J. M. McDermott (Joe M. McDermott) is an American writer of fantasy, and science fiction.
McDermott lives in Georgia, and holds an MFA in popular fiction from the University of Southern Maine and a BA in creative writing from the University of Houston.
His first novel, Last Dragon, was #6 on Amazon.com's Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2008,Omnivoracious: A Brilliant New Talent: J.M. McDermott shortlisted for a Crawford Prize for First Fantasy,Locus Online News: Gregory Wins Crawford and on Locus Magazine's Recommended Reading List for Debuts in 2008.Locus Online: 2008 Books Directory: Novels His second novel, Never Knew Another is the beginning of the Dogsland Trilogy, from Nightshade Books."Giving Birth to the Dark Monster: A Conversation with J. M. McDermott".— by Jeremy L. C. Jones, ClarksWworld. It received strong critical praise including a review by noted genre critic, John Clute, in Strange Horizons.Strange Horizons Columns: Scores, by John Clute The second novel of the trilogy was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, praising the depiction of the anti-hero of the novel.Fiction Book Review: When We Were Executioners by J.M. McDermott. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $14.99 trade paper (240p)
Books Last Dragon Never Knew AnotherNever Knew Another by JM McDermott book review When We Were ExecutionersStrange Horizons Reviews: When We Were Executioners by J. M. McDermott, reviewed by Jesse Bullington The Book Smugglers | Book Review: When We Were Executioners by J. M. McDermott Maze"Maze by J. M. McDermott Reviewed by Nina Allan" . Strange Horizons. 14 May 2014 We Leave Together"We Leave Together". Publishers Weekly. The Fortress At The End of TimeExcerpts from Fortress at the End of Time on Tor.com
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http://jmmcdermott.wordpress.com