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Holly Phillips

ホリー・フィリップス

Horī Firippusu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1969-12-25 （Nelson, British Columbia）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Nelson, British Columbia → Trail, British Columbia → Burnaby → Trail, British Columbia (since 1994)

Career

Occupations
author
Active Years
2000-2024
Affiliations
On Spec editorial board (2001-2005), Pickled Thistle (Celtic folk music trio)
Nominations
2004 International Horror Guild Award finalist (In the Palace of Repose), 2006 World Fantasy Award finalist (The Other Grace), 2006 World Fantasy Award finalist (In the Palace of Repose), 2006 Crawford Award finalist (In the Palace of Repose)

Education

Simon Fraser University
Country: Canada
Did not complete degree due to fibromyalgia

Awards

Sunburst Award
2006
Work: In the Palace of Repose
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Burning Girl

2006 Science fiction/Fantasy

Novel.

Ambiguous situations

The Engine's Child

2008 Science fiction/Fantasy

Novel.

Ambiguous situations

In the Palace of Repose

2005 Collection

Collection.

Borderline between SF and fantasy

At the Edge of Waking

2012 Collection

Collection.

Borderline between SF and fantasy

Bibliography

  • The Burning Girl (2006)
  • The Engine's Child (2008)
  • In the Palace of Repose (2005)
  • At the Edge of Waking (2012)
  • Tesseracts Eleven: Amazing Canadian Science Fiction (2007, with Cory Doctorow)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Straddling the borderline between science fiction and fantasyFocus on protagonists in ambiguous situations
Recurring Motifs
Ambiguous interpretationsMutually incompatible explanations

Health

  • Fibromyalgia
    学生時代
    Led to dropping out of Simon Fraser University

Legacy

Known as a Canadian SF/fantasy writer, winner of Sunburst Award.

Trivia

  • Member of the Celtic folk music trio Pickled Thistle.
  • Member of the editorial board of On Spec magazine for four years.