Partial Eclipse: and Other Stories

by Graham Joyce

Book by Joyce, Graham

Genres: Short Stories, Fantasy, Collections

220 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Graham Joyce (22 October 1954 – 9 September 2014) was an English writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards for both his novels and short stories.

After receiving a B.Ed. from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 and a M.A. from the University of Leicester in 1980. Joyce worked as a youth officer for the National Association of Youth Clubs until 1988. He subsequently quit his position and moved to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Crete to write his first novel, Dreamside. After selling Dreamside to Pan Books in 1991, Joyce moved back to England to pursue a career as a full-time writer.

Graham Joyce resided in Leicester with his wife, Suzanne Johnsen, and their two children, Joseph and Ella. He taught Creative Writing to graduate students at Nottingham Trent University from 1996 until his death, and was made a Reader in Creative Writing.

Joyce died on 9 September 2014. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2013.

Reviews

[Terry Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great selection of short stories and novellas by my favourite author and Leningrad Nights deserves 5 stars alone without the rest of the brilliant short stories which are all very different just like the rest of his other novels.

[Nicholas Hunter]

Special signed edition #602 of 1250.