the blacktongue thief by christopher buehlman

He was a finalist in the 2006 War Poetry Contest, and the 2008 Forward poetry prize list. His poetry has appeared in the Atlanta Review, and other literary and university publications. He has also written and performed a one-man show about Christopher Marlowe, written a festival stage show called The Bastard Monks, and still performs his show Filthy Irish Stories for the Sterling Renaissance Festival in the summer. Early in his career the material was period and PG-13, performed in the lanes, but as the act moved on stage and into festival taverns it got bluer, more modern, and wilder, and has a strong cult following-most of his 18,000 Facebook followers have personally seen his show. He speaks French with near fluency and is conversant in Spanish.Ī lifelong fan of renaissance festivals, Buehlman developed an act called “Christophe the Insultor,” roasting fair-goers for money at the behest of their friends, and has been touring with this act for 25 years. He studied French language and History at Florida State University, graduating in 1994 with a bachelor's degree.

He briefly attended the University of Florida that year, then got his associate degree from St. He graduated from Northeast in 1985 at the age of sixteen. He attended Thom Howard Academy, a school for gifted and special needs students, from 1973 until 1982, when he enrolled at Northeast High School as a sophomore. He was subsequently adopted by Joseph and Christeen Buehlman of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Petersburg, Florida.īuehlman was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1969, to an adolescent young woman originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Christopher Buehlman (born 1969) is a novelist, comedian, playwright, and poet from St.

The blacktongue thief by christopher buehlman