Kiini Ibura Salaam

Kiini Ibura Salaam
Kiini Ibura Salaam
Born	1973 (age 52–53); New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Website
	www.kiiniibura.com

Born1973 (age 52–53)

New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

GenreScience fiction, fantasy

Kiini Ibura Salaam (born 1973) is an American essayist, science fiction and fantasy short story writer, and painter.^[1] Her short story collection Ancient, Ancient won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for 2012.^[2]

She is the daughter of writer and activist Kalamu ya Salaam.^[3]

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v t e Otherwise Award/James Tiptree Jr. Award Winners
Retrospective winners	Motherlines and Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin The Female Man and "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ
1991–2000	A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason (1991, tie) White Queen by Gwyneth Jones (1991, tie) China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (1992) Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (1993) "The Matter of Seggri" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1994, tie) Larque on the Wing by Nancy Springer (1994, tie) Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (1995, tie) The Memoirs Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Theodore Roszak (1995, tie) "Mountain Ways" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1996, tie) The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1996, tie) Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey (1997, tie) "Travels With The Snow Queen" by Kelly Link (1997, tie) "Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation" by Raphael Carter (1998) The Conqueror's Child by Suzy McKee Charnas (1999) Wild Life by Molly Gloss (2000)
2001–2010	The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto (2001) Light by M. John Harrison (2002, tie) "Stories for Men" by John Kessel (2002, tie) Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls by Matt Ruff (2003) Camouflage by Joe Haldeman (2004, tie) Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo (2004, tie) Air by Geoff Ryman (2005) The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente (2006, tie) Half Life by Shelley Jackson (2006, tie) James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (2006, special recognition) The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall (2007) The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (2008, tie) Filter House by Nisi Shawl (2008, tie) Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales by Greer Gilman (2009, tie) Ōoku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga (2009, tie) Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić (2010)
2011–2020	Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston (2011) The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2012, tie) Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam (2012, tie) Rupetta by N. A. Sulway (2013) The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne (2014, tie) My Real Children by Jo Walton (2014, tie) "The New Mother" by Eugene Fischer (2015, tie) Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz (2015, tie) When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (2016) Who Runs the World? by Virginia Bergin (2017) "They Will Dream in the Garden" by Gabriela Damián Miravete (2018) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2019) Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (2020)
2021–present	Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (2021, tie) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (2021, tie)

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Kiini Ibura Salaam
Born	1973 (age 52–53) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Website
www.kiiniibura.com