John Crowleyauthor profile |
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| born | December 01, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| gender | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Presque Isle, Maine, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| website | http://crowleycrow.livejournal.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
John Crowley was born in Presque Isle, Maine, in 1942; his father was then an officer in the US Army Air Corps. He grew up in Vermont, northeastern Kentucky and (for the longest stretch) Indiana, where he went to high school and college. He moved to New York City after college to make movies, and did find work in documentary films, an occupation he still pursues. He published his first novel (The Deep) in 1975, and his 15th volume of fiction (Endless Things) in 2007. Since 1993 he has taught creative writing at Yale University. In 1992 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. His first published novels were science fiction: The Deep (1975) and Beasts (1976). Engine Summer (1979) was n...more |
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books by John Crowleycombine editionsavg rating: 4.05 | 1126 ratings | 26 distinct works
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quotes by John Crowley
"It occurred to him that seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story."
— John Crowley
— John Crowley
""Well, do you do that consciously?" Daily Alice asked, only partly of Cloud.
"Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You see it's inevitable, or refuse to. You greet it or don't -- take it in trade, maybe, for all you're going to lose anyway. Or you can refuse, and have what you've got to lose snatched from you, and never take payment -- never see a trade is possible.""
— John Crowley (Little, Big)
"Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You see it's inevitable, or refuse to. You greet it or don't -- take it in trade, maybe, for all you're going to lose anyway. Or you can refuse, and have what you've got to lose snatched from you, and never take payment -- never see a trade is possible.""
— John Crowley (Little, Big)












