N. Lee Wood (born November 15, 1955) is an American author. She has written

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and mainstream novels.

Biography

N. Lee Wood was born November 15, 1955 in

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. She became a naturalized citizen of

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in November, 2020. She holds a

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in English literature from the

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of Great Britain. She is an alumnus of the

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. ...

. Wood has travelled widely, and lived in the UK, France, Australia, and New Zealand. She was married to author

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from 1990 to 2005.

Awards and honors

Her novel ''Looking for the Mahdi'' was nominated for the 1997

Arthur C. Clarke Award The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke, who gave a grant to establish the award i ...

Selected works

Novels

*''Faraday's Orphans'' (1995) *''Looking for the Mahdi'' (1996) *''Bloodrights'' (1999) *''Master of None'' (2002) *''Redemption'' (as Lee Jackson, 2007)

Inspector Keen Dunliffe Series

*''Kingdom of Lies'' (2005) *''Kingdom of Silence'' (2009)

Short fiction

* "Molly Haskowin" (1990) * "Memories that Dance Like Dust in the Summer Heat" (1990) * "In the Land of No" (1991) * "Three Merry Pranksters at the Louvre" (2000) * "Thicker than Water" (2001) * "Balzac" (2003) * "Scapegoats" (2014)

Anthologies

* '' Nemira '94''Amazon.com: Romanin SF Anthology: Nemira ' 94 (9789735690298): Romulus Barbulescu, George Anania, N. Lee Wood, Norman Spinrad: Books
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(1994)

Essays

* "Report from Clarion West" (1985) * "Magnum Opus Con (III)" (1988) * "1988 World Sf Meeting in Budapest" (1989) * "ABA, Parisienne Style" (1989) * "SF in France" (Locus #357) (1990) * "World SF Meeting at Den Haag" (1990) * "Parcon '90 Report" (1991) * "SF in France" (Locus #372) (1992) * "1992 Salon du Livre" (1992) * "Freucon/1992 World SF Meeting" (1992) * "Étonnants Voyaguers Festival" (1993) * "1993 Salon du Livre" (1993)

References

External links

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