Jeffrey E. Barlough
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| Born: | 1953 |
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| Occupation(s): | Biologist, Veterinarian, Novelist |
| Genre(s): | Dark Fantasy, Horror fiction, Alternate History |
| Debut work(s): | Novel: Dark Sleeper |
Jeffrey E. Barlough is a trained biologist and veterinarian with a Ph.D. in Virology from Cornell University who has published over 60 research and review articles in scientific journals since 1979. He is also an armchair historian and has edited small press publications of minor and archaic English works.
He is also the author of several dark fantasy novels that comprise his Western Lights series, set in an alternate world where a catastrophic event known as “The Sundering” has wiped out most of the population and plunged the world into another Ice Age. Only a narrow coastline of civilization survives, where Victorian society exists alongside prehistoric beasts. The books are written in a style reminiscent of 19th century authors that has often been referred to Charles Dickens mixed with H.P. Lovecraft. His stories portray eccentric and (mostly) likable characters set within detailed locations that, on the surface, seem mundane and sometimes even cheery, but sinister plots and presences are slowly and carefully revealed.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Western Lights novels
- Dark Sleeper (1998, first trade edition 2000)
- The House in the High Wood: A Story of Old Talbotshire (2001)
- Strange Cargo (2004)
[edit] Medical books
- Manual of Small Animal Infectious Diseases (Editor) (1988)
- UC Davis Book of Dogs: The Complete Medical Reference Guide for Dogs and Puppies (Editor, with Mordecai Siegal) (1995)
- UC Davis Book of Horses: A Complete Medical Reference Guide for Horses and Foals (Editor, with Mordecai Siegal and Victoria Blankenship Siegal) (1996)
