Anton Strout

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name = Anton Strout


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birthdate = January 24, 1970
birthplace = Dalton, Massachusetts, United States
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occupation = Author
nationality = American
period = 2008–
genre = Urban Fantasy,
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website = http://www.antonstrout.com

Anton Strout (born January, 1970) is an American urban fantasy author who also has a day job working in the publishing industry. He is under contract for four books in his "Simon Canderous" series, the first of which, "Dead to Me," was published by Ace Books in 2008. Tim Davis, reviewing that title for "Bookloons.com," wrote, "Fans of urban fantasy should especially enjoy Strout's engaging new protagonist and will, no doubt, look forward to Simon Canderous making a quick return in further adventures." [cite web |url=http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.asp?bookid=9247 |title=Bookloons.com |date=2009-09-13] The second novel, "Deader Still," is slated to come out in 2009.

Strout was born in the Berkshires, in Dalton, Massachusetts. In addition to his novels, Strout has written several short stories and is a regular blogger both at his own blog [cite web |url=http://antonstrout.livejournal.com/ |title=Anton Strout's blog |date=2008-09-13] and at the group urban fantasy blog, "League of Reluctant Adults" [cite web |url=http://www.leagueofreluctantadults.com |title=League of Reluctant Adults |date=2008-09-13] . His faux musical, "Sneezin' Jeff & Blue Raccoon: The Loose Gravel Tour," for which Strout was co-creator, won the Best Storytelling Award at the First Annual New York International Fringe Festival [cite web |url=http://www.antonstrout.com/Ant-ology.html |title=Anton Strout's biography |date=2008-09-13] . He and his wife Orly Trieber Strout currently live in New York, NY, where she is director of Andrew Hamilton Crawford jewelry. [cite web |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=25405974 |title=Anton Strout's My Space Page |date=2009-09-13] .

Bibliography

Novels

Simon Canderous series

# "Dead to Me" (2008)
# "Deader Still" (2009)
# Title TBA (2010)
# Title TBA (2011)

Contributor to Anthologies

# "Pandora's Closet" edited by Jean Rabe and Martin Harry Greenberg (2007)
# "The Dimension Next Door" edited by Martin Harry Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes (2008)
# "City Fantastic" edited by Martin Harry Greenberg and Jean Rabe(2009)
# "Zombie Raccoons" edited by Martin Harry Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes (2009)

References

External links

* [http://www.antonstrout.com Anton Strout's official website]