Pam Keesey
Pam Keesey is an American writer. She published three fantasy anthologies – Dark Angels (1993), Daughters of Darkness (1995), and Women Who Run with the Werewolves (1996) – and a history book, Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale. She is a two-time nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction.
Biography
[edit]Originally working at an A&W while in high school, Keesey worked at a public library and eventually a university library.[1] She got a bachelor's degree from Hamline University and a master's degree from University of Bradford.[2]
Keesey published two lesbian vampire anthologies, Dark Angels (1993) and Daughters of Darkness (1995).[3] In 1996, she published Women Who Run with the Werewolves, an anthology of stories involving women werewolves.[4] These three anthologies featured works from Suzy McKee Charnas, Sheridan Le Fanu, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charlee Jacob, Thomas Piccirilli, Cecilia Tan, and Melanie Tem.[3][4] In 1997, she wrote Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale.[5]
Keesey was nominated twice for the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction, for Dark Angels in 1996 and Women Who Run With Werewolves in 1997.[6][7] She was a guest of honor at the first CONvergence in 1999.[8]
Keesey worked as head librarian of the Resource Center of the Americas' Penny Lernoux Memorial Library.[9] She also worked at Llewellyn Worldwide as a Spanish-language editor.[10] She later worked in the tech industry, working as a senior technical writer for Microsoft and as a content manager for Amazon and Expedia.[2]
Keesey is lesbian, which she had discovered after the anti-LGBT Save Our Children movement.[11] As of 1995, Keeney was based in Minneapolis.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- (as editor) Dark Angels (1988)[12]
- (as editor) Daughters of Darkness (1993)[13]
- (as editor) Women Who Run with the Werewolves (1996)[14]
- Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale (1997)[5][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Resumé". Pam Keesey. March 4, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ a b "CV of Pam Keesey" (pdf). Pam Keesey. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ a b c Heideman, Eric M. (November 19, 1995). "'Dark Angels' shares tales of surprisingly shoft vampires". Star Tribune. p. F19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Heideman, Eric M. (October 20, 1996). "Vampire, werewolf books are a creepy double bite". Star Tribune. p. F19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Miller, Steve (October 25, 1998). "'Vamps' links vampire myth with film". Kennebec Journal. p. D5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (July 15, 1996). "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "9th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. July 15, 1997. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "1999 Guests". CONvergence Convention. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ "Back Matter". Hypatia. 9 (2): 230–244. 1994. ISSN 0887-5367. JSTOR 3810183.
- ^ "Ironically, loss of blood keeps Anne Rice strong". Star Tribune. October 18, 1998. p. F21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Interview with Pam Keesey". Queer Horror. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ "Dark Angels". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ Marotta, Linda. "[Unknown name]". Fangoria. No. March 1994.
- ^ "Women Who Run with the Werewolves by Pam Keesey". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ Morris, Gary (May 12, 1998). "Book review: Vamps, by Pam Keesey". Bright Lights. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
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- 20th-century American historians
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- Hamline University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Bradford
- 20th-century American librarians
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- American lesbian writers
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- LGBTQ people from Minnesota