Gregory Frost (born May 13, 1951) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. A graduate of the Clarion Workshop, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the University of California at San Diego in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation. Author Orson Scott Card called Frost's novel Tain "a marvelous straightforward retelling of an ancient national myth." He has also done research for non-fiction television (The Learning Channel, Discovery Channel) and acted in a couple of independent horror movies. His initial vocation was as an artist. Gregory Frost is a founding partner of The Liars Club, a networking group of professionals in publishing and other aspects of entertainment that includes Jonathan Maberry, Jon McGoran, Kelly Simmons, Dennis Tafoya, Merry Jones, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Don Lafferty, Marie Lamba, Keith Strunk, and Edward Pettit. Frost lives and works in Pennsylvania, USA.

Novels

Short fiction

reprinted in Night Cry, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1985. Reprinted in translation in Italy. reprinted, in Norwegian, as "En dag i Justin Argento Morrels" in Terra Nova Nr. 2-1988, edited by Lynda C. Bentsen (translator), and published in Oslo, Norway. (Portion of the novel Remscéla.) reprinted in the premiere issue of the internet e-zine, Dark Annie. reprinted in Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Robinson (U.K.) October, 1990; Carroll & Graf (U.S.) Spring, 1991. reprinted in Best New Horror 2, ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Robinson (U.K.) October, 1991; Carroll & Graf (U.S.). (reprinted in The Fiction Factory, edited by Jack Dann, Golden Gryphon Press, 2005) reprinted in Unicorns II, Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann, eds. Ace Books, November 1992. reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones, Carroll & Graf, October 1997. Finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction, 1999 Finalist for both the Nebula Award and the James Tiptree Jr. Award

Non-fiction

(an article about the making of, and participation in, S. P. Somtow's horror film The Laughing Dead) (a collection of true ghost stories related by horror and fantasy writers) (a history of The Arabian Nights) (an article on Mesmerism in the French salons of the 18th century) ———————

Television

Film

Frost had roles in two microbudget horror films, as "Frost" (essentially himself) in S. P. Somtow's 1989 The Laughing Dead and as "Butcher Deacon #2" in John R. Ellis's Twilight of the Dogs (1995), both starring his friend and fellow writer Tim Sullivan.