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Meg Elison

メグ・エリソン

Megu Erison

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1982-05-10 (Unknown)
国籍
American
言語
English
居住地歴
Missouri → Savannah → Nevada → North Carolina → Utah → Southern California → New York

経歴

職業
Writer, Feminist essayist
活動期間
2014年〜
ノミネート
Otherwise Award 2014 (Longlist) - The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, Philip K. Dick Award 2018 (Shortlist), Nebula Award 2020 (Shortlist) - The Pill, Hugo Award 2021 (Shortlist) - Novelette, Theodore Sturgeon Award 2021 (Shortlist)

学歴

Mt. San Jacinto College
Unknown
期間: 高校中退後
国: United States
Community college
University of California, Berkeley
English
学位: B.A.
期間: 不明
卒業年: 2014
国: United States

受賞歴

Philip K. Dick Award
2015
対象作品: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
主催: Philip K. Dick Award
結果: Won
Locus Award
2021
対象作品: The Pill
部門: Best Novelette
主催: Locus Magazine
結果: Won

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

2014年 Post-apocalyptic SF 190ページ

Follows one surviving medical worker struggling to find civilization and provide birth control and medical care to women in a post-plague world.

Female empowermentBody positivityGender flexibility

The Book of Etta

2017年 Post-apocalyptic SF 314ページ

Revisits the community generations later as a female protagonist fights an oppressive male-dominated regime.

Female empowermentGender flexibility

The Book of Flora

2019年 Post-apocalyptic SF 332ページ

Continues the story through the memories of Flora, a former sex slave.

Female empowermentTrauma

Find Layla

2020年 Young adult literature 188ページ

A teen suffering neglect films a video that goes viral, prompting Child Protective Services investigation.

NeglectSocial media

Big Girl Plus...

2020年 Collection 128ページ

Collection featuring the novelette 'The Pill' and other stories.

Body imageFeminism

全著作

  • The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (2014)
  • The Book of Etta (2017)
  • The Book of Flora (2019)
  • Find Layla (2020)
  • Big Girl Plus... (2020)

作風・主題

文体
Journal formatFeminist perspectiveSpeculative
頻出モチーフ
Female empowermentBody positivityGender flexibility

評価・遺産

American author known for feminist sci-fi incorporating female empowerment, body positivity, and gender flexibility; winner of Philip K. Dick and Locus Awards.

豆知識

  • Grew up as a military brat living across the US.
  • High school dropout who graduated from UC Berkeley via community college.
  • Interested in opera and medicine before writing.