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Ekaterina Sedia

Author of The Alchemy of Stone

41+ Works 2,361 Members 117 Reviews 5 Favorited

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Includes the names: E. Sedia, Kathy Sedia, ekaterina sedia, Ekatarina Sedia

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Works by Ekaterina Sedia

The Alchemy of Stone (2008) 626 copies
The Secret History of Moscow (2007) — Author — 609 copies
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy (2008) — Editor — 211 copies
Heart of Iron (2011) 176 copies
The House of Discarded Dreams (2010) 173 copies
Running with the Pack (2010) — Editor — 146 copies
Moscow But Dreaming (2012) 87 copies
Willful Impropriety: 13 Tales of Society, Scandal, and Romance (2012) — Editor — 81 copies
Bewere the Night (2011) — Editor — 76 copies
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top (2012) — Editor — 67 copies
Bloody Fabulous (2012) — Editor — 40 copies
The Mammoth Book of Gaslit Romance (2014) — Editor — 11 copies
According To Crow (2005) 10 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 025 (October 2008) (2008) — Editor — 5 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 026 (November 2008) — Editor — 4 copies
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Associated Works

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists (2011) — Contributor — 417 copies
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk (2012) — Introduction — 219 copies
Haunted Legends (2010) — Contributor — 179 copies
The Future is Japanese (2012) — Contributor — 167 copies
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2011 Edition (2011) — Contributor — 117 copies
Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 116 copies
Magic in the Mirrorstone: Tales of Fantasy (2008) — Contributor — 112 copies
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 Edition (2010) — Contributor — 111 copies
The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women (2014) — Contributor — 110 copies
Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2008) — Contributor — 101 copies
Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales (2013) — Contributor — 91 copies
The Apex Book of World SF 2 (2012) — Contributor — 84 copies
Dark Faith (2010) — Contributor — 72 copies
The Best of World SF: Volume 1 (2021) — Contributor — 71 copies
Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine (2008) — Contributor — 71 copies
We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology (2013) — Afterword — 63 copies
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2013 Edition (2013) — Contributor — 61 copies
Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends (2019) — Contributor — 54 copies
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings (2012) — Contributor — 50 copies
Fantasy Magazine, Issue 59 (December 2015) - Queers Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue (2015) — Contributor — 44 copies
Shotguns v. Cthulhu (2013) — Contributor — 38 copies
Clarkesworld: Year Three (2013) — Contributor — 37 copies
Fantasy (2007) — Contributor — 35 copies
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition (2008) — Contributor — 32 copies
Last Drink Bird Head : A Flash Fiction Anthology for Charity (2009) — Contributor — 30 copies
Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations (2007) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Lone Star Stories Reader (2008) — Contributor — 23 copies
Japanese Dreams: Fantasies, Fictions & Fairytales (2009) — Contributor — 21 copies
Descended From Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. I (2009) — Contributor — 17 copies
Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary (2015) — Contributor — 17 copies
Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction (2018) — Contributor — 15 copies
Spicy Slipstream Stories (2008) — Contributor — 14 copies
Text: Ur (2007) — Contributor — 14 copies
Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (2021) — Contributor — 14 copies
Not Our Kind (2015) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Lion and the Aardvark: Aesop's Modern Fables (2013) — Contributor — 13 copies
Dark Futures: Tales of Dystopian SF (2010) — Contributor — 12 copies
Exotic Gothic 4 (2012) — Contributor — 12 copies
Jabberwocky (2006) — Contributor — 11 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 10 • March 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 11 copies
Poe's Progeny (2005) — Contributor — 10 copies
Descended From Darkness: Apex Magazine Vol. II (2010) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Elastic Book of Numbers (2005) — Contributor — 9 copies
Mythic 2 (2006) — Contributor — 9 copies
Schemers: Betrayal Knows No Boundaries (2013) — Contributor — 9 copies
Zombies vs Robots: Women on War! (2012) — Contributor — 8 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 14 • July 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 8 copies
Apex Magazine 17 (October 2010) (2010) — Contributor — 7 copies
Exotic Gothic 3 Strange Visitations (2009) — Contributor — 6 copies
Strange Little Girls (2016) — Contributor — 6 copies
Medicine Show (The Liquid Laughter Project) (2006) — Contributor — 5 copies
Under the Rose (2009) — Contributor — 5 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 070 (July 2012) (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies
Zombies Vs Robots: Diplomacy (2013) — Contributor — 3 copies
Walrus Tales (2012) — Contributor — 3 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 018 (March 2008) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names
Sedia, E.
Sedia, Kathy
Birthdate
1970-07-09
Gender
female
Nationality
Russia
Birthplace
Moscow, Russia
Places of residence
New Jersey, USA
Moscow, Russia
Education
Moscow State University
Rutgers University-Camden
Occupations
fantasy writer
fantasy novelist
professor
magazine editor
Short biography
Ekaterina "Kathy" Sedia, née Holland, was born in Moscow, Russia and attended Moscow State University. She came to the USA to work as a research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then enrolled for graduate studies at Rutgers University-Camden, New Jersey, where she earned a Ph.D. in 2001. She is a professor of plant ecology and evolution at Richard Stockton College of NJ. She is best known as a fantasy novelist, her most famous work to date being The Alchemy of Stone (2008). Her other novels include The Secret History of Moscow, According to Crow, and The House of Discarded Dreams. She has also written short stories, poems, and nonfiction books. She was the editor of Jigsaw Nation and the World Fantasy Award-winning Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy.

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The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
Not the best, not the worst, good, but frustrating. Just enough to get interested in the various characters, but only enough to be satisfied with regard to one.
 
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IsraOverZero | 30 other reviews | Sep 23, 2023 |
The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
Just about anyone who loves to read is familiar with the great Russian writers of the 19th century like Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Gogol, Ckekhov, etc. But how many of us are familiar with the writers of modern day Russia ? While spending a lot of time watching the Sochi Olympics and hearing about Russia I decided it was time I looked into some current Russian literature, and wound up being really pleased with this selection. The Secret History of Moscow is a real gem. It has so many elements. It's part Russian history, part fairy tale, part horror, part fantasy. And for good measure there's even a bit of romance thrown in. Will definitely have to explore more modern day Russian fiction.… (more)
 
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Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top by Ken Scholes
Ólíkar sögur sem eiga það sameiginlegt að tengjast sirkus með einu eða öðru leyti. Margar ágætar og eftirminnilegar en þær voru eiginlega of ólíkar og tætingslegar til að mynda einhverja heild.
 
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Works
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Members
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Favorited
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