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Becky Chambers

ベッキー・チェンバーズ

Bekkī Chenbāzu

Aliases: Rebecca Marie Chambers

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1985-05-03 （Los Angeles County, California）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Torrance, California → San Francisco, California → Iceland → Scotland → Humboldt County, California

Career

Occupations
Science fiction writer, Theater manager, Freelance writer
Active Years
2014-2024
Nominations
Kitschies Golden Tentacle (2014, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet), Arthur C. Clarke Award (2016), BSFA Award (multiple)

Education

University of San Francisco
Theater Arts
Country: United States

Awards

Hugo Award
2019
Work: Wayfarers series
Category: Best Series
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
Hugo Award
2022
Work: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Category: Best Novella
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
Locus Award
2023
Work: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Category: Novella
Organization: Locus Magazine
Result: Won
Prix Julia Verlanger
2017
Work: Wayfarers series
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

2014 Solarpunk

Crew of diverse species embarks on a tunnel job across the Galactic Commons.

hopepunkfound familymulticulturalism

A Closed and Common Orbit

2016 Solarpunk

Story of friendship and growth between an AI and a girl.

identityfriendship

Record of a Spaceborn Few

2018 Solarpunk

Lives of people on a generation ship.

communitydiaspora

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

2021 Solarpunk

Interactions of alien species at a space station.

empathydiversity

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

2021 Hopepunk

Tea monk meets sentient robot.

meaning of existencenature and technology

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

2019 Science Fiction

Records of four generations of space explorers.

explorationethics

Bibliography

  • The Vela (co-written with Yoon Ha Lee, S. L. Huang, Rivers Solomon)
  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
  • A Closed and Common Orbit
  • Record of a Spaceborn Few
  • The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate
  • A Psalm for the Wild-Built
  • A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
  • Chrysalis
  • The Deckhand, The Nova Blade, and the Thrice-Sung Texts
  • Last Contact
  • A Good Heretic
  • The Tomb Ship

Style & Themes

Literary Style
character-driven storiesinnovative worldbuildingdeliberate pacing
Recurring Motifs
alien speciesGalactic Commonshope and empathy

Legacy

Pioneer of hopepunk, multiple Hugo Award winner known for character-driven space opera with innovative worldbuilding.

Trivia

  • Self-published debut novel via Kickstarter.
  • Raised in a family interested in NASA space exploration.