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'''''Sheree Thomas''''' also credited as '''''Sheree Renee Thomas''''' is a book editor and publisher whose Dark Matter series collected the works of some of the best African American [[Science Fiction]] and [[Fantasy]] writers working at the time. Authors such as [[Charles R. Saunders]], [[John M. Faucette]], [[Tananarive Due]] and [[Nalo Hopkinson]], as well as venerable ancestors like [[George S. Schuyler]] and [[W.E.B. Dubois]].

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'''Sheree Renée Thomas''' (born September 30, 1972) is an American writer, book editor, and publisher. In 2020, Thomas was named editor of ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |title=Sheree Renée Thomas Is the New Editor for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/11/12/sheree-renee-thomas-is-the-new-editor-for-the-magazine-of-fantasy-and-science-fiction/ |website=Tor.com |access-date=November 19, 2020 |date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>

Sheree is the publisher of Wanganegresse Press, has contributed to national publications including the [[Washington Post]], Black Issues Book Review, QBR, and Hip Mama. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Ishmael Reed's Konch, Drumvoices Revue, and other literary journals. A native of [[Memphis]], she lives in [[New York City]].[http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/52/1933/index.html]

==Bibliography Biography ==

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Thomas' father joined the Air Force, forcing her to travel extensively during her childhood. After spending twenty years in New York, she now resides in her hometown. Throughout her writing career, she has advocated for diversity and inclusion within the science fiction community, "good stuff is always being published. We want more “good stuff” and mo’ different good stuff, thank you! Work that reflects other lenses, other values, other world views in addition to the other good stuff that is traditionally published."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with Author Sheree Renée Thomas |url=https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/interview-with-author-sheree-renee-thomas?srsltid=AfmBOopsOQHLKweOFv_RLPw-iTxg6Zk6CTNfcj3PIAIrTJNHlxMFoSPy |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Apex Book Company |language=en}}</ref> However, she does not sustain her views on only African voices, but hopes to incorporate global perspectives, such as South Asian and Belgium steampunk, or Cuban science fiction, "voices that might not have been visible two decades ago."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview with Author Sheree Renée Thomas |url=https://www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-magazine/post/interview-with-author-sheree-renee-thomas?srsltid=AfmBOopsOQHLKweOFv_RLPw-iTxg6Zk6CTNfcj3PIAIrTJNHlxMFoSPy |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Apex Book Company |language=en}}</ref> She also credits the world around being inspiration for some of her writing and the obligations writers have to address even complex topics of racism, "You want to read work that reflects yourself, your perspective, your point of view and the community around you. And if you don't see it in the work in front of you, as a writer, you're challenged to write it yourself."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-13 |title=Black Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/12742905 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

*''Anansi'' ([[1999]])

*''Dark Matter'' ([[2000]])

*''Dark Matter'' ([[2004]])

==References Career ==

Thomas is the editor of the [[Dark Matter (series)|''Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora'']] anthology (2000) and ''Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, [[Dark Matter (series)|Dark Matter]]'', winners of the 2001 and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, which collect works by many African-American writers in the genres of [[science fiction]], [[Horror fiction|horror]] and [[fantasy]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Acosta|first1=Belinda|title=Summer Reading: Dark Matter: Reading the Bones|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/books/2005-05-27/272493/|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=The Austin Chronicle|date=May 27, 2005}}</ref> ''Dark Matter'' received the 2005 and the 2001 [[World Fantasy Award]] and was named a ''[[New York Times]]'' Notable Book of the Year,<ref>[http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/ "wards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027005155/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/ |date=October 27, 2012 }}, World Fantasy Convention.</ref> and became the first Black writer to receive this recognition.

* [http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/52/1933/index.html Sheree Thomas Bibliography site by Warner Books]

* [http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/thomas.html Steven Silver's review of Dark Matter]

Thomas is the author of ''[[Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future (Third Man Books, 2020)]]'', the multigenre collections ''[[Sleeping Under the Tree of Life]]'', longlisted for the 2016 [[Otherwise Awards|James A. Tiptree, Jr. Award]]<ref>2016 James A. Tiptree, Jr. Award Longlist: Sleeping Under the Tree of Life by Sheree Renée Thomas (Aqueduct Press, 2016) https://tiptree.org/award/2016-james-tiptree-jr-award/2016-long-list</ref> and ''[[Shotgun Lullabies: Stories & Poems]]'', is publisher of [[Wanganegresse Press]], and has contributed to national publications including ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''Book World'', ''[[Black Issues Book Review]]'', ''[[Black Issues Book Review|QBR]]'', and ''[[Hip Mama]]''. Her fiction and poetry has been widely anthologized and appears in "The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (1945-2010)," in Ishmael Reed's ''[[Konch]]'', ''[[Drumvoices Revue]]'', ''Obsidian III'', ''African Voices'', ''[[storySouth]]'', and other literary journals, and has received Honorable Mention in the ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', 16th and 17th annual collections. She also serves as the Associate Editor of ''[[Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora]]'', founded in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/52/1933/index.html |title=Authors: Sheree R. Thomas |access-date=2006-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060313215141/http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/52/1933/index.html |archive-date=March 13, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In addition to writing and editing, she has worked in the book publishing industry, as a bookseller, and writing teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2020-12-21 |title=Sheree Renée Thomas: A Kind of Wonder |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/12/sheree-renee-thomas-a-kind-of-wonder/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [http://authors.aalbc.com/sheree.htm AALBC Interview with Sheree Thomas]

== References ==

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== Sources ==

* ''Bringing Challenging Feminist Science Fiction to the Demanding Reader'' (Aqueduct Press) [http://www.aqueductpress.com/authors/ShereeThomas.php]

* Thomas, Sheree Renée (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction) [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/thomas_sheree_renee]

==External links==

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* [http://blackpotmojo.blogspot.com/ Sheree Thomas's Blog]

*[https://www.shereereneethomas.com Official website]

* [httphttps://blackpotmojo.blogspot.com/ Blackpot Mojo] — Sheree Renée Thomas's Blog]

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* [http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail%2CA%2C1%3Btitle%2CA%2C1%3Bother%2CA%2C0%3Bnone%2CA%2C0%3Bnone%2CA%2C0%3B20%3Btitle%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone%2Cnone&CISOSUPPRESS=1&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=contri&CISOROOT=%2Fsie_drum&CISOBOX1=Thomas%2C+Sheree+Renee Sheree Thomas' publications in Drumvoices Revue]

* [https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/thomas_interview/ Connected to Culture: A Conversation with Sheree Renée Thomas, Clarkesworld (July 2021)]

* [https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2022/09/30/afrofuturist-writer-sheree-renee-thomas/personalities/in-the-green-room/ Afrofuturist Writer Sheree Renée Thomas, In the Green Room, Zocalo (September 30th, 2022)]

* Guest Lecturer Sheree Renée Thomas, [https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/interview-guest-lecturer-sheree-renee-thomas/ Interview, Writing Workshop]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w836SZ8w-k A Conversation with Editor Sheree Renée Thomas at FiyahCon]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogRp1DalQs Sheree Renée Thomas returns to Wakanda for BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE!]

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