Corey Redekop

{{short description|Canadian novelist and short story writer}} '''Corey Redekop''' is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/afterword/corey-redekop-is-in-a-zombie-state-of-mind "Corey Redekop is in a zombie state of mind"]. ''National Post'', October 25, 2012.</ref> He is best known for his 2012 novel ''Husk'',<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2012/09/29/husk_by_corey_redekop_review.html "Husk by Corey Redekop: Review – Redekop’s gay, actor zombie is anything but a dead beat"]. ''Toronto Star'', September 29, 2012.</ref> which was a finalist for the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2013.<ref>[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/11/25/relit-awards-announces-2013-shortlists/ "ReLit Awards announces 2013 shortlists"]. ''Quill & Quire'', November 25, 2013.</ref>

Redekop was born and raised in Thompson, Manitoba and lived in Winnipeg before relocating to Fredericton, New Brunswick. His debut novel ''Shelf Monkey'' was published in 2007.<ref>[https://www.locusmag.com/2008/VanderMeer_BestOf2007.html "2007: The Best of the Year"]. ''Locus Online'', January 28, 2008.</ref> His short stories have also appeared in the anthologies ''Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond'', ''The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir'', ''The Bestiary'', ''Superhero Universe'' and ''Those Who Make Us: Creature, Myth, and Monster Stories''.

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.coreyredekop.ca/}}

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