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Ada Palmer

エーダ・パーマー

Ada Pāmā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1981-06-09 （Washington, D.C.）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Annapolis, Maryland

Career

Occupations
Novelist, historian, professor, composer
Active Years
2016-
Affiliations
Texas A&M University, University of Chicago
Nominations
Hugo Award for Best Novel Finalist (2017, Too Like the Lightning)

Education

Bard College at Simon's Rock
History
Degree: AA
Period: 15歳から2年間
Country: United States
Early admission
Bryn Mawr College
History
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 2001
Country: United States
Harvard University
History
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: United States
Harvard University
History
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: United States

Awards

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
2017
Category: Best New Writer
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: winner
Compton Crook Award
2017
Work: Too Like the Lightning
Category: 最優秀新人小説
Organization: Baltimore Science Fiction Society
Result: winner
Quantrell Award
2021
Category: 学部教育優秀賞
Organization: University of Chicago
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Too Like the Lightning

2016 Science fiction

First book in the Terra Ignota series. Set in a future Earth exploring politics and philosophy.

rationalismpoliticsphilosophy

Seven Surrenders

2017 Science fiction

Second book in the Terra Ignota series.

political conflictethics

The Will to Battle

2017 Science fiction

Third book in the Terra Ignota series.

warchoice

Perhaps the Stars

2021 Science fiction

Fourth book in the Terra Ignota series.

apocalypsefuture

Bibliography

  • Too Like the Lightning
  • Seven Surrenders
  • The Will to Battle
  • Perhaps the Stars
  • The Recovery of Ancient Philosophy in the Renaissance: A Brief Guide
  • Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance
  • Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age

Style & Themes

Literary Style
blend of history and SF18th-century style prosephilosophical dialogue
Recurring Motifs
secular worldviewutilitarianismRenaissance influences

Health

  • Crohn's disease
    2004-現在
    Disability activist focusing on self-care and invisible disabilities
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome
    2004-現在
    Disability activist focusing on self-care and invisible disabilities

Legacy

Known for Renaissance history on Lucretius's rediscovery, SF author winning Campbell Award. Famous for pope conclave LARP class.

Trivia

  • Her 'Pope class' reenacting the 1492 papal conclave with costumes is famous.