Christopher Buehlman

Christopher Buehlman (born February 22, 1969)^[1] is an American novelist, comedian, playwright, and poet from St. Petersburg, Florida.

Christopher Buehlman
Born	(1969-02-22) February 22, 1969 (age 56) Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist comedian playwright poet
Alma mater	Florida State University
Period	1989–present
Genre	Horror fantasy historical fiction dark comedy
Notable awards	Bridport Prize for poetry 2007 Wanton – winner

Early life and education

Buehlman was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1969, to an adolescent young woman originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was subsequently adopted by Joseph and Christeen Buehlman of St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended Thom Howard Academy, a school for gifted and special needs students, from 1973 until 1982, when he enrolled at Northeast High School as a sophomore. He graduated from Northeast in 1985 at the age of sixteen. He briefly attended the University of Florida that year, then got his associate degree from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1989. He studied French language and History at Florida State University,^[2] graduating in 1994 with a bachelor's degree.^{[citation needed]}

He speaks French with near fluency^[3] and is conversant in Spanish.^{[citation needed]}

Work

Performance

A lifelong fan of renaissance festivals, Buehlman developed an act called "Christophe the Insultor,"^[4] roasting fair-goers for money at the behest of their friends; he has been touring with this act for 25 years. Early in his career the material was period and PG-13, performed in the lanes, but as the act moved on stage and into festival taverns it got bluer, more modern, and wilder, and has a strong cult following—most of his 18,000 Facebook followers have personally seen his show. He has also written and performed a one-man show about Christopher Marlowe, written a festival stage show called The Bastard Monks, and still performs his shows Filthy Irish Stories and Fat Shakespeare for the Sterling Renaissance Festival in the summer.^{[citation needed]}

Literary

Buehlman's poetry has appeared in the Atlanta Review, and other literary and university publications. He was a finalist in the 2006 War Poetry Contest, and the 2008 Forward Prizes for Poetry list.^[5]

His first full-length play, Hot Nights for the War Wives of Ithaka, debuted at Jobsite Theater of Tampa in March 2012.^[6] He is the author of numerous short plays often performed out of doors.^{[citation needed]}

He is the author of several novels, which range in setting from 14th century France to 1930s American South to modern-day New York.^{[citation needed]}

Buehlman wrote the foreword to the 2022 Medieval horror anthology Howls From the Dark Ages.^[7]

Television

In 2018, Buehlman authored a segment called "The Man in the Suitcase" for the Shudder reboot of Creepshow;^[8] it is described as "a nifty little tale of comeuppance...[which] delivers much of what's been missing with Shudder's show so far."^[9]

Awards

• 2007 winner, Bridport Prize for poetry ("Wanton")
• 2011 nominee, World Fantasy Award for best novel (Those Across The River)^[10]
• 2014 nominee, Shirley Jackson Award for best novel (The Lesser Dead)^[11]

Bibliography

Novels

• Those Across the River (Ace, 2011)^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}
• Between Two Fires (Ace, 2012)^[18][19]
• The Necromancer's House (Ace, 2013)^[20][21][22]
• The Lesser Dead (Berkley, 2014)^[23][24]
• The Suicide Motor Club (Berkley, 2016)^[25][26][27]
• The Blacktongue Thief (Tor, 2021)^[28]
• The Daughters' War (Tor, 2024),^[29] a prequel to The Blacktongue Thief

Plays

• The Last Neanderthals: A Paleolithic Comedy
• Hot Nights for the War Wives of Ithaka
• A Sodomite's Christmas in Elizabethan London
• Vulgar Sermons

Poetry

• "Bear Attacks"
• "Wanton"
• "Rapture"
• "Love Song for the Geminid Meteors"