Alison Rumfitt
Alison Rumfitt | |
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| Born | November 25, 1998 |
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Sussex |
| Genre | Horror |
| Years active | 2021-present |
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Alison Rumfitt is an English author. She has published two horror novels: Tell Me I'm Worthless (2021) and Brainwyrms (2023).[1][2] Her style of writing has been considered part of "The New Gross", called "unabashedly transgressive", and compared with Daphne du Maurier, Angela Carter, and M.R. James in its exploration of "Englishness" through horror.[3][4][5]
In addition to writing fiction, her poetry and short essays have been published in a variety of magazines, including datableed, The Final Girls, and Glass: A Journal of Poetry.[6][7][8]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Rumfitt studied English literature at the University of Sussex.[9][10]
Career
[edit | edit source]Rumfitt's debut novel Tell Me I'm Worthless was published in the US in January 2023 to positive reviews.[11]
Her sophomore novel Brainwyrms followed in October 2023. It was similarly reviewed positively, receiving a gold star in its Library Journal review.[12] The New York Times described it as, "made up of terse, glowering prose and grimy sex scenes, the novel is perhaps best described as 'The Last of Us' dunked in the toilet bowl of Samuel R. Delany's impressively foul, taboo-shattering 'Hogg.' "[13]
In 2024, it was confirmed that Rumfitt had written a novelisation of the Doctor Who episode Space Babies.[14] It was released as a paperback on 8 August 2024 as part of the Target collection.[14] An audiobook edition was released the same day.[15]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Novels
[edit | edit source]- Tell Me I'm Worthless - (Cipher Press, 2021, UK and Tor Nightfire, 2023, USA)[16][5]
- Brainwyrms (Cipher Press, 2023, UK and Tor Nightfire, 2023, USA)[1][17][4]
Short stories
[edit | edit source]- Morbid Obsessions - with Frankie Miren (Cipher Press, 2022)
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- Living people
- 21st-century English novelists
- 21st-century English women writers
- 21st-century English LGBTQ people
- 21st-century English women
- 21st-century English short story writers
- English women novelists
- English short story writers
- English women short story writers
- English LGBTQ writers
- Alumni of the University of Sussex
- English transgender writers
- 21st-century British women novelists