Cherie Priest
Cherie Priest is the author of two dozen books and novellas, most recently the Booking Agents mysteries Grave Reservations and Flight Risk. She also wrote gothic horror projects The Toll, The Family Plot, and the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Maplecroft; but she is perhaps best known for the steampunk pulp adventures of the Clockwork Century, beginning with Boneshaker. Her works have been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction and have won the Locus Award (among others)-...See more
Cherie Priest is the author of two dozen books and novellas, most recently the Booking Agents mysteries Grave Reservations and Flight Risk. She also wrote gothic horror projects The Toll, The Family Plot, and the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Maplecroft; but she is perhaps best known for the steampunk pulp adventures of the Clockwork Century, beginning with Boneshaker. Her works have been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction and have won the Locus Award (among others)--and over the years, they've been translated into nine languages in eleven countries. Cherie lives in Seattle, WA, with a menagerie of exceedingly photogenic animals. See less
Cherie Priest's Featured Books
Cherie Priest book reviews
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Boneshaker
Good steampunk adventure novel
Zombies in a steampunk version of Seattle! It wasn't a top favorite of mine by any means. It was a bit cliched but mostly fun read imo. A 3.5 that I'll round up to 4.
The characters are enjoyable, ... Read More
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The Toll
Really satisfying, yet tropey
Super satisfying read and my first to read from Cherie Priest personally. I have to say it was great. It was not REALLY heavily a horror, but kind of a supernatural monster tale of sorts more on the ... Read More
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The Book of Cthulhu
Fine Anthology.
Nice compilation of relatively recent Cthulhuvian literature! I really prefer reading short stories rather than novels... Read More
