the same name. The same story had previously been adapted as an episode of the British horror anthology series "Urban Gothic".
Cultural references
- Peter Crowther is mentioned in Alan Hollinghurst's 2005 novel The Line of Beauty, in the very first lines.