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S.P. Somtow

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Called by the Bangkok Post "the Thai person known by name to most people in the world," S.P. Somtow is an author, composer, filmmaker, and international media personality whose dazzling talents and acerbic wit have entertained and enlightened fans the world over.

He was Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul in Bangkok. His grandfather's sister was a Queen of Siam, his father is a well known international lawyer and vice-president of the International Academy of Human Rights. Somtow was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and his first career was in music. In the 1970s his works were being performed on four continents and he was named representative of Thailand to the Asian Composer's League and to the International Music Commission of UNESCO. His avant-garde compositions caused controversy and scandal in his native country, and a severe case of musical burnout in the late 1970s precipitated his entry into a second career - that of author.

He began writing science fiction, but soon started to invade other fields of writing, with some 40 books out now, including the clasic horror novel Vampire Junction, which defined the "rock and roll vampire" concept for the 80s, the Riverrun Trilogy and the semi-autobiographical memoir Jasmine Nights. He has won or been nominated for dozens of major awards including the Bram Stoker Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the Hugo Award, and the World Fantasy Award.

Somtow has also made some incursions into filmmaking, directing the cult classic The Laughing Dead and the award winning art film Ill Met by Moonlight.

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Books from S.P. Somtow

Vampire Junction

Moon Dance

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020

The Vampire Sextette

Jasmine Nights

The Apex Book of World SF (Apex Book of World SF #1)

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection

Do Comets Dream?

The Crow: Temple of Night

The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter

Valentine

The Riverrun Trilogy

The Alien Swordmaster

Vanitas: Escape from Vampire Junction

On a Bed of Rice

Starship & Haiku

The 1982 Annual World's Best SF

Darker Angels

The Ultimate Witch

Isaac Asimov's Werewolves