About

Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer (born July 7, 1968) is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist known for his Southern Gothic-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Born in Bellingham, Washington, VanderMeer spent his formative years in the rural South. He began writing in the mid-1980s, publishing his first novel "Veniss Underground" in 1994. Notably, his "Southern Reach" trilogy ("Annihilation," "Authority," and "Acceptance") brought him widespread recognition and critical acclaim. VanderMeer has received numerous awards, including the Nebula, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson Awards. His work has been praised for its unique blending of genres, its atmospheric and surreal settings, and its exploration of environmental and societal issues.

Book Series by Jeff VanderMeer

Ambergris Series

City of Saints and Madmen

2001

Shriek

2006

Finch

2009

Southern Reach Series

Annihilation

2014

Authority

2014

Acceptance

2014

Area X (Complete Trilogy)

2014

Absolution

2024

Borne Series

Borne

2017

The Strange Bird (Short Story)

2017

Dead Astronauts

2019

Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Series

A Peculiar Peril

2020

Leviathan Series

Leviathan: Cities ( By: Jay Lake, Forrest Aguirre, Ben Peek, Michael Cisco, K.J. Bishop, Stepan Chapman, Ursula Pflug, Allan Kausch, Tim Jarvis, Catherine Kasper, Darla Beasley)

2004

Jeff VanderMeer Other Novels

Veniss Underground

2003

The Situation

2008

The Three Quests of the Wizard Sarnod

2010

Hummingbird Salamander

2021

Jeff VanderMeer Short Stories/Novellas

Dradin, In Love (Short Story)

1996

The Transformation of Martin Lake

1999

Why Should I Cut Your Throat? (Short Story)

2004

Errata (Short Story)

2010

Balzac's War (Short Story)

2011

Greensleeves (Short Story)

2011

Komodo (Short Story)

2014

This World Is Full of Monsters (Short Story)

2017

Wildlife

2022

Jeff VanderMeer Short Story Collections

The Day Dali Died (Short Story)

2003

Secret Life

2004

The Third Bear

2007

Strange Tales of Secret Lives

2007

The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories (Short Story) ( With: Cat Rambo)

2007

The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature ( With: S.J. Chambers)

2011

Monstrous Creatures: Explorations of Fantasy Through Essays, Articles and Reviews

2011

Jeff VanderMeer Non-Fiction Books

The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals: The Evil Monkey Dialogues ( With: Ann VanderMeer)

2010

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

2013

The Steampunk User's Manual ( With: S.J. Chambers)

2014

Predator Series

Predator ( By: Paul Monette)

1987

Predator 2 ( By: Simon Hawke)

1990

Concrete Jungle ( By: James A. Moore, Nathan Archer)

1995

Cold War ( By: Nathan Archer)

1997

Big Game ( By: Sandy Schofield)

1999

Forever Midnight ( By: John Shirley)

2006

Flesh and Blood ( By: Robert Greenberger, Michael Jan Friedman)

2007

South China Sea

2008

Turnabout ( By: Steve Perry)

2008

Incursion ( By: Tim Lebbon)

2015

If It Bleeds ( By: Jonathan Maberry, Jeremy Robinson, Kevin J. Anderson, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Tim Lebbon, Andrew Mayne, Steve Perry, Mira Grant, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward)

2017

Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel ( By: James A. Moore)

2018

Stalking Shadows ( By: James A. Moore, Mark Morris)

2020

Cat Rambo Collections with Cat Rambo

The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories (Short Story) ( With: Cat Rambo)

2007

Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight ( By: Cat Rambo)

2009

Near ( By: Cat Rambo)

2012

Altered America ( By: Cat Rambo)

2016

Neither Here Nor There ( By: Cat Rambo)

2016

The Time Traveller's Almanac Series with Ann VanderMeer

Experiments

2014

Reactionaries

2014

Mazes & Traps

2014

Communiqués

2014

Jeff VanderMeer Anthologies

Dark Terrors

1995

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7

1996

Leviathan 2

1998

Leviathan

2002

Dark Terrors 6

2002

The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases

2003

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14

2003

Breaking Windows

2003

Polyphony, Volume 5

2005

Best New Fantasy

2006

Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories

2007

Twentieth Annual Collection

2007

Brothers & Beasts

2007

Booklife

2007

Fast Ships, Black Sails

2008

The New Weird

2008

Polluto 2: Apocalypses and Garden Furniture

2008

Steampunk

2008

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 20

2008

Best American Fantasy 2008

2008

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

2008

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 25, October 2008

2008

Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe

2009

Year's Best SF 14

2009

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance

2009

Last Drink Bird Head

2009

Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded

2010

The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

2010

Happily Ever After

2011

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

2011

Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters

2011

Steampunk III

2012

Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions

2012

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk

2012

Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top

2012

Fungi

2012

The Time Traveler's Almanac

2013

Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014

2014

Sisters of the Revolution

2015

Love Hurts

2015

Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold

2016

The Big Book of Science Fiction

2016

Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker

2017

Worlds Seen in Passing

2018

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

2019

The Big Book of Modern Fantasy

2020

Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn

2022

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