Barbara Roden (born 1963) is a Canadian horror writer and editor.
Barbara Roden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
Biography edit
Barbara Roden was born in 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She studied journalism. With her husband Christopher Roden, she founded Ash-Tree Press in 1994.[1][2] She is editor of All Hallows for the Ghost Story Society. She is a longstanding Sherlock Holmes fan, and she and her husband have edited a number of titles as well as one she wrote. Roden has won World Fantasy Awards as editor and publisher. She has also written fiction and her work has gained awards.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Roden now lives in Ashcroft, British Columbia, and in 2018 she was elected mayor of the village. She is the editor of the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal and in 2018 was awarded the Jack Webster Award for community reporting.[11][12]
Awards edit
- 1997 World Fantasy Awards—special award
- 2000 Bram Stoker Awards—specialty press award
- 2005 World Fantasy Awards—anthology, Acquainted with the Night
- 2005 International Horror Guild Awards—anthology, Acquainted with the Night
Bibliography edit
As author edit
- Northwest Passages (2009)
As editor or co-editor edit
- All Hallows (journal, 1994–2007)
- Lady Stanhope's Manuscript and Other Supernatural Tales (1994)
- Forgotten Ghosts: The Supernatural Anthologies of Hugh Lamb (1996)
- Midnight Never Comes (1997)
- Shadows and Silence (2000)
- Acquainted with the Night (2004)
- At Ease with the Dead (2007)
- Shades of Darkness (2008)
Short fiction edit
- "Dead Man's Pears" (1994)
- "The Adventure of the Suspect Servant" (1997)
- "Tourist Trap" (2000)
- "Northwest Passage" (2004)
- "The Appointed Time" (2005)
- "The Palace" (2007)
- "The Wide, Wide Sea" (2007)
- "The Hiding Place" (2007)
- "Association Copy" (2008)
- "Endless Night" (2008)
- "Back Roads" (2008)
- "The Things That Shall Come upon Them" (2008)
- "The Haunted House in Etobicoke" (2009)
- "The Brink of Eternity" (2009)
- "After" (2009)
- "Out and Back" (2009)
- "Home on the Range" (2009)
- "Flu Season" (2010)
- "404" (2011)
- "Sweet Sorrow" (2011)
- "Night Visitors" (2012)
- "All Souls Day" (2013)
- "Undesirable Residence" (2013)
- "Strone House" (2015)
References and sources edit
- ^ "The Ash-Tree Anthologies, edited by Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden – Black Gate". Black Gate – Adventures in Fantasy Literature. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Dirda, Michael (31 October 2004). "The season of mellow fruitfulness is also fright time". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Barbara Roden – File 770". File 770. 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Barbara Roden". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "sfadb : Barbara Roden Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Barbara Roden". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Roden, B. (2012). Mammoth Books presents Out and Back. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4721-0241-6. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Prepolec, C.; Campbell, J.R.; Klinger, L.S.; Volk, S.; Connolly, L.C.; Meikle, W.; Moore, J.A.; Maynard, W.P.; Trenholm, H.; Jackson, N. (2009). Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Hades Publications Incorporated. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-894063-70-8. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Datlow, E. (2009). Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. Rebellion. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-84997-210-9. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Roden, Barbara (2019-07-17). "Barbara Roden – Page 5 – BC Local News". BC Local News. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Jure, Brendan Kyle (2018-10-20). "Barbara Roden elected mayor of Ashcroft". Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Council Bio – Village of Ashcroft". Village of Ashcroft – Wellness Awaits You. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
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