Gretchen Felker-Martin Explained

Gretchen Felker-Martin
Birth Place:New Hampshire, United States
Period:2016–present
Genre:Horror fiction, science fiction, film criticism

Gretchen Felker-Martin is an American horror author and film and TV critic. She is best known to date for her novel Manhunt (2022).

Life and career

Gretchen Felker-Martin grew up in rural New Hampshire.[1] She moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2007.[2] She had film and TV criticism published in outlets such as Polygon and Time,[3] [4] and self-published several horror novellas starting in 2016.[5]

Felker-Martin's science fiction horror novel Manhunt was published on February 22, 2022, in the U.S. by Tor Nightfire.[6] Manhunt appeared on best-of-year lists in multiple publications, including appearing at #1 in Vulture's list of "The Best Books of 2022".[7] Roxane Gay selected it as one of the "25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature", writing, "This is the kind of book that queer writers have been desperate to write forever and are rarely given the opportunity to."[8] The Los Angeles Review of Books wrote, "Felker-Martin's horror novel cunningly weaves trans determinism, war, and trauma together in an effort to locate joy, empathy, and pleasure in a world on fire."[9] In October 2024, Lilly Wachowski announced that she is adapting Manhunt into a TV series with Felker-Martin.[10] [11]

Her novel Cuckoo was published on June 11, 2024.[12] In its first week it entered the USA Today best-seller list,[13] and it was chosen as one of the "Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)" by Vulture.[14] Publishers Weekly wrote, "Laying bare grief, terror, and the tenderness that makes it all matter, this is horror at its best."[15]

Also in June 2024 she wrote a short story in issue #41 of Harley Quinn.[16]

Felker-Martin is transgender,[1] and uses she/her pronouns.

Bibliography

Novels

Novellas

Short stories

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gregory . Drew Burnett . Gretchen Felker-Martin on the Unimportance of Being Valid . Autostraddle . February 22, 2022 . October 20, 2024 .
  2. Web site: Goodfellow . Liz . Worcester Speaks #4: Gretchen Felker-Martin . Worcester Sucks and I Love It . September 27, 2024 . October 20, 2024.
  3. Web site: Hunting Men: A Conversation with Gretchen Felker-Martin . Heat Death . January 27, 2022 . October 20, 2024.
  4. Felker-Martin . Gretchen . Why We Love Violent Delights . TIME . October 28, 2022 . October 20, 2024.
  5. Web site: Snellings . April . On the Cover: Gretchen Felker-Martin . THE BIG THRILL . January 31, 2022 . October 20, 2024.
  6. Web site: Knife . Blood . Interview: Gretchen Felker-Martin on Manhunt, and Refusing to Hide the Violence of the Everyday . Blood Knife . February 1, 2022 . October 20, 2024.
  7. Web site: Jones . Nate . Quah . Nicholas . Willmore . Alison . Ebiri . Bilge . The Best Books of 2022 . Vulture . January 3, 2023 . October 20, 2024.
  8. Web site: Soller . Kurt . Brown . Liz . Courteau . Rose . Guadagnino . Kate . Holdren . Sara . Jackson . Brian Keith . Moffitt . Evan . Morales . Miguel . Obaro . Tomi . Romack . Coco . Snyder . Michael . Thomas . June . The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature . The New York Times . June 22, 2023 . October 20, 2024.
  9. Web site: The Future Is Bloody: On Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt" . Los Angeles Review of Books . April 30, 2022 . October 20, 2024.
  10. Gregory. Drew Burnett. Lilly Wachowski Has Her Combat Boots On. Autostraddle. October 11, 2024. October 15, 2024.
  11. Web site: Lilly Wachowski to adapt trans body horror novel Manhunt . Dazed . October 14, 2024 . October 20, 2024.
  12. Web site: Adult Books for Teens 2024 . Macmillan Library . October 4, 2023 . October 20, 2024.
  13. Web site: Cuckoo . USA TODAY . June 19, 2024 . October 20, 2024.
  14. Web site: Hughes . Emily C. . The Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far) . Vulture . October 3, 2024 . October 20, 2024.
  15. Web site: Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin . PublishersWeekly.com . October 20, 2024.
  16. Web site: Smart . Kendra . Review: Harley Quinn #41 . Dark Knight News . June 26, 2024 . October 20, 2024.

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