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jasmine iii -lrb- 1993 -rrb- sailing and lucy taylor at world horror convention american 1950 contemporary horror jasmine & lucywhc.jpg lucy taylor
 lucy taylor novelist
lucy taylor

lucy taylor is an american horror novel writer .
her novel , `` the safety of unknown cities '' was awarded the bram stoker award for best first novel and the international horror guild award for best first novel in 1995 , and the deathrealm award for best novel in 1996 .
her collection `` the flesh artist '' was nominated for the bram stoker award -lrb- superior achievement in a fiction collection -rrb- in 1994 .
taylor has been called `` the queen of erotic horror '' by jasmine sailing .
the online `` locus index to science fiction '' -lrb- published by locus magazine -rrb- has also categorized several of her works as `` erotic horror '' .
original short fiction of hers appears in all five volumes of the international anthology series , `` exotic gothic . ''
she has a b.a. in philosophy .
her early writing included non-fiction travel writing .
