# Amelia Gray

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{{short description|American writer (born 1982)}}
{{distinguish|Amelia Gray Hamlin}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [:Template:Infobox writer/doc](/source/%3ATemplate%3AInfobox_writer%2Fdoc) -->
| name        = Amelia Gray
| image       = Amelia Gray author photo.jpg
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1982|8|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona), U.S.
| occupation  = {{flatlist|
* Novelist
* Screenwriter}}
| period      = 2009–present
| spouse      = [Lee Shipman](/source/Lee_Shipman) (2019-present)
| website     = {{URL|http://www.ameliagray.com}}
| alma_mater  = {{ubl|[Arizona State University](/source/Arizona_State_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))|[Texas State University](/source/Texas_State_University) ([MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts))}}
}}

'''Amelia Gray''' (born August 17, 1982) is an American writer. She is the author of the short story collections ''AM/PM'' ([Featherproof Books](/source/Featherproof_Books)), ''Museum of the Weird'' ([Fiction Collective Two](/source/Fiction_Collective_Two)), and ''Gutshot'' ([Farrar, Straus and Giroux](/source/Farrar%2C_Straus_and_Giroux)), and the novels ''THREATS'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and ''Isadora'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Gray has been shortlisted for the [PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction](/source/PEN%2FFaulkner_Award_for_Fiction)<ref name=PEN /> and her television writing has been nominated for a [WGA Award](/source/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards).

''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' called Gray's stories "leaps of faith, brave excursions into the realms of the unreal."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lennon|first=J. Robert|title=Everything Turns to Fire|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/books/review/Lennon-t.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018192144/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/books/review/Lennon-t.html|archive-date=October 18, 2016|access-date=August 5, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> while the ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'' defined her style as "akin to the alternately seething and absurd moods of [David Lynch](/source/David_Lynch) and [Cronenberg](/source/David_Cronenberg)."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-apr-01-la-ca-amelia-gray-20120401-story.html|title=Archives|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 2012|access-date=2020-02-18|archive-date=2018-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022071208/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/01/entertainment/la-ca-amelia-gray-20120401|url-status=live}}</ref> Of ''THREATS'', [NPR](/source/NPR) said "Amelia Gray's psychological thriller takes us to the brink between reality and delusion."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smye|first=Rachel|title=Murky 'Threats' Will Get Inside Your Head|url=https://www.npr.org/books/authors/147979745/amelia-gray|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118024356/https://www.npr.org/books/authors/147979745/amelia-gray|archive-date=November 18, 2018|access-date=August 5, 2014|website=NPR|date=March 8, 2012}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

=== Novels ===
* ''THREATS'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012)
* ''Isadora'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374279981 |title=Isadora: A Novel |access-date=2016-12-03 |archive-date=2019-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707151851/https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374279981 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Short story collections ===
* ''AM/PM'' (Featherproof Books, 2009)
* ''Museum of the Weird''  (Fiction Collective Two, 2010)
* ''Gutshot'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015)

===Other short stories===
* "Labyrinth"<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/16/labyrinth-4|title=Labyrinth|magazine=[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)|date=9 February 2015|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727080911/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/16/labyrinth-4|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "How He Felt"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wigleaf.com/200909hhf.htm|title=Gray: 'How He Felt'|access-date=2014-08-22|archive-date=2012-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008002856/http://wigleaf.com/200909hhf.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "Device"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.saic.edu/dearnavigator/summer2011/amelia-gray-device/ |title=Amelia Gray / DEVICE |website=Dear Navigator |access-date=2014-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115120/http://blogs.saic.edu/dearnavigator/summer2011/amelia-gray-device/ |archive-date=2014-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "The Swan as Metaphor for Love"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://joylandmagazine.com/stories/los_angeles/swan_metaphor_love |title=The Swan as Metaphor for Love &#124; Joyland |access-date=2014-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113931/http://joylandmagazine.com/stories/los_angeles/swan_metaphor_love |archive-date=2014-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "These Are the Fables"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://recommendedreading.tumblr.com/post/49927424766/clmp-recommends-these-are-the-fables-by-amelia-gray|title="These Are the Fables" by Amelia Gray|date=8 May 2013|access-date=22 August 2014|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113938/http://recommendedreading.tumblr.com/post/49927424766/clmp-recommends-these-are-the-fables-by-amelia-gray|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "The Inheritance"<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://granta.com/the-inheritance/|title = The Inheritance|date = 30 August 2016|access-date = 3 December 2016|archive-date = 20 December 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220032506/https://granta.com/the-inheritance/|url-status = live}}</ref>
* "The Odds"<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://crimereads.com/the-odds/|title = The Odds|date = 18 May 2018|access-date = 16 August 2020|archive-date = 21 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200721175038/https://crimereads.com/the-odds/|url-status = live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Television===
* ''[Mr. Robot](/source/Mr._Robot)'' (2017–2018)
* ''[Maniac](/source/Maniac_(miniseries))'' (2018)
* ''[Gaslit](/source/Gaslit_(TV_series))'' (2022)

===Short films===
* "Curated" (dir. [Gillian Jacobs](/source/Gillian_Jacobs)) (2018)
* "Waste" (dir. Justine Raczkiewicz) (2017)

==Video games==
* ''[Telling Lies](/source/Telling_Lies_(video_game))'' (2019)
* ''[Immortality](/source/Immortality_(video_game))'' (2022)

== Awards and honors ==
===Winner===
* 2010: Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Award
* 2016: New York Public Library [Young Lions Fiction Award](/source/Young_Lions_Fiction_Award)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/young-lions-fiction-award/list-winners-finalists|title=Young Lions Award List of Winners and Finalists|website=The New York Public Library|access-date=2016-07-04|archive-date=2017-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825232557/https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/young-lions-fiction-award/list-winners-finalists|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2023: BAFTA [Immortality (video game)](/source/Immortality_(video_game))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/games/narrative-0|title=BAFTA Games Award List of Winners and Finalists|website=BAFTA|access-date=2024-06-06}}</ref>

===Nominated===
* 2008: Amanda Davis Highwire shortlist
* 2008: DIAGRAM Innovative Fiction finalist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediagram.com/8_3/|title=8.3, All Fiction|website=thediagram.com|access-date=2023-12-05|archive-date=2023-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601055530/https://thediagram.com/8_3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2012: [Dylan Thomas Prize](/source/Dylan_Thomas_Prize) longlist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dylan-thomas-prize-2012-longlist-2028350|title=Dylan Thomas Prize 2012 longlist unveiled with two youngest ever entrants|first=Robin|last=Turner|date=July 30, 2012|website=Wales Online|access-date=August 5, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082433/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dylan-thomas-prize-2012-longlist-2028350|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2012: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction shortlist<ref name=PEN>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penfaulkner.org/2013/03/06/congratulations-2013-penfaulkner-award-finalists/|title=Congratulations 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists! &#124; The PEN/Faulkner Foundation|website=www.penfaulkner.org|access-date=2023-12-05|archive-date=2023-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619054357/https://www.penfaulkner.org/2013/03/06/congratulations-2013-penfaulkner-award-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2016: [Shirley Jackson Award](/source/Shirley_Jackson_Award) for Collection<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/nominees/|title=The Shirley Jackson Awards » 2022 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees|access-date=2023-12-05|archive-date=2023-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127085143/https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/nominees/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019: WGA Award (Adapted Long Form) with Nick Cuse, [Cary Joji Fukunaga](/source/Cary_Joji_Fukunaga), [Danielle Henderson](/source/Danielle_Henderson_(writer)), Mauricio Katz, [Patrick Somerville](/source/Patrick_Somerville), and Caroline Williams<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners|title=2023 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees|website=awards.wga.org|access-date=2019-05-20|archive-date=2019-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207110428/https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ameliagray.com/}}
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8571786/ Amelia Gray] at [IMDB](/source/IMDB)

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