Brooke Bolander
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Occupation | Writer of short fiction |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | |
Period | 2008–present |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
Notable works | The Only Harmless Great Thing(2018) |
Notable awards |
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Brooke Bolanderis an American author ofspeculative fiction.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bolander attended theUniversity of Leicester,studyingHistoryand Archaeology,[2]and is a graduate of the 2011Clarion Workshop.[3]
Literary career
[edit]Bolander's work, including bothshort fictionandessays,has been published in venues such asLightspeed,[2]Uncanny Magazine,[4]andStrange Horizons.[3]
Her novelette "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015), first published inLightspeed,[5]was a finalist for the 2015Nebula Award for Best Novelette,[6]the 2016Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[7]and the 2016Locus Award for Best Novelette.[8]It was included inThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection.[9]
Her short story "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016), inUncanny Magazine,[10]was a finalist for the 2016Nebula Award for Best Short Story[11]and the 2017Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[12]
Her noveletteThe Only Harmless Great Thing(2018), released byTor,[13]won the 2018Nebula Award for Best Noveletteand the 2019Locus Award for Best Novelette,and was a finalist for the 2019Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Bibliography
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Source:[10]
- "Trickster Blues" (2008)
- "Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring" (2012)
- "Tornado's Siren" (2012)
- "Sun Dogs" (2012)
- "The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness of Men" (2013)
- "Darlings" (2014)
- "The Legend of RoboNinja" (2014)
- "Mechanical Animals" (2014)
- "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015)[5]
- "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016)
- "The Last of the Minotaur Wives" (2017)
- The Only Harmless Great Thing(2018)[13]
- "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat"(2018)[15]
- "No Flight Without the Shatter" (2018)
- Kindle (2019)
- A Bird, a Song, a Revolution (2019)
- A Glossary of Radicalization (2020)
- Where the River Turns to Concrete (2020)
Nonfiction
[edit]- "Breaching the Gap" (2014)
- "Introduction" (Genius Loci) (2016)
- "The Uncanny Dinosaurs—Introduction" (2018)
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2015 | "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" | Nebula Award | Best Novelette | Shortlisted | [6] |
2016 | Hugo Award | Best Novelette | Shortlisted | [7] | |
Locus Award | Best Novelette | Nominated | [8] | ||
Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Shortlisted | [16] | ||
"Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" | Nebula Award | Best Short Story | Shortlisted | [11] | |
2017 | Hugo Award | Best Short Story | Shortlisted | [12] | |
World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | Shortlisted | |||
2018 | The Only Harmless Great Thing | Nebula Award | Best Novelette | Won | |
2019 | Hugo Award | Best Novelette | Shortlisted | [16][17] | |
Locus Award | Best Novelette | Won | |||
Shirley Jackson Award | Novella | Shortlisted | [16][17] | ||
Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Shortlisted | [16][17] | ||
World Fantasy Award | Novella | Shortlisted | [16][17] | ||
"The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters... " | Hugo Award | Best Short Story | Shortlisted |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring".Lightspeed Magazine.2012-02-07.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^ab"Brooke Bolander".Lightspeed Magazine.2011-12-07.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^ab"Brooke Bolander".Strange Horizons.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^"Brooke Bolander".Uncanny Magazine.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^abBolander, Brooke (February 2015)."And You Shall Know Her By the Trail of Dead".Lightspeed Magazine.Retrieved2017-03-12.
- ^ab"Nebula Award Winners Announced".SFWA. 2016-05-14.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^ab"2016 Hugo Awards".The Hugo Awards. 2015-12-29.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^ab"Locus Online News » 2016 Locus Awards Winners".Locus Magazine.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^"The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016, edited by Rich Horton".Prime Books.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^abBolander, Brooke (2016)."Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies".Uncanny Magazine.Retrieved2017-03-12.
- ^ab"SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees!".The Nebula Awards. 2017-02-20.Retrieved2017-03-11.
- ^ab"2017 Hugo Awards".RetrievedApril 4,2017.
- ^abPublishing, Tor com."The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander | Tor.com Publishing".Tor Publishing.Retrieved2019-05-15.
- ^"Summary Bibliography: Brooke Bolander".www.isfdb.org.Retrieved2024-04-02.
- ^Bol, Brooke; er."The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat".Uncanny Magazine.Retrieved2019-05-15.
- ^abcde"Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction News and Events".Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-06-15.Retrieved2019-05-15.
- ^abcd"World Fantasy Awards 2019 | World Fantasy Convention".Retrieved2019-07-25.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Brooke Bolanderat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- Brooke BolanderatLibrary of Congress,with 1 library catalog record