Graham Joyce books

Graham Joyce was a British author of literary fantasy and dark fiction, winner of multiple British Fantasy Awards, known for novels like The Tooth Fairy, The Facts of Life, and Some Kind of Fairy Tale.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Best New Horror 4 1993 Buy
The Giant Book of Terror 1994 Buy
Foursight 2000 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 2001 Buy
Tails of Wonder and Imagination 2001 Buy
Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.Com 2002 Buy
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 2002 Buy
Fifteenth Annual Collection 2002 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 2003 Buy
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection 2003 Buy
The Many Faces of Van Helsing 2004 Buy
21st-Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 2010 Buy
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012 Buy
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala 2013 Buy

Collections

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Black Dust 2001 Buy
Partial Eclipse 2003 Buy
Tales for a Dark Evening 2011 Buy
25 Years in the Word Mines 2014 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Eat Reecebread 1994 N/A
Pinkland 1998 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Dreamside 1991 Buy
Dark Sister 1992 Buy
House of Lost Dreams 1993 Buy
Requiem 1995 Buy
The Tooth Fairy 1996 Buy
The Stormwatcher 1998 Buy
Leningrad Nights 1999 Buy
Indigo 1999 Buy
Smoking Poppy 2001 Buy
The Facts of Life 2002 Buy
The Limits of Enchantment 2005 Buy
T.W.O.C. 2005 Buy
Do The Creepy Thing / The Exchange 2006 Buy
Three Ways to Snog an Alien 2008 Buy
How to Make Friends with Demons 2008 Buy
Memoirs of a Master Forger 2008 Buy
The Devil’s Ladder 2009 Buy
The Silent Land 2010 Buy
Some Kind of Fairy Tale 2012 Buy
The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit / The Year of the Ladybird 2013 Buy

The Web - 2027 Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Web. 1998 N/A
Gulliverzone 1997 Buy
Dreamcastle 1997 Buy
Untouchable 1997 Buy
Spiderbite 1997 Buy
Web: The Web: Spiderbite 1997 N/A
Lightstorm 1997 Buy
Sorceress 1997 Buy

Graham Joyce was one of the most distinctive voices in British fantasy and dark fiction. His novels blended the fantastical with the everyday in ways that made the magic feel grounded and the ordinary feel strange. The Tooth Fairy (1996) is a coming-of-age story with a sinister supernatural twist, while The Facts of Life (2002) weaves wartime Britain into a story of a family with uncanny gifts.

Joyce published twenty novels between 1991 and 2013, along with short fiction, collections, and contributions to the young adult Web - 2027 series. He won multiple British Fantasy Awards and was respected by both literary and genre audiences. His death in 2014 cut short a career that was still producing strong work — Some Kind of Fairy Tale (2012) and The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit (2013) were among his best.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Graham Joyce written?

Graham Joyce has written 48 books across five series.

What was Graham Joyce's first book?

Graham Joyce’s first book is Dreamside, published in 1991.

What awards did Graham Joyce win?

Graham Joyce won multiple British Fantasy Awards across his career, including for The Facts of Life (2002) and The Year of the Ladybird / The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit (2013). He was one of the most respected voices in British dark fantasy before his death in 2014.

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