| Who is it? | Writer, Producer |
| Birth Day | July 07, 1968 |
| Birth Place | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Age | 54 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Occupation | Writer, author, editor, publisher |
| Genre | Speculative fiction Fantasy Metafiction Horror Science fiction Weird fiction |
| Literary movement | New Weird |
| Notable awards | Nebula Award for Best Novel, Shirley Jackson Award, World Fantasy Award |
| Spouse | Ann VanderMeer |
Jeff VanderMeer, a renowned writer and producer based in the United States, has a net worth estimated to be between $100,000 and $1 million in 2024. VanderMeer is widely recognized for his exceptional storytelling ability and his contributions to the field of speculative fiction. Having written numerous critically acclaimed novels and short stories, he has captivated readers worldwide with his unique blend of science fiction, fantasy, and ecological themes. VanderMeer's talent as a writer and his success as a producer have undoubtedly contributed to his impressive net worth, making him a highly influential figure in the literary world.
VanderMeer was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania in 1968, and spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps. After returning to the United States, he spent time in Ithaca, New York, and Gainesville, Florida. He attended the University of Florida for three years and, in 1992, took part in the Clarion Writers Workshop.
VanderMeer is the founding Editor and publisher of the Ministry of Whimsy Press, which he set up in the late 1980s while still in high school. The press is currently an imprint of Wyrm Publishing. One of the Ministry's publications, The Troika by Stepan Chapman, won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1997.
One of VanderMeer's early successes was his 2001 short-story collection City of Saints and Madmen, set in the imaginary city of Ambergris. Several of VanderMeer's novels were subsequently set in the same place, including Shriek: An Afterword (2006) and Finch (2009), the latter of which was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. In 2000, his novella The Transformation of Martin Lake won the World Fantasy Award.
VanderMeer has also edited a number of anthologies. He won a 2003 World Fantasy Award for Leviathan, Volume Three, a collection of genre-bending stories he edited with Forrest Aguirre. He and Mark Roberts were also finalists for the same award the next year for the anthology The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases.
In 2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, consisting of the novels Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. The story focuses on a secret agency that manages expeditions into a location known as Area X. The area is an uninhabited and abandoned part of the United States that nature has begun to reclaim after a mysterious world-changing event.
The series ended up being highly honored, with Annihilation winning the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards for Best Novel. The entire trilogy was also named a finalist for the 2015 World Fantasy Award and the 2016 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis. Annihilation was also adapted into a film of the same name by writer-director Alex Garland. The film stars Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Oscar Isaac.
In August 2017 VanderMeer released the novella The Strange Bird: A Borne Story. The stand-alone story is set in the same world as Borne but features different characters.
