Grania Davis Explained
| Grania Davis |
| Birth Name: | Grania Eve Kaiman[1] |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Occupation: | Author, editor |
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| Notable Works: | The Boss in the Wall |
| Spouse: | Avram Davidson
Stephen L. Davis |
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Grania Eve Kaiman Davis (July 17, 1943 – April 28, 2017) was an American author and editor of science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.[2] She was the primary editor of the posthumously published work of her former husband, Avram Davidson. Her short stories have appeared in various genre magazines, anthologies, and "best of" collections.[3] The Boss in the Wall (1998, Tachyon Publications with Avram Davidson) was nominated for a Nebula Award in the Best Novella category.[4]
Biography
Davis was born Grania Eve Kaiman[1] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Hollywood, California.[5] She married Avram Davidson in the early 1960s in the home of fellow writers Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm in Milford, Pennsylvania, and had a son with him, Ethan, in 1962. They lived in New York City and Amecameca, Mexico, before amicably dissolving their marriage and both moving to the San Francisco area. She lived in San Rafael, California, for many years with her second husband, Stephen L. Davis. She died on April 28, 2017.[1]
Bibliography
As author
- Proud Peacock and the Mallard (1976)
- Doctor Grass (1978)
- The Rainbow Annals (1980)
- The Great Perpendicular Path(1980)
- Moonbird (1986)
- Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (with Avram Davidson, 1998)
- The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil (with Avram Davidson, 1998)
- Tree of Life, Book of Death: The Treasures of Grania Davis (short story collection, 2013)
As editor
- The Scarlet Fig: Or Slowly Through a Land of Stone (co-editor, with Henry Wessells, 2005)
- The Avram Davidson Treasury (co-editor, with Robert Silverberg, 1998)
- The Investigations of Avram Davidson (co-editor, with Richard A. Lupoff, 1999)
- Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven: Essential Jewish Tales of the Spirit (co-editor, with Jack Dann, 2000)
- The Other 19th Century (co-editor, with Henry Wessells, 2001)
- ¡Limekiller! (co-editor, with Henry Wessells, 2003)
- Speculative Japan (co-editor, with Gene Van Troyer, 2007)
External links
Notes and References
- News: Sterling . Bruce . 2017-05-14 . From the Avram Davidson electronic newsletter Vol. XVII No. 1 . . 2021-02-23 .
- Web site: Grania Davis (1943–2017) . 1 May 2017 . Locus Online . 2018-01-30.
- Grania Davis on Nippon 2007
- Grania Davis on Fantastic Fiction
- Tree of Life, Book of Death: The Treasures of Grania Davis (short story collection, 2013)
