Otherwise Award (formerly the James Tiptree, Jr. Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1995) Winner
Elizabeth Hand
エリザベス・ハンド
Elizabeth Hand
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1957-03-29 （Yonkers, New York）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Yonkers, New York → Pound Ridge, New York → Coastal Maine (Lincolnville) → Camden Town, London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Critic, Comic book writer
- Active Years
- 1988-2024
- Nominations
- Philip K. Dick Award nomination (Winterlong), Multiple Locus Award nominations
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic University of America | — | Drama and Anthropology | — | — | United States |
Catholic University of America
Drama and Anthropology
Country:
United States
Studied drama and anthropology
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Otherwise Award | Waking the Moon | — | — | Won |
| 1996 | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award | Waking the Moon | Adult Literature | — | Won |
| 1995 | World Fantasy Award | Last Summer at Mars Hill | Novella | World Fantasy Convention | Won |
| 1996 | Nebula Award | Last Summer at Mars Hill | Novella | SFWA | Won |
| 2004 | World Fantasy Award | Bibliomancy | Collection | World Fantasy Convention | Won |
| 2008 | Shirley Jackson Award | Generation Loss | Novel | — | Won |
| 2008 | World Fantasy Award | Illyria | Novella | World Fantasy Convention | Won |
| 2011 | World Fantasy Award | The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon | Novella | World Fantasy Convention | Won |
| 2012 | Shirley Jackson Award | Near Zennor | Novella | — | Won |
| 2016 | Shirley Jackson Award | Wylding Hall | Novella | — | Won |
| 2018 | Inkpot Award | — | — | Comic-Con International | Won |
Otherwise Award
1995
Work:
Waking the Moon
Result:
Won
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
1996
Work:
Waking the Moon
Category:
Adult Literature
Result:
Won
World Fantasy Award
1995
Work:
Last Summer at Mars Hill
Category:
Novella
Organization:
World Fantasy Convention
Result:
Won
Nebula Award
1996
Work:
Last Summer at Mars Hill
Category:
Novella
Organization:
SFWA
Result:
Won
World Fantasy Award
2004
Work:
Bibliomancy
Category:
Collection
Organization:
World Fantasy Convention
Result:
Won
Shirley Jackson Award
2008
Work:
Generation Loss
Category:
Novel
Result:
Won
World Fantasy Award
2008
Work:
Illyria
Category:
Novella
Organization:
World Fantasy Convention
Result:
Won
World Fantasy Award
2011
Work:
The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon
Category:
Novella
Organization:
World Fantasy Convention
Result:
Won
Shirley Jackson Award
2012
Work:
Near Zennor
Category:
Novella
Result:
Won
Shirley Jackson Award
2016
Work:
Wylding Hall
Category:
Novella
Result:
Won
Inkpot Award
2018
Organization:
Comic-Con International
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Mythopoeic Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1996) Winner
Shirley Jackson Awards
3 appearances
-
Edition 1 (2007) Winner
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Edition 5 (2011) Winner
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Edition 9 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
Winterlong
1990 Science FictionBeginning of a saga featuring genetically engineered 'geneslaves'
Genetic engineeringExploitation
Waking the Moon
1995 FantasyFantasy tale of an ancient goddess awakening
GoddessMysticism
Generation Loss
2007 Crime NoirPsychological thriller following punk photographer Cass Neary
LossDarkness
Wylding Hall
2015 Horror NovellaEvents at a haunted manor involving a rock band
GhostsMusic
Near Zennor
2012 Fantasy NovellaMysterious tale near Zennor
MythSense of place
Bibliography
- Winterlong
- Aestival Tide
- Icarus Descending
- Waking the Moon
- Glimmering
- Black Light
- Mortal Love
- Generation Loss
- Wylding Hall
- Curious Toys
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalGothicFantastic
- Recurring Motifs
- GeneslavesMythic placesLoss and regeneration
Legacy
Award-winning speculative fiction author known for blending fantasy, horror, and crime elements
In Popular Culture
- Many stories set in Maine
Trivia
- Settings often in coastal Maine
- Wrote numerous movie and TV tie-in novels