Julia Rios is an American writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator.
Biography
Born in the United States, Rios is partly of Mexican descent. They have won a number of awards for their work in Science Fiction and Fantasy and has even more nominations. They have hosted a number of podcasts including ''Outer Alliance'' and ''The Skiffy and Fanty Show''. Rios has also been an editor for several of the genres biggest name magazines such as
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 ...
,
Uncanny Magazine
''Uncanny Magazine'' is an American science fiction and fantasy online magazine, edited and published by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, based in Urbana, Illinois. Its mascot is a space unicorn.
The editors-in-chief, who originally ...
and
Fireside Magazine
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. They have also worked as a narrator for
PodCastle
''PodCastle'' is a weekly audio fantasy fiction podcast. They release audio performances of fantasy short fiction, including all the subgenres of fantasy, including magical realism, urban fantasy, slipstream, high fantasy, and dark fantasy. As ...
and
Pseudopod
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. Rios is a co-founders of
Fuente Collective. In 2019 the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. Whil ...
awarded them the
Kevin O'Donnell Jr. award for establishing of the SFWA mentoring initiative. Rios has a strong interest in diversity, especially in queer and Latinx communities.
Awards
* 2019 SFWA Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service Award
*Hugo Awards
** 2017 Uncanny Magazine
** 2018 Uncanny Magazine
* Aurealis Awards
** 2017: Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015 (JR & Alisa Krasnostein, eds.) (Twelfth Planet)
** 2015: Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Alisa Krasnostein & JR, eds.) (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Ditmar Awards
** 2015: Kaleidoscope (Alisa Krasnostein & JR, eds.) (Twelfth Planet)
Bibliography
* Fireside Magazine
* Fireside Quarterly
* Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction
* Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013 (2014) with Alisa Krasnostein
* Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2014 (2016) with Alisa Krasnostein
* Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015 (2016) with Alisa Krasnostein
* In Other Words (2014) with Saira Ali
* Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (2014) with Alisa Krasnostein
References and sources
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21st-century American women writers
LGBT women
American women editors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people