Nibedita Sen is a queer Bengali-born writer of

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She has been a finalist for the Astounding,

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, and Hugo Awards.

Life

Sen was born in Calcutta. She "accumulated a number of English degrees in India" before moving to the United States to study for another in creative writing. She currently works as an editor in New York City. She is also a gamer and artist.

Writing career

Sen is a graduate of Clarion West 2015, and has been active in the speculative fiction field since 2017. In addition to her fiction, she works as an editor, helping edit the LGBTQ SFF podcast ''Glittership''. Her work has appeared in various periodicals and anthologies, including ''Anathema'', ''The Book Smugglers'', ''Cast of Wonders'', ''The Dark'', ''Fireside Magazine'', ''Fireside Quarterly'', ''

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'', '' PodCastle'', ''Robot Dinosaur Fiction!'', and '' Strange Horizons''.

Bibliography

Short fiction

*"Never Yawn Under a Banyan Tree" (''Anathema'', Aug. 2017) *"Leviathan Sings to Me in the Deep" (''Nightmare Magazine'', Jun. 2018) *"Pigeons" (''Fireside Quarterly'', Jul. 2018) *"Sphexa, Start Dinosaur" (''Robert Dinosaur Fiction!'', Aug. 3, 2018) *"Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island" (''Nightmare Magazine'', May 2019) *"We Sang You As Ours" (''The Dark'' #49, Jun. 2019) *"Advice for Your First Time at the Faerie Market" (''Fireside Magazine'', Jul. 2019)

Nonfiction

*"The Long Arm of the West" (''The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 11: Trials by Whiteness'', Jun. 2017) *"I Am Known: Representation in Videogames" (''The Book Smugglers'', Nov. 2018) *"''Empire of Sand'', by Tasha Suri" (review) (''Strange Horizons'', Feb. 2019) *"The H Word: It's Alive!" (''NIghtmare Magazine'', Mar. 2019) *"Author Spotlight: Mari Ness" (''Nightmare Magazine'', Apr. 2019) *"''

The Luminous Dead ''The Luminous Dead'' is a 2019 sci-fi horror novel written by Caitlin Starling and is her first published novel. The book was released to positive reviews from critics and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. Synopsis ...

'', by Caitlin Starling" (review) (''Strange Horizons'', Sep. 2019) *"The Big Idea: Nibedita Sen" (
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Anthologies edited

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Nebula Awards Showcase 54 ''Nebula Awards Showcase 54'' is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short works edited by Bengali writer Nibedita Sen. It was first published in trade paperback by SFWA, Inc. in November 2020, followed by an ebook edition from the same pub ...

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Interviews

*"Author Spotlight: Nibedita Sen" by Sandra M. Odell (''Nightmare Magazine'', Jun. 2018) *"Author Spotlight: Nibedita Sen" by A. Merc Rustad (''Nightmare Magazine'', May 2019)

Awards

Sen was a finalist for the 2020 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. "

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" was a finalist for both the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Nibedita Living people Indian speculative fiction writers Women writers from West Bengal 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers Year of birth missing (living people) Indian LGBT writers