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Navah Wolfe
Navah Wolfe is a two-time Hugo Award winning American editor of science fiction, fantasy and horror works. Biography Navah Wolfe went to college at Yeshiva University where she studied History and English. She won the Hugo Award for Best Editor (Long Form) in 2019 and 2020, having been nominated in 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022. She has worked with some significant names in science fiction, fantasy and horror, her genre specialties for the past twelve years or more. She is currently an Executive Editor at DAW Books. In the past, she has worked as an editor at Subterranean Press, Saga Press and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Wolfe has worked with Dominik Parisien to create a series of anthologies which have won Shirley Jackson Awards as well as being finalists for the World and British Fantasy Award. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children. Awards and nominations Navah Wolfe won the Hugo for Best Editor (Long Form) in 2020 and 2019, and was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier award in science fiction. The award is administered by the World Science Fiction Society. It is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ''Amazing Stories''. Hugos were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention, and have been awarded every year since 1955. The awards were originally given in seven categories. These categories have changed over the years, and the award is currently conferred in seventeen categories of written and dramatic works. The winners receive a trophy consisting of a stylized rocket ship on a base; the design of the trophy changes each year, though the rocket itself has been standardized since 1984. The Hugo Awards are considered "the premier award in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Award
The Aurora Awards (french: Prix Aurora-Boréal) are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lures galaxy of sci/fi stars". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 6, 1991. The event is organized by Canvention and the awards are given out by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. Originally they were known as the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards which was shortened to CSFFA and nicknamed the Casper Awards based on that acronym, but this name was changed to the Aurora Awards in 1991, because the Aurora is the same in English and French. The categories have expanded from those focused on literary works to include categories that recognize achievements in comics, music, poetry, art, film and television. Originally, the CSFFA gave out both the English-language and French-language versions of the awards, with the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Rose Clarke
Cassandra Rose Clarke (born 1983) is an American author who writes speculative fiction novels. Education Clarke graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in English. She received a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. She was selected for the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 2010. Writing style Clarke writes speculative fiction novels. Clarke's works have been praised, with particular emphasis on her skill in worldbuilding: ''Publishers Weekly'' called ''Our Lady of the Ice'' "complex and lovely" with "worldbuilding hatwill sweep readers away." The worldbuilding in ''The Mad Scientist's Daughter'' was done with "a very light and deft touch" according to ''Kirkus Reviews''. Works *''The Mad Scientist's Daughter'' (2013) *'' Our Lady of the Ice'' (2015) *''Magic of Blood and Sea'' (2017): A compilation of two of Clarke's earlier novels, ''The Assassin's Curse'' (2012) and ''The Pirate's Wish'' (2013) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Neumeier
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aunt Rebecca was Jacob's mother. After Leah conceived again, Rachel was finally blessed with a son, Joseph, who would become Jacob's favorite child. Children Rachel's son Joseph was destined to be the leader of Israel's tribes between exile and nationhood. This role is exemplified in the Biblical story of Joseph, who prepared the way in Egypt for his family's exile there. After Joseph's birth, Jacob decided to return to the land of Canaan with his family. Fearing that Laban would deter him, he fled with his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and twelve children without informing his father-in-law. Laban pursued him and accused him of stealing his idols. Indeed, Rachel had taken her father's idols, hidden them inside her camel's seat cushion, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishell Baker
Mishell Baker is an American writer of fantasy. A 2009 graduate of the Clarion Workshop, her fantasy stories have been published in ''Daily Science Fiction'', ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'', and '' Electric Velocipede''. Overview In 2016, Baker published ''Borderline'', the first novel in te Arcadia Project urban fantasy series with Simon & Schuster's imprint Saga Press (edited by Navah Wolfe). It was a Publishers Weekly staff pick, and Barnes & Noble chose it as one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2016. ''Borderline'' is notable for having a disabled protagonist with borderline personality disorder. The second and third books in the series, ''Phantom Pains'' and ''Impostor Syndrome'', were released in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Biography Mishell Baker lives in Los Angeles, California with her partner and two children. Novels The Arcadia Project # ''Borderline'', March 2016, # ''Phantom Pains'', March 2017, # ''Impostor Syndrome'', March 13, 2018 Awards and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Rowland
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (English, Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Vernon
Ursula Vernon (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work in various mediums, including the Hugo Award for her graphic novel '' Digger'', the Nebula Award for her short story " Jackalope Wives", and Mythopoeic Awards for adult and children's literature. Vernon's books for children include ''Hamster Princess'' and ''Dragonbreath''. Under the name T. Kingfisher, she is also the author of books for older audiences. She writes short fiction under both names. Career Ursula Vernon grew up in Oregon and Arizona. She studied anthropology at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she first took art classes. She first became known for her webcomics and as a freelance artist, particularly for her works containing anthropomorphic animals. She then moved into writing and illustrating a number of children's books, her first being published in 2008, and then books for adults under the pseudonym T. Kingfishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Goss
Theodora Goss (born September 30, 1968) is a Hungarian-American fiction writer and poet. Her writing has been nominated for major awards, including the Nebula, Locus, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Seiun Awards. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Year's Best volumes. Biography Theodora Goss was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States as a child.Press Theodora Goss web page. Retrieved 17 April 2018."Theodora Goss", ''Contemporary Authors Online'' (2008) Gale Biography In Context, Gale, Detroit She received her from the |
Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Tideline (short story), Tideline", and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom". She is one of a small number of writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (the others include C. J. Cherryh, Orson Scott Card, Spider Robinson, Ted Chiang and Mary Robinette Kowal). Life and career Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, Bear studied English and anthropology at the University of Connecticut but did not graduate. She worked as a technical writer, stable hand, reporter and held various office jobs. She sold a few stories in the 1990s and began writing seriously in 2001. Bear's first novel, ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherynne M
Catherynne M. Valente (born May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy awards. Her short fiction has appeared in ''Clarkesworld Magazine'', the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies '' Salon Fantastique'' and ''Paper Cities'', along with numerous "Year's Best" volumes. Her critical work has appeared in the ''International Journal of the Humanities'' as well as in numerous essay collections. Career Catherynne M. Valente's novels have been nominated for Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus awards. Her 2009 book ''Palimpsest'' won the Lambda Award for LGBT Science Fiction or Fantasy. Her two-volume series '' The Orphan's Tales'' won the 2008 Mythopoeic Award, and its first volume, ''The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden'', won the 2006 James Tiptree Jr. Award and was nominated for the 2007 World Fantasy Award. In 2012, Valente's work won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and in 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical ''Hamilton'', for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of ''Hamilton'', he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Since leaving ''Hamilton'', he played a recurring role in the television series ''Black-ish'' (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films ''Wonder'' (2017) and ''Velvet Buzzsaw'' (2019). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film ''Blindspotting'', which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series of the same name, in which he also reprised his role as a guest. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Solomon
Rivers Solomon is an American author of speculative and literary fiction. In 2018, they received the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses' Firecracker Award in Fiction for their debut novel, ''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', and in 2020 their second novel, '' The Deep'', won the Lambda Literary Award. Their third novel, ''Sorrowland'', was published in May 2021. Personal life Solomon is non-binary and intersex and states that they use fae/faer and they/them pronouns. They describe themself as "a dyke, an anarchist, a she-beast, an exile, a shiv, a wreck, and a refugee of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade." They have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and are on the autism spectrum. As of 2018, Solomon lives in Cambridge, UK, with their family. Originally from the United States, they received their BA in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity from Stanford University in California and an MFA in Fiction Writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
