Brooke Bolander

Brooke Bolander
Brooke Bolander at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017
Brooke Bolander at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017
OccupationShort fiction author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Period2008–present
GenreSpeculative fiction
Notable worksThe Only Harmless Great Thing (2018)
Notable awards
Website
brookebolander.com

Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction.[1]

Biography

Bolander attended the University of Leicester, studying History and Archaeology,[2] and is a graduate of the 2011 Clarion Workshop.[3]

Literary career

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.

Awards and nominations

Year Title Award Category Result Ref
2015 "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" Nebula Award Novelette Shortlisted [6]
2016 Hugo Award Novelette Shortlisted [7]
Locus Award Novelette Nominated [8]
Theodore Sturgeon Award — Shortlisted [14]
"Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" Nebula Award Short Story Shortlisted [11]
2017 Hugo Award Short Story Shortlisted [12]
World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Shortlisted
2018 The Only Harmless Great Thing Nebula Award Novelette Won
2019 Hugo Award Novelette Shortlisted [14][15]
Locus Award Novelette Won
Shirley Jackson Award Novella Shortlisted [14][15]
Theodore Sturgeon Award — Shortlisted [14][15]
World Fantasy Award Novella Shortlisted [14][15]
"The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters..." Hugo Award Short Story Shortlisted

Bibliography

Source: ISFDB[16]

Fiction

Source:[10]

  • Kindle (2019)
  • A Bird, a Song, a Revolution (2019)
  • A Glossary of Radicalization (2020)
  • Where the River Turns to Concrete (2020)

Nonfiction

  • "Breaching the Gap" (2014)
  • "Introduction" (Genius Loci) (2016)
  • "The Uncanny Dinosaurs—Introduction" (2018)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Her Words Like Hunting Vixens Spring". Lightspeed Magazine. February 7, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Brooke Bolander". Lightspeed Magazine. December 7, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Brooke Bolander". Strange Horizons. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Brooke Bolander". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Bolander, Brooke (February 2015). "And You Shall Know Her By the Trail of Dead". Lightspeed Magazine. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Nebula Award Winners Announced". SFWA. May 14, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "2016 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Locus Online News » 2016 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016, edited by Rich Horton". Prime Books. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Bolander, Brooke (2016). "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "SFWA Announces 2016 Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury Award Nominees!". The Nebula Awards. February 20, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "2017 Hugo Awards". Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  13. ^ a b Publishing, Tor com. "The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander | Tor.com Publishing". Tor Publishing. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  14. ^ 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 June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  15. ^ a b c d "World Fantasy Awards 2019 | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  16. ^ "Summary Bibliography: Brooke Bolander". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  17. ^ Bol, Brooke; er. "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2019.