Sidewise Award for Alternate History
1 appearances
Lisa Goldstein
リサ・ゴールドスタイン
Risa Gōrudosutain
Pen Names:
Isabel Glass（Used for writing high fantasy novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1953-11-21 （Los Angeles）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles, California, U.S. → Oakland, California, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1982-2019
- Nominations
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist (1983, The Red Magician), John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist (1984, The Red Magician), World Fantasy Award for Best Novel nominee (1986, The Dream Years), Hugo Award for Best Short Story nominee (1988, Cassandra's Photographs), Nebula Award for Best Short Story nominee (1988, Cassandra's Photographs)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Los Angeles | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of California, Los Angeles
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | National Book Award | The Red Magician | Original Paperback | National Book Foundation | winner |
| 2012 | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature | The Uncertain Places | — | Mythopoeic Society | winner |
| 2011 | Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History | Paradise Is a Walled Garden | — | Sidewise Awards | winner |
National Book Award
1983
Work:
The Red Magician
Category:
Original Paperback
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
winner
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
2012
Work:
The Uncertain Places
Organization:
Mythopoeic Society
Result:
winner
Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History
2011
Work:
Paradise Is a Walled Garden
Organization:
Sidewise Awards
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Mythopoeic Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 42 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Red Magician
1982 FantasyA story about a Jewish magician in Hungary.
HolocaustMagicJewish culture
The Uncertain Places
2011 FantasyA fantasy novel exploring uncertain places.
FantasyMythopoeia
Dark Cities Underground
1999 FantasyA story set in underground dark cities.
Bibliography
- The Red Magician (1982)
- The Dream Years (1985)
- A Mask for the General (1987)
- Tourists (1989)
- Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon (1993)
- Summer King, Winter Fool (1994)
- Walking the Labyrinth (1996)
- Dark Cities Underground (1999)
- The Alchemist's Door (2002)
- Daughter of Exile (2004, Isabel Glass)
- The Divided Crown (2005, Isabel Glass)
- The Uncertain Places (2011)
- Weighing Shadows (2015)
- Ivory Apples (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fantastical narrativeBlending of SF elements
- Recurring Motifs
- Intersection of history and fantasyJewish cultureAlternate history
Legacy
Prominent American fantasy and SF writer known for multiple major award wins. Parents were Holocaust survivors.
Trivia
- Pen name 'Isabel Glass' derived from a local park and publisher's pseudonym convention.
- Parents were Holocaust survivors: father from Bergen-Belsen, mother from Auschwitz.