I’m Ari Goelman. I write fantasy novels. Stories, too. If you want to read some of them click on the link ‘Where To Find My Work.’
My first novel, The Path of Names, is scheduled to be published by Arthur A. Levine in June, 2013. It’s a middle grade fantasy set at a summer camp, a kind of combination murder mystery / ghost story / ‘why did my parents make me go to summer camp?’ story. I went to summer camp for many years, but this is not based on my personal experiences. I never saw any ghosts, notwithstanding my heartfelt desire, and numerous experiments with a Ouija board when I was 11. You can read more aboutThe Path of Names (and a variety of other interesting things) on my blog.
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Here’s some boilerplate about how terrific I am. It’s written in the 3rd person, so obviously it was written by some disinterested third party, concerned only with the truth:
Ari Goelman has published about a dozen short stories, most recently in Strange Horizons, Daily SF, and Fantasy Magazine. He is a past winner of the Writers of the Future competition, and a graduate of the Clarion West writers workshop. Publisher’s Weekly has described his work as “outstanding” and “lovingly constructed,” while The Harvard Crimson has described him as a master of “sci-fi, fairies, and the urban ghetto.” His latest short stories are forthcoming in Shimmer Magazine and Daily SF.
His academic work has been published in the Journal of Architecture, Planning and Research as well as Environment and Planning A, and has been covered in places as diverse as the Brookings Institute and The New York Times. He lives in Vancouver with his family and the rain.
