Brooke Bolander
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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Website | |
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Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction.[1]
Biography[edit]
Bolander attended the University of Leicester, studying History and Archaeology,[2] and is a graduate of the 2011 Clarion Workshop.[3]
Literary career[edit]
Bolander's work, including both short fiction and essays, has been published in venues such as Lightspeed,[2] Uncanny Magazine,[4] and Strange Horizons.[3]
Her novelette "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015), first published in Lightspeed,[5] was a finalist for the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette,[6] the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[7] and the 2016 Locus Award for Best Novelette.[8] It was included in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection.[9]
Her short story "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016), in Uncanny Magazine,[10] was a finalist for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story[11] and the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[12]
Her novelette The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018), released by Tor,[13] won the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 2019 Locus Award for Best Novelette, and was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo 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. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "Brooke Bolander". Lightspeed Magazine. 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "Brooke Bolander". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Brooke Bolander". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b Bolander, Brooke (February 2015). "And You Shall Know Her By the Trail of Dead". Lightspeed Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ a b "Nebula Award Winners Announced". SFWA. 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "2016 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "Locus Online News » 2016 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016, edited by Rich Horton". Prime Books. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b Bolander, Brooke (2016). "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ a b "SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees!". The Nebula Awards. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "2017 Hugo Awards". Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ a b Publishing, Tor com. "The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander | Tor.com Publishing". Tor Publishing. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Brooke Bolander". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Bol, Brooke; er. "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ a b c d e "Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction News and Events". Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ a b c d "World Fantasy Awards 2019 | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved 2019-07-25.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Brooke Bolander at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Brooke Bolander at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalog records