Christopher Buehlman

2 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-26

Christopher Buehlman was born February 22, 1969, in Tampa, Florida, and adopted by Joseph and Christeen Buehlman of St. Petersburg. He attended Thom Howard Academy from 1973 to 1982, then Northeast High School, graduating at age sixteen in 1985. He briefly attended the University of Florida, earned an associate degree from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1989, and completed a bachelor's degree in French language and history at Florida State University in 1994; he speaks French near-fluently and is conversant in Spanish. For twenty-five years Buehlman performed "Christophe the Insultor," a comic insult-roasting act at renaissance festivals that built a strong cult following, and he continues performing shows including "Filthy Irish Stories" and "Fat Shakespeare" for the Sterling Renaissance Festival, alongside writing and performing other theatrical works. His published novels include Those Across the River (2011), Between Two Fires (2012), The Necromancer's House (2013), The Lesser Dead (2014), The Suicide Motor Club (2016), The Blacktongue Thief (2021), and The Daughters' War (2024), spanning horror, historical fantasy, and grimdark epic fantasy. He has also written plays and poetry, winning the 2007 Bridport Prize for his poem "Wanton." His fiction has received significant genre recognition, including a 2011 World Fantasy Award nomination for Those Across the River and a 2014 Shirley Jackson Award nomination for The Lesser Dead.

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Books

• Between Two Fires (2020) · Between Two Fires Core Canon
• The Blacktongue Thief (2021) · The Blacktongue Thief Core Canon
• The Daughters' War (2024) · The Blacktongue Thief Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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