John Crowley

1942 -

Country of citizenship: United States

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Indiana University, Indiana University Bloomington

Occupation: writer, screenwriter, novelist, university teacher, science fiction writer

Award received: Mythopoeic Awards, Locus Award for Best Short Story, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel, Imaginales award for best foreign-language novel, World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

Official website: crowleycrow.livejournal.com

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John Crowley (born December 1, 1942) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and non-fiction. Crowley studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer. Crowley is best known as the author of Little, Big (1981), a work which received World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and has been called "a neglected masterpiece" by Harold Bloom, and his Ægypt series of novels which revolve around the same themes of Hermeticism, memory, families and religion. Some of his nonfiction writing has appeared bimonthly in Harper's Magazine in the form of his "Easy Chair" column, which ended in 2016. Source: Wikipedia (en)