Brooke Bolander
American speculative fiction writer
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Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction.[1]
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Brooke Bolander at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017 | |
| Occupation | Short fiction author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Period | 2008–present |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Notable works | The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018) |
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| Website | |
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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
Fiction
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)[17]
- "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
- "Breaching the Gap" (2014)
- "Introduction" (Genius Loci) (2016)
- "The Uncanny Dinosaurs—Introduction" (2018)
