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Caitlín Kiernan papers, 1970-2018
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan is a science fiction writer and vertebrate paleontologist who has published novels, short stories, comics, and scientific articles. In addition to the books and stories she has published, Kiernan also worked with DC Comics to complete a sixty-issue series of comics called The Dreaming during 1997-2001. She publishes Sirenia Digest which is an online "monthly journal of the weirdly erotic." She also contributes entries most days to her blog which began on November 23, 2001 as "Grey Girl Beast" and then renamed as "Dear Sweet Filthy World" (https://greygirlbeast.livejournal.com/). Between 1996 and 1997, Kiernan was the vocalist and lyricist for a "goth-folk-blues band," called Death's Little Sister based in Athens, Georgia. This collection contains her handwritten journal from childhood and other juvenilia, drafts of comics, edited manuscripts of novels and short stories, correspondence with fiction editors, correspondence with paleontologists, manuscripts and journals of paleontology work, her desktop computer, and collectibles from the band Death's Little Sister.Format(s): Manuscripts, Museum Objects, Graphics, Audio Files, Letters, Documents
Library: Collections Annex
NOTE: This collection is housed off-site. Prior notice is needed for retrieval
Access to the collection:
Online Catalog (BruKnow):
General description of the collection available on BruKnow
Other Online Access:
RIAMCO: Guide to the Caitlín Kiernan papers
Other: Dear Sweet Filthy World: The Online Journal of Caitlín R. Kiernan (live on the web)
Other: Dear Sweet Filthy World: The Online Journal of Caitlín R. Kiernan (archived version using Archive-It)