John Crowley

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in Presque Isle, Maine, The United States

December 01, 1942

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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...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

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 nominated for the 1980 American Book Award; it appears in David Pringle’s 100 Best Science Fiction Novels.
In 1981 came Little, Big, which Ursula Le Guin described as a book that “all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasy.”
In 1980 Crowley embarked on an ambitious four-volume novel, Ægypt, comprising The Solitudes (originally published as Ægypt), Love & Sleep, Dæmonomania, and Endless Things, published in May 2007. This series and Little, Big were cited when Crowley received the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature.
He is also the recipient of an Ingram Merrill Foundation grant. His recent novels are The Translator, recipient of the Premio Flaianno (Italy), and Lord Byron’s Novel: The Evening Land, which contains an entire imaginary novel by the poet. A novella, The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines, appeared in 2002. A museum-quality 25th anniversary edition of Little, Big, featuring the art of Peter Milton and a critical introduction by Harold Bloom, is in preparation.

Note: The John Crowley who wrote Sans épines, la rose: Tony Blair, un modèle pour l'Europe? is a different author with the same name. (website)(less)

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Average rating: 3.86 · 12,916 ratings · 1,731 reviews · 64 distinct works · Similar authors

	Little, Big 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 4,339 ratings — published 1981 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aegypt (The Aegypt Cycle, #1) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engine Summer 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 1979 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Translator 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love & Sleep (The Aegypt Cycle, #2) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daemonomania (The Aegypt Cycle, #3) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endless Things (The Aegypt Cycle, #4) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deep 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The things that make us happy make us wise. ”
― John Crowley, Little, Big

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“The further in you go, the bigger it gets.”
― John Crowley, Little, Big

tags: esoteric-wisdom

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“Love is a myth.'
'Love is a myth,' Grandfather Trout said. 'Like summer.'
'What?'
'In winter,'Grandfather Trout said, 'summer is a myth. A report, a rumor. Not to be believed in. Get it? Love is a myth. So is summer.”
― John Crowley, Little, Big

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MAY FANTASY: This poll decides which 2 books will move on to the run-off poll for our May Fantasy Book of the Month

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

24 votes, 23.3%

Little, Big by John Crowley

14 votes, 13.6%

Vellum by Hal Duncan

14 votes, 13.6%

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

14 votes, 13.6%

Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh

11 votes, 10.7%

The Etched City by K.J. Bishop

8 votes, 7.8%

The Child Thief by Brom

7 votes, 6.8%

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

6 votes, 5.8%

Son of Avonar by Carol Berg

3 votes, 2.9%

Transformation by Carol Berg

2 votes, 1.9%

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