Gemma Files

Gemma Files (April 4, 1968) is a Canadian horror and dark fantasy writer. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies of Lovecraftian fiction, including A Mountain Walked, Lovecraft Unbound, Lovecraft's Monsters, Autumn Cthulhu, Dreams From the Witch House, and Cthulhu's Daughters.
Files was born in London, England, to actors Elva Mai Hoover and Gary Files. The family relocated to Toronto, Ontario, where Files still resides. A graduate of Ryerson University, she reviewed film for Toronto's eye Weekly from 1993-2001, and taught at the Toronto Film School from 2001-2008.LinkedIn, Gemma Files.
She is the author of over 100 short stories, five short-story collections, and five novels,Aqueduct Press, "Gemma Files". including Experimental Film, which won the 2015 Shirley Jackson Award for best novel.The Shirley Jackson Awards, "2015 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999.International Horror Guild, "IHG Award Recipients". Five of her short stories were adapted by the Canadian horror anthology TV series The Hunger.Wikipedia, "The Hunger (TV Series)". Files has also published three collections of poetry.
Gemma Files married the science fiction and fantasy writer Stephen J. Barringer in 2002. They have one son.Wikipedia, "Gemma Files".
== Selected Work ==
* “Marya Nox” (2009)
* "Haruspicy" (poem) (2011)
* "[Anasazi]" (2014)
* "Every Hole in the Earth We Will Claim as Our Own" (2015)
* "Hair Work" (2015)
* "Grave Goods" (2016)
== External Links ==
* "Gemma Files" at Wikipedia
* "Gemma Files" at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
* "Gemma Files" at Aqueduct Press
== References ==
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