Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1998) Winner
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
ルーシー・ジェーン・ブレッドソー
Rūshī Jēn Buredosō
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1957-02-01 （Portland, Oregon）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Portland, Oregon
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Science writer
- Active Years
- 1985-2024
- Affiliations
- University of San Francisco
- Influenced By
- James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Adrienne Rich, Barbara Kingsolver
- Nominations
- Lambda Literary Award finalist (6 times), Ferro-Grumley Award finalist (3 times)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams College | — | — | — | 1975-1977 | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
Williams College
Period:
1975-1977
Country:
United States
University of California, Berkeley
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | PEN Syndicated Fiction Award | — | — | PEN | winner |
| 1998 | Stonewall Book Award | Working Parts | — | American Library Association | winner |
| 2002 | California Arts Council fellowship | — | — | California Arts Council | winner |
| — | NSF Artists & Writers in Antarctica Fellowship | — | — | National Science Foundation | winner |
PEN Syndicated Fiction Award
1985
Organization:
PEN
Result:
winner
Stonewall Book Award
1998
Work:
Working Parts
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
California Arts Council fellowship
2002
Organization:
California Arts Council
Result:
winner
NSF Artists & Writers in Antarctica Fellowship
Organization:
National Science Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Award
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Working Parts
1997 NovelExplores the intersection of family, wilderness, and survival.
familyLGBT
The Big Bang Symphony
2010 NovelA novel set in Antarctica.
Antarcticaadventure
The Ice Cave: A Woman's Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic
2006 NonfictionMemoir of adventures from the Mojave to Antarctica.
adventurewomen
Bibliography
- Sweat: Stories and a Novella (1995)
- Working Parts (1997)
- This Wild Silence (2003)
- The Ice Cave (2006)
- Biting the Apple (2007)
- The Big Bang Symphony (2010)
- A Thin Bright Line (2016)
- The Evolution of Love (2018)
- Lava Falls: Stories (2018)
- Tell the Rest (2023)
- The Big Bike Race (1995, children)
- Tracks in the Snow (1997, children)
- Cougar Canyon (2001, children)
- Hoop Girlz (2002, children)
- The Antarctic Scoop (2003, children)
- How to Survive in Antarctica (2005, children)
- Running Wild (2019, children)
- No Stopping Us Now (2022, YA)
Translations of Works
- Translated into Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German, Dutch
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Writes about the intersection of family, wilderness and survival
- Recurring Motifs
- LGBT literaturefamily relationshipsadventureAntarctica
Legacy
American novelist known for exploring family, wilderness, survival, and LGBT themes. Multiple award finalist and winner.
Trivia
- One of a handful of people who have stayed at all three American stations in Antarctica.
- Began activism in high school campaigning for Title IX compliance.
- Recently working on voting rights as a social justice activist.