Nick Wolven is an American
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
who writes
science fiction
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short stories
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.
Education
Wolven attended the
Clarion Workshop
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in
San Diego
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in 2007.
Career
Wolven's first professional sale was the short story "An Art, Like Everything Else", published 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 ...
'' April–May 2008. It received positive reviews among bloggers
with one blogger calling it the best story in the issue.
It was called "a beautiful story with a tear-jerker ending" by Spiral Galaxy Reviews,
while another said it was a "nice idea" but a "saccharine" execution.
The story was republished in
St Martin's Press
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's ''Year's Best Science Fiction of 2009''.
Two other stories, "The LoveSling"
and "Senor Hedor"
also received positive reactions.
His story, "Angie's Errand", which dealt with gender issues
in a post-catastrophe world, was the featured cover story for the December 2009 issue of ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' magazine.
Personal life
He currently lives in Bronx, NY
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, and works at Barnard College Library
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. As of February 1, 2010, he had stopped updating his official blog.
Wolven is also a part-time drummer. He lists Stewart Copeland
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is a Scottish-American musician and composer. He is best known for his work as the drummer of the English rock band the Police from 1977 to 1986, and again from 2007 to 2008. Before playing with th ...
as one of his major influences.Nick Wolven bio at Michael Kaplan.net
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References
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Living people
American male novelists
American rock drummers
American science fiction writers
Analog Science Fiction and Fact people
Asimov's Science Fiction people
Year of birth missing (living people)