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Anton Strout

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born

January 24, 1970 in Pittsfield, Mass, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.antonstrout.com

twitter username

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genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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February 2008

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When not plotting against his mortal enemy Patrick Rothfuss, Anton Strout is the author of the Simon Canderous urban fantasy series for Ace Books including Dead To Me, Deader Still, Dead Matter and Dead Waters.
His new book with Ace Books Alchemystic is the first in the upcoming Spellmason Chronicles and comes out 9/25/12.

He is also the host and curator of content for The Once & Future Podcast, a weekly show that focuses on discussions with other working writers.

His other writing has appeared in a variety of anthologies—some of which include Simon Canderous tie-in stories—including: Boondocks Fantasy, The Dimension Next Door, A Girl’s Guide to Guns & Monsters, Pandora’s Closet, Spells of the City, and Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bu...more

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Anton Strout's Blog

Introducing my latest project- The Once & Future Podcast

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Thing is, no one out there was doing exactly the kind of
one I wanted to be hearing, so I’ve taken it upon myself to fill that
void.

I love books and I love my fellow authors. I am pretty keen on
celebrating that. I wanted a place where I could talk about all things
happening within my chosen genre, all the things I love in fantasy,
science fiction, even some crossover...

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Books by Anton Strout

Average rating: 3.53 · 1,985 ratings · 348 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Dead To Me (Simon Canderous, #1) 3.23 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Deader Still (Simon Canderous, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Dead Matter (Simon Canderous, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dead Waters (Simon Canderous, #4) 3.85 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Alchemystic 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Kerrie Hughes (Editor/Contributor), Jane Lindskold (Contributor) 3.35 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	After Hours: Tales from Ur-Bar by Joshua Palmatier (Goodreads Author), Patricia Bray (Editor), Anton Strout (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Kerrie Hughes (Editor), Anton Strout (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.48 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Human For A Day by Martin H. Greenberg, Jennifer Brozek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laura Resnick (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pandora's Closet by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Jean Rabe (Editor), Anton Strout (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Anton Strout

Simon Canderous (4 books)
by Anton Strout (Goodreads Author)

3.52 avg rating — 1,685 ratings

Spellmason (1 book)
by Anton Strout (Goodreads Author)

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Anton liked ***Dave Hill's review of Dead To Me: " All the descriptions of this book made me think I'd like it -- and, sadly, all my time reading the book made me think of how Charles Stross nailed with his Atrocity Archives series what Anton Strout is trying to do here. There's not particularly w... " Read more of this review »
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Quotes by Anton Strout

“Of all the ways I had imagined my death, getting beaten by my zombified mentor while trapped by a cannibalistic window handle wasn’t one of them”
― Anton Strout, Dead To Me

tags: death , trapped

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“Luckily, we rarely dealt with the possible.”
― Anton Strout, Dead To Me

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“Evil was hard enough to contend with without its appointed representative going all blubbery.”
― Anton Strout, Dead To Me

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“Of all the ways I had imagined my death, getting beaten by my zombified mentor while trapped by a cannibalistic window handle wasn’t one of them”
― Anton Strout, Dead To Me

tags: death , trapped

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