Alexis Arnaldus Gilliland (born August 10, 1931 in

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) is an American

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writer and cartoonist. He resides in Arlington, Virginia. Gilliland won the

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...

in 1982, notably beating

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for the honor. Gilliland also won four Hugo Awards for Best Fan Artist (1980, 1983, 1984, 1985), the Rotsler Award (Lifetime Achievement in Fan Cartooning) in 2006, and the Tucker Award (for Excellence in Partying) in 1988. He and his first wife Dolly (died 1991) hosted meetings of science fiction fans in his home approximately once a month from November 1967 until July 2006, and twice monthly since. In 1993 he married Lee Uba (née Elisabeth Swanson).Alexis Gilliland's personal Web site
Accessed 16 November 2008.

Bibliography

Novels

* Rosinante ** ''Revolution from Rosinante'' (1981) ** ''

Long Shot for Rosinante ''Long Shot for Rosinante'' is a novel by Alexis Gilliland published in 1981. Plot summary ''Long Shot for Rosinante'' is a novel in which Rosinante declares independence from the state of Texas. Reception Greg Costikyan reviewed ''Long Shot fo ...

'' (1981) ** ''The Pirates of Rosinante'' (1982) *''The End of the Empire'' (1983) * Wizenbeak (a fantasy trilogy) ** ''Wizenbeak'' (1986) ** ''The Shadow Shaia'' (1990) ** ''The Lord of the Troll-Bats'' (1992)

Short-stories

* ''Demarche to Iran'' (1992) (collected in

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's alternate history anthology

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)

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