{{Short description|American musician and writer}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Stemple | image = Adam Stemple performing April 2015.jpg | caption = Stemple at Cats Laughing reunion concert, April 2015 | occupation = Musician, writer | years_active = 1988–present | instruments = Guitar, vocals | associated_acts = Cats Laughing, Boiled in Lead, The Tim Malloys | genre = Folk rock, Celtic music | website = {{URL|www.adamstemple.com}} }} '''Adam Stemple''' is a Celtic-influenced American folk rock musician, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also the author of several fantasy short stories and novels, including two series of novels co-written with his mother, writer Jane Yolen.
Stemple also wrote a Push-Fold chart for poker with poker player Chris Wallace.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/chris-wallace-adam-stemple-release-fundamentals-of-no-limit-holdem-16093/|title=Chris Wallace, Adam Stemple Release Fundamentals of No Limit Hold'em|date=October 14, 2010|website=Poker News Daily}}</ref>
==Music== Stemple played guitar and sang as a member of the folk rock "rock-and-reel" band Cats Laughing from 1988 to 1996.<ref name=meyer1996>{{cite news|last=Meyer |first=Jim |date=January 5, 1996 |title=Lojo Russo seeks ethereal accessibility |journal=Star Tribune |page=02.E }}</ref> The band also included notable fantasy/science fiction authors Steven Brust and Emma Bull.
For twelve years, he was lead singer/guitarist for the band Boiled in Lead.<ref>{{cite web |work=AllMusic |title=Artist Biography: Boiled in Lead |first=Steven |last=McDonald |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boiled-in-lead-mn0000081713/biography }}</ref> Stemple first appeared on Boiled in Lead's 1994 album ''Antler Dance''.<ref name=antler/> He co-wrote nine songs with science fiction and fantasy author Steven Brust on the 1995 album ''Songs from The Gypsy'', released as an enhanced CD. The CD has the distinction of including the full text of the novel ''The Gypsy'', which Brust co-authored with Megan Lindholm and upon which the songs were based.<ref name=greenman>{{cite journal|title=Boiled in Lead: The Not Quite Complete Recordings |first=Chuck |last=Lipsig |date=January 17, 2011 |journal=The Green Man Review |url=http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_boiledinlead_essential.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318144120/http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_boiledinlead_essential.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 18, 2007 }}</ref>
Stemple also produced and performed on Steven Brust's solo album ''A Rose for Iconoclastes''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.adamstemple.com/music/|title = Discography|access-date = January 4, 2015|website = Adam Stemple|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150104112725/http://www.adamstemple.com/music/|archive-date = 2015-01-04|url-status = live}}</ref>
Stemple currently is with the Tim Malloys, an Irish band. Like Cats Laughing and Boiled in Lead, Stemple's current group shares musical roots that incorporate Celtic and rock styles.
In April 2015, Stemple reunited with Cats Laughing in a concert at the Minicon science fiction convention. A live CD and DVD of the concert was released in late 2015.
==Fiction== Stemple's first novel, for Tor Books, was ''Singer of Souls''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Singer of Souls |url=https://archive.org/details/singerofsouls00stem |url-access=registration |first=Adam|last=Stemple|isbn=0-7653-1170-4|year=2005|publisher=Tor Books}}</ref> A sequel, ''Steward of Song'', was published in 2008.
With his mother, Jane Yolen, Stemple has also co-authored two series of books — the ''Rock 'n Roll Fairy Tale'' series, and more recently, ''The Seelie Wars''. The ''Rock 'n Roll Fairy Tale'' series began with ''Pay the Piper'', published in 2005 by Tor.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.adamstemple.com/writing/|title = Novels|access-date = January 4, 2015|website = Adam Stemple|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150104112151/http://www.adamstemple.com/writing/|archive-date = 2015-01-04|url-status = live}}</ref> ''Pay the Piper'' was the winner of the 2006 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book.<ref name="WWE-LYA">{{cite web|title=Locus Awards: Winners by Category |work=Locus |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByCategory.html#yabk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123123736/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByCategory.html |archive-date=2014-11-23 }}</ref>
Stemple's short stories include a series of historical whodunnits set in feudal Japan, featuring a samurai master and apprentice as a sleuthing duo, for the historical fiction magazine ''Paradox''.
Among Stemple's other published short stories, "A Piece of Flesh" was chosen as one of ten short stories included in ''The Year's Best SF and Fantasy for Teens'' (2005).<ref name=yearsbest>{{cite book |title=The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens |editor1-first=Jane |editor1-last=Yolen |editor2-first=Patrick |editor2-last=Nielsen Hayden |year=2005 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9780765313836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rynV4L8vAgC }}</ref>
Stemple was among the members of a group of writers known as the Pre-Joycean Fellowship, which included his bandmates Emma Bull and Steven Brust.
==Discography==
'''with Cats Laughing:''' * ''Bootleg Issue'' (1988) * ''Another Way to Travel'' (1990) * ''A Long Time Gone'' (2015)<ref>{{IMDb title |4572222 |title=Cats Laughing: A Long Time Gone}}</ref>
'''with Boiled in Lead:''' * ''Antler Dance'' (1994)<ref name=antler>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000177503|label=''Antler Dance''}}.</ref> * ''Songs from The Gypsy'' (1995)<ref>{{Discogs release |release=1247566 |name=Songs from The Gypsy |type=album}}.</ref> * ''Alloy'' (1998, compilation)
==Bibliography==
===Novels=== *{{cite book|first=Adam|last=Stemple|title=Singer of Souls|url=https://archive.org/details/singerofsouls00stem|url-access=registration|publisher=Tor Books|year=2005|isbn=0-7653-1170-4}} *{{cite book|first1=Adam|last1=Stemple|first2=Jane|last2=Yolen|title=Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale|publisher=Tor|year=2005|isbn=0-7653-1158-5}} *{{cite book|first1=Adam|last1=Stemple|first2=Jane|last2=Yolen|title=Troll Bridge: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale |publisher=Starscape |year=2006 |isbn=0-7653-1426-6}} *{{cite book|first=Adam|last=Stemple|title=Steward of Song|url=https://archive.org/details/stewardofsong00stem_0|url-access=registration|publisher=Tor|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7653-1630-1}} *{{cite book|first1=Adam|last1=Stemple|first2=Jane|last2=Yolen|title=B.U.G. (Big Ugly Guy) |publisher=Dutton Books for Young Readers |year=2013 |isbn=978-0525422389 }} *{{cite book|first1=Adam|last1=Stemple|first2=Jane|last2=Yolen|title=The Hostage Prince (The Seelie Wars #1) |publisher=Viking Books for Young Readers |year=2013 |isbn=978-0670014347 }} *{{cite book|first1=Adam|last1=Stemple|first2=Jane|last2=Yolen|title=The Last Changeling (The Seelie Wars #2) |publisher=Viking Books for Young Readers |year=2014 |isbn=978-0670014354 }}
===Selected short fiction=== *"Robin Hood v1.5.3," in {{cite book |title=Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood |year=2002 |editor-first=Jane |editor-last=Yolen |publisher=Puffin |isbn=978-0698119536 }} *"The Three Truths" (''Paradox'', Issue 6, Winter 2004-2005) *"Troubles" (with Jane Yolen), in {{cite book |title=Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy |year=2005 |editor-first=Andrew M. |editor-last=Greeley |publisher=Tor Fantasy |isbn=978-0765344236 }} *"Kitsune" (''Paradox'', Issue 9, Summer 2006) *"The Tsar's Dragons," in {{cite book |title=The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy |editor1-first=Jack |editor1-last=Dann |editor2-first=Gardner |editor2-last=Dozois |publisher=Ace Hardcover |year=2009 |isbn=978-0441017645 |url=https://archive.org/details/dragonbookmagica00jack }} *"Little Red" (with Jane Yolen), in {{cite book |title=Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction |url=https://archive.org/details/firebirdssoaring00nanc |url-access=registration |editor-first=Sharyn |editor-last=November |publisher=Firebird |year=2009 |isbn=978-0142405529 }}
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.adamstemple.com}} *{{isfdb name|id=Adam_Stemple|name=Adam Stemple}} {{Locus Award Best Young Adult Book}}{{authority control}}
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