Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (2016) Winner
Anna-Marie McLemore
アンナ＝マリー・マクレモア
Anna-Marie McLemore
Profile
- Gender
- nonbinary
- Nationality
- American, Mexican-American
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French
Career
- Occupations
- Author
- Active Years
- 2011-
- Influenced By
- Laura Esquivel, Carla Trujillo, Malinda Lo, Isabel Allende, Federico García Lorca
- Nominations
- William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist (The Weight of Feathers, 2016), National Book Award Longlist (When the Moon Was Ours, 2016), Northern California Book Award Finalist (Wild Beauty, 2018), National Book Award Longlist (Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix, 2022)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | James Tiptree Jr. Award | When the Moon Was Ours | Best Book | James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council | Won |
| 2017 | Stonewall Honor Award | When the Moon Was Ours | Children's and Young Adult Literature | American Library Association | Honor |
| 2024 | Michael L. Printz Award | The Collectors: Stories | — | American Library Association | Won |
James Tiptree Jr. Award
2016
Work:
When the Moon Was Ours
Category:
Best Book
Organization:
James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council
Result:
Won
Stonewall Honor Award
2017
Work:
When the Moon Was Ours
Category:
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Honor
Michael L. Printz Award
2024
Work:
The Collectors: Stories
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Michael L. Printz Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Weight of Feathers
2015 Young adult fiction, magical realismA magical-realist story about discrimination and marginalization involving a generational feud between Mexican-American and Romani rival families.
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When the Moon Was Ours
2016 Young adult fiction, magical realismA magical-realist fairytale about a transgender Pakistani-American boy and a cisgender queer Latina falling in love.
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Wild Beauty
2017 Young adult fiction, magical realismA story about a family of cursed women and magical gardens.
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Bibliography
- The Weight of Feathers (2015)
- When the Moon Was Ours (2016)
- Wild Beauty (2017)
- Blanca & Roja (2018)
- Miss Meteor (2020, co-written with Tehlor Kay Mejia)
- Dark and Deepest Red (2020)
- The Mirror Season (2021)
- Lakelore (2022)
- Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (2022)
- Venom and Vow (2023)
- Flawless Girls (2024)
- We Could Be Anyone (2026)
Translations of Works
- Turkish translations
- Italian translations
- Spanish translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- magical realismfairytale-inspired narrativepoetic prose
- Recurring Motifs
- queer charactersLatinx caststransformation and identitynature and magic
Legacy
Renowned for young adult magical realism novels with inclusive queer Latinx casts, recipient of Stonewall Honor, James Tiptree Jr. Award, and Michael L. Printz Award for anthology contribution.
Trivia
- Nonbinary and bigender, uses singular they pronouns.
- Husband is transgender.
- Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Fellow in 2011.