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Jean-Claude Dunyach, born in 1957, has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics and supercomputing. He works for Airbus France in Toulouse (south of France).
He has been writing science fiction since the beginning of the 1980s, and has already published seven novels and six collections of short stories, garnering the French Science-Fiction award in 1983 and two Rosny Ainé Award in 1992, as well as the “Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire” and Prix Ozone in 1997.
The short story “Déchiffrer la trame” (“Unravelling the thread”) won the “Prix de l’Imaginaire 1998” and “Prix Rosny 1998” and was elected “best story of the year” by the Interzone magazine readers.
His latest novel, “Etoiles Mourantes” (Dying Stars), written in collaboration with the famous French writer Ayerdhal, won the “Grand Prix de la Tour Eiffel” in 1999 as well as the “Prix Ozone”. It is published by the French editor J’ai lu, as well as “Etoiles Mortes”, Prix Rosny 1992. “Etoiles Mourantes” was also published in Italy by Fanucci (“Stelle Morenti”).
The French editor L’Atalante published two collections of short stories in 2000. Another collection appeared in May 2001 and the fourth one in May 2003. The next one should be available end of 2004.
Jean-Claude Dunyach also writes lyrics for several French singers, which served as an inspiration for one of his novels about a rock and roll singer touring in Antarctica with a zombie philharmonic orchestra…
'Novels (in French)'
1 — LE JEU DES SABLIERS (A quest for Hourglasses) Editions ISF
2 — ÉTOILES MORTES (Dead Stars) Editions J’ai lu
3 — VOLEURS DE SILENCE (Thieves of silence) Editions J’ai lu
4 — ROLL OVER, AMUNDSEN Editions Fleuve Noir
5 — LA GUERRE DES CERCLES (War of circles) Editions Fleuve Noir
6 — ÉTOILES MOURANTES (with Ayerdhal) (Dying Stars) Editions J’ai lu
Collection of short stories (in French)
1 — AUTOPORTRAIT Editions Denoël
2 — LA STATION DE L’AGNELLE Editions l’Atalante
3 — DIX JOURS SANS VOIR LA MER Editions l’Atalante
4 — DÉCHIFFRER LA TRAME Editions l’Atalante
5 — LES NAGEURS DE SABLE Editions l’Atalante
Short stories published in English
Several short stories have been published in English in recent years:
"In Medicis Gardens" appeared in Full Spectrum 4 (Bantam)
“The Dead Eye of the Camera” appeared in Full Spectrum 5
“Come into my Parlor” appeared in the Australian magazine Altair (issue 1)
“Station of the Lamb” appeared in the Australian magazine Altair (issue 6)
“Unravelling the thread” appeared first in Interzone 133 (July 1998) and was reprinted in Year’s best SF 1998 (Hartwell)
“Footprints in the Snow” appeared in Interzone 150
“All the Roads to Heaven” appeared in Interzone 156
“Orchids in the night” appeared in Interzone 160
“Watch me when I sleep” appeared in Interzone 168 and was reprinted in Year’s best Fantasy and Horror 2002 (Tor Books)
“Enter the worms” appeared in ON SPEC Canadian magazine (Volume 14, Summer 2002)
“What the dead know” to appear in ON SPEC
16 short stories are gathered in “THE NIGHT ORCHID: CONAN DOYLE IN TOULOUSE” Black Coat Press (March 2004).
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