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A. M. Dellamonica

アリクサンドラ・マーガレット・デラモニカ

A. M. Dellamonica

Pen Names: L. X. Beckett（Pen name used for some short fiction (primarily in the 2020s)）, Alyx Dellamonica（Alternate byline used for some works）

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1968-02-25 （Calgary, Alberta, Canada）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Career

Occupations
Writer, Creative writing instructor, Reviewer
Active Years
1980-
Affiliations
UCLA Extension Writers' Program (teaches creative writing online), University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) (in-person creative writing instructor)
Nominations
Sidewise Award nomination (2005), Nebula Award preliminary ballot (2006)

Education

Clarion West Writers Workshop
Period: 1995（参加）
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: United States
Six-week intensive workshop
University of British Columbia (UBC) Opt-Res Creative Writing MFA program
Creative Writing (Opt-Res) / Creative Writing
Period: 在学（時期不明）
Country: Canada
Reportedly a student at time of writing (dates uncertain)

Awards

Sunburst Award (for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic)
2010
Work: Indigo Springs
Organization: Sunburst Award (organizers)
Result: 受賞
Aurora Award for Best Novel
2016
Work: A Daughter of No Nation
Organization: Aurora Awards (organizers)
Result: 受賞
Canada Council for the Arts Grant for Emerging Artists
2005
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts
Result: 助成金受領
Ontario Arts Council Grant for Writers' Works in Progress
2015
Organization: Ontario Arts Council
Result: 助成金受領
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
2005
Work: A Key to the Illuminated Heretic
Organization: Sidewise Award (organizers)
Result: ノミネート
Nebula Award (preliminary ballot)
2006
Work: A Key to the Illuminated Heretic
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
Result: 予備候補掲載

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Indigo Springs

2009 Fantasy

Blue Magic

2012 Fantasy / Speculative fiction

Child of a Hidden Sea

2014 Fantasy

A Daughter of No Nation

2015 Fantasy

The Nature of a Pirate

2016 Fantasy

Bibliography

  • Indigo Springs (2009)
  • Blue Magic (2012)
  • Child of a Hidden Sea (2014)
  • A Daughter of No Nation (2015)
  • The Nature of a Pirate (2016)
  • Lucre's Egg (1994)
  • Furlough (1996)
  • Homage (1996)
  • Jailbreak (1996)
  • Crusader (1996)
  • Love Equals Four, Plus Six (1996)
  • The One-Act (1997)
  • Novice (1998)
  • The Dark Hour (1999)
  • Nevada (2000)
  • The Girl Who Ate Garbage (2001) with Jessica Reisman
  • Three Times Over the Falls (2002)
  • A Slow Day at the Gallery (2002)
  • Riverboy (2002)
  • Living the Quiet Life (2002)
  • The Children of Port Allain (2003)
  • Cooking Creole (2003)
  • Origin of Species (2004)
  • Faces of Gemini (2004)
  • The Dream Eaters (2004)
  • Ruby, in the Storm (2004)
  • The Spear Carrier (2005)
  • A Key to the Illuminated Heretic (2005)
  • Time of the Snake (2007)
  • The Sorrow Fair (2008)
  • The Cage (2010)
  • The Color of Paradox (2014)
  • Snow Angel (2014)
  • Through Your Eyes Only (2015)
  • A Daughter of No Nation (excerpt) (2015)
  • Tribes (2016)
  • Bottleneck (2017)
  • Freezing Rain, a Chance of Falling (2018) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • Field Trip (2020) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • Starring You in the Role of the Fourth Rider (2020) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • The Immolation of Kev Magee (2020) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • Cat Ladies (2021) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • The HazMat Sisters (2021) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • Salvage Blossom (2022) [only as by L. X. Beckett]
  • Horsewoman (2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Speculative fiction spanning science fiction, fantasy, and alternate historyCharacter-driven narrativesOccasionally lyrical or experimental prose
Recurring Motifs
Sea and sailingIdentity and belongingReinterpretation of history

Legacy

Canadian speculative fiction author. Active since the 1980s with many short stories and several novels; winner of the Sunburst Award (2010) for Indigo Springs and the Aurora Award (2016) for A Daughter of No Nation. Also known for teaching creative writing and reviewing genre fiction, and recipient of multiple arts grants.

Trivia

  • Identifies as non-binary.
  • Married to Canadian SF writer Kelly Robson.
  • Attended Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1995.
  • First novel: Indigo Springs (2009).
  • Indigo Springs won the Sunburst Award (2010); A Daughter of No Nation won the Aurora Award (2016).
  • Some short fiction has been published under the bylines L. X. Beckett and Alyx Dellamonica.