Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in

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genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005

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, the 2008

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for "

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", and the 2009

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for "

Shoggoths in Bloom "Shoggoths in Bloom" is a science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear, originally published in the March 2008 issue of the American magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', and subsequently republished in Bear's 2012 collection ''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 Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both ...

Spider Robinson Spider Robinson (born November 24, 1948) is an American-born Canadian science fiction author. He has won a number of awards for his hard science fiction and humorous stories, including the Hugo Award 1977 and 1983, and another Hugo with his co-a ...

Ted Chiang Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the ...

and

Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal (; born February 8, 1969) is an American author and puppeteer. Originally a puppeteer by primary trade after receiving a bachelor's degree in art education, she became art director for science fiction magazines and by 2010 was ...

Life and career

Born in

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, Bear studied English and anthropology at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

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, '' Hammered'', was published in January 2005 and was followed by ''Scardown'' in July and ''Worldwired'' in November of the same year. The trilogy features Canadian Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey, who is also the main character in the short story "Gone to Flowers". ''Hammered'' won the

Locus Award for Best First Novel The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine '' Locus''. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Fi ...

in 2006. ''The Chains That You Refuse'', a collection of her short fiction, was published May 2006 by

Night Shade Books Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel '' ...

. ''Blood and Iron'', the first book in the fantasy series entitled "The Promethean Age", debuted June 27, 2006. She is also a coauthor of the ongoing ''Shadow Unit'' website/pseudo-TV series. In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at

Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system ...

. She is an instructor at the

Viable Paradise Viable Paradise is an annual one-week residential writing workshop held each autumn on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and is focused on speculative fiction. The workshop began in 1997, as part of a science fiction convention pre ...

writer's workshop and has taught at

Clarion West Writers Workshop Clarion West Writers Workshop is an intensive six-week program for writers preparing for professional careers in science fiction and fantasy. It runs annually from late June through the end of July. The workshop is limited to 18 students per year. ...

. The opening quote in ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was r ...

'' episode "Lauren" (6.18) was a direct quote of the second and third lines of Bear's book ''Seven for a Secret'': "The secret to lying is to believe with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more than lying to another." She is one of the regular panelists on podcast

SF Squeecast ''SF Squeecast'' is a double Hugo-Award-winning science fiction podcast from the United States. The podcast features a group of regular contributors, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente, ...

, which won the 2012 and 2013

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s for "Best Fancast". Bear married novelist

Scott Lynch Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) is an American fantasy author who wrote the '' Gentleman Bastard Sequence'' series of novels. His first novel, ''The Lies of Locke Lamora'', was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 u ...

in October 2016. In 2021, Bear announced that she had been diagnosed with early-stage

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, at

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; published September 3, 2021; retrieved October 6, 2021

Published works

Novels

The Jenny Casey trilogy

* '' Hammered'' (January 2005, Bantam Spectra) * ''Scardown'' (July 2005, Bantam Spectra) * ''Worldwired'' (November 2005, Bantam Spectra)

The Promethean Age

* ''Blood and Iron'' (June 2006, ROC) * ''Whiskey and Water'' (July 2007, ROC) * The Stratford Man: ** Volume I: ''Ink and Steel'' (July 2008, ROC) ** Volume II: ''Hell and Earth'' (August 2008, ROC) * ''One Eyed Jack'' (November 2013, Prime Books)

Jacob's Ladder trilogy

* ''Dust'' (December 2007, Spectra) * ''Chill'' (February 2010, Spectra) * ''Grail'' (February 2011, Spectra)

The Edda of Burdens

* ''All the Windwracked Stars'' (November 2008, Tor) * ''By the Mountain Bound'' (November 2009, Tor) * ''The Sea thy Mistress'' (February 2011, Tor)

The Iskryne series

* ''A Companion to Wolves'', co-written with

Sarah Monette Sarah Elizabeth Monette (born November 25, 1974) is an American novelist and short story author, writing mostly in the genres of fantasy and horror. Under the name Katherine Addison, she published the fantasy novel '' The Goblin Emperor'', which ...

(October 2007, Tor) * ''The Tempering of Men'', co-written with Sarah Monette (August 2011, Tor) * ''An Apprentice to Elves'', co-written with Sarah Monette (June 25, 2015, Tor)

New Amsterdam series

* ''New Amsterdam'' (May 2007,

Subterranean Press Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Burton, Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. In addition to publishing novels, short stor ...

) * ''Seven for a Secret'' (novella; March 2009, Subterranean Press) * ''The White City'' (novella; 2011, Subterranean Press) * ''Ad Eternum'' (novella; February 2012, Subterranean Press) * ''Garrett Investigates'' (November 2012, Subterranean Press)

Eternal Sky Trilogy

* ''Range of Ghosts'' (March 2012, Tor Books) * ''Shattered Pillars'' (2013, Tor Books) * ''Steles of the Sky'' (2014, Tor Books)

The Lotus Kingdoms

* ''The Stone in the Skull'' (2017, Tor Books) *''The Red-Stained Wings'' (2019, Tor Books) *''The Origin of Storms'' (2022, Tor Books)

Other novels

* ''

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'' (November 2006, Bantam Spectra) * ''Undertow'' (August 2007, Bantam Spectra) * ''Bone and Jewel Creatures'' (novella) (2010, Subterranean Press)

Karen Memory

* '' Karen Memory'' (2015, Tor-Forge) * ''Stone Mad'' (2018, Tor-Forge)

White Space

* ''Ancestral Night'' (2018, Gallery / Saga Press) * ''Machine'' (2020, Gallery / Saga Press)

Short story collections

* ''The Chains That You Refuse'' (May 2006, Night Shade Books) * ''Shoggoths in Bloom'' (October 2012, Prime Books)

Short fiction

* "Okay, Glory" in ''Twelve Tomorrows'' (2018,

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). * "No Decent Patrimony" in ''Mash Up: Stories Inspired by Famous First Lines'', June 2016 * "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" in ''

Old Venus ''Old Venus'' is a "retro Venus science fiction"-themed anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, that was published on March 3, 2015. All of the stories are set on the planet Venus as styled in the pre-space probe pulp magazin ...

'' (2015,

Bantam Books Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. ...

). * "This Chance Planet" at Tor.com, October, 2014. *"In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns" in ''

Asimov's Science Fiction ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication ...

'', January 2012. Reprinted in '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection''
Copy online
* "King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree" in ''Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy'' (2010,

St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...

). * "The Horrid Glory of Its Wings" at Tor.com, December 2009. * "Swell" in ''Eclipse Three'' (2009,

). * "Mongoose" (with

) in ''Lovecraft Unbound'' (2009,

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

. Reprinted in '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection'') * "The Red in the Sky Is Our Blood" in ''METAtropolis'' (2009,

). * "Snow Dragons" in '' Subterranean Magazine'', Summer 2009. * "Two Dreams on a Train" reprinted in '' Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology'', 2009. * "Inelastic Collisions" in ''Inferno'' (2009,

Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...

). * "The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder" at Tor.com, September 2008. * "Boojum" (with Sarah Monette) in ''Fast Ships, Black Sails'' (2008,

). * "

" in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', March 2008. * "

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Takes the Fall" in ''The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (2008, Del Rey). * "Your Collar" in ''Subterranean Magazine'', 2008. * "Annie Webber" in ''Nature'', 2008. * "Hobnoblin Blues" in ''Realms of Fantasy'', February 2008. * "The Ladies" in ''Coyote Wild'', December 2007. * "Black Is the Color" in ''Subterranean Magazine'', Summer 2007. * "Matte" in ''Fictitious Force'', 2007. * "The Rest of Your Life in a Day" in ''

Jim Baen's Universe ''Jim Baen's Universe'' (''JBU'') was a bimonthly online fantasy and science fiction magazine created by Jim Baen (founder and long-time publisher of Baen Books). It was recognized by the SFWA as a Qualifying Short Fiction Venue. ''JBU'' beg ...

'', October 2007. * "Cryptic Coloration" in ''

'', June 2007. * "

" in ''

'', June 2007. * "Limerant" in '' Subterranean Magazine'' #6 (2007,

) * "Abjure the Realm" in ''Coyote Wild'', Winter 2007. * "War Stories" in ''

'', February 2007. * "Something Dreaming Game" in ''Fast Forward 1'' (2007, Prometheus Books)
"Orm the Beautiful"
in ''

Clarkesworld Magazine ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabe ...

'', January 2007. * "Love Among the Talus" in ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and ...

'', December 11, 2006. * "Lucifugous" in '' Subterranean Magazine'' #5 (2006,

). * "Follow Me Light" reprinted in ''Best New Paranormal Romance'' (November 2006) and ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' (September 2006) * "Sounding" in ''

'', September 18, 2006. * "Two Dreams on Trains" reprinted in ''Year's Best Science Fiction #23'' (July 2006). * "Wax" reprinted in ''Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2006'' edition (June 2006) * "Ile of Dogges" (with Sarah Monette) in ''Aeon 7'', 2006 * "Dos Sueños con Trenes" Two Dreams on Trains", Spanish-language versionin ''Cuasar'' #42, Marzo 2006 * "The Inevitable Heat Death of the Universe" in '' Subterranean Magazine'' #4 (2006,

) * "The Cold Blacksmith" in ''

'', June 2006 * "Gone to Flowers" (2006) in ''

Eidolon I ''Eidolon I'' is a 2006 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy G. Byrne. Background ''Eidolon I'' was first published in 2006 by Eidolon Books in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for the 2007 Di ...

'' (ed.

Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...

Jeremy G. Byrne Jeremy may refer to: * Jeremy (given name), a given name * Jérémy, a French given name * ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film * "Jeremy" (song), a song by Pearl Jam * Jeremy (snail), a left-coiled garden snail that died in 2017 * ''Jeremy'', a 1919 ...

) * "Los Empujadores Furioso" ''

On Spec ''On Spec'' is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative fiction" umbrella. History and profile Based in Edmon ...

'', Winter 2006 * "Wane" in '' Interzone'' #203 Mar/Apr 2006 * "Wax" in '' Interzone'' #201 Nov/Dec 2005 * "Long Cold Day" in ''

Sci Fiction ''Sci Fiction'' was an online magazine which ran from 2000 to 2005. At one time, it was the leading online science fiction magazine. Published by Syfy and edited by Ellen Datlow, the work won multiple awards before it was discontinued. History ...

'', September 21, 2005 * "House of the Rising Sun" in '' The Third Alternative'' #42, Summer 2005 * "And the Deep Blue Sea" in ''

'', May 4, 2005 * "One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King" in ''Lenox Avenue'', March–April 2005 * "Botticelli" at ''The Agony Column'', February 2005 * "Two Dreams on Trains" in ''

'', January 3, 2005 * "Follow Me Light" in ''

'', January 12, 2005 * "When You Visit the Magoebaskloof Hotel, Be Certain Not to Miss the Samango Monkeys" in Interzone 195, Nov/Dec 2004 * "Seven Dragons Mountains" in ''All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories'', Wheatland Press, October 2004 (YBF&H Honorable Mention) * "Sleeping Dogs Lie" in ''Flytrap'', November 2004 * "Ice (Lod)" (Polish-language version) in ''Nowa Fantastyka'' #7 (Summer 2004) * "Old Leatherwings" in ''Lenox Avenue'', July 2004 * "This Tragic Glass" in ''

'', April 7, 2004 (YBSF Honorable Mention, James Tiptree, Jr. Award long list) * "The Chains That You Refuse" in ''Chiaroscuro'', April 2004 * "Speak!" in ''

'', Winter 2003 * "Tiger! Tiger!" in the anthology ''

Shadows Over Baker Street ''Shadows Over Baker Street'' is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The collection is edited ...

'' (Del Rey, September 2003) * "Ice" in the April 2003 issue of ''

Ideomancer ''Ideomancer'' was a Canadian quarterly online speculative fiction magazine whose contents included science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, horror, flash fiction and speculative poetry, along with reviews and interviews. The first issue debuted ...

'' * "The Dying of the Light" (with Amber van Dyk) in the April 2003 issue of the '' Fortean Bureau'' (YBF&H Honorable Mention) * An excerpt from "Hammered" appeared in the Summer 2003 issue of ''Harpur Palate'' * "The Company of Four" in ''Scheherazade'' issue #20 * "The Devil You Don't" in ''

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'' 11

Poetry

* "

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Drowns While Embracing the Moon" in ''Not One of Us'', Issue 42. * "Seven Steeds" in ''Lone Star Stories'', Issue 29, Oct. 2008. * "e.e. 'doc' cummings" in ''

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'', March 2003.

Essays

* "We'll Make Great Pets" in ''Chicks Dig Time Lords'' (2010,

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)

Reception

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wrote that Bear "is famous for combining high-octane military/spy tales with eccentric and subversive subplots".

Awards

* 2005

* 2006

for ''Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired'' * 2008

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction story ...

for Best Short Science Fiction for "

" * 2008

for "Tideline" * 2009

for "

" * 2009

Gaylactic Spectrum Award The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylact ...

for Best Novel for ''The Stratford Man (Ink and Steel'' and ''Hell and Earth)'' * 2012

Audie Award The Audie Awards (, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from ''audiobook''), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They ...

for Best Original Work for "

Metatropolis ''METAtropolis'' is a series of science fiction audiobook collections. In 2008, Audible.com released the audiobook anthology ''METAtropolis'', edited by John Scalzi and featuring short fiction in a shared world created by Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, ...

: Cascadia" * 2012

Hugo Award for Best Fancast The Hugo Award for Best Fancast is one of the Hugo Awards, and is awarded to the best non-professional audio or video periodical devoted to science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for ...

for SF Squeecast * 2013

Locus Award for Best Collection Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to: Entertainment * Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front * ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine ** ''Locus Award' ...

for ''Shoggoths in Bloom'' * 2021 Neffy Award for Best Novel (tie) for ''Machine''

References

External links

*
Interview
at ''

'', May 2010
Interview
at SFRevu.com, April 2019 *
Elizabeth Bear
at ''

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''
Elizabeth Bear stories available free online
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