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Naomi Kritzer

ナオミ・クリッツァー

Naomi Kurittsurā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
North Carolina
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Madison, Wisconsin → London → Nepal → Northfield, Minnesota → Saint Paul, Minnesota

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Speculative fiction writer, Blogger
Active Years
1999-

Education

Wingra School
Period: 1978-1986
Country: United States
independent school in Madison, Wisconsin
Highgate Wood Secondary School
Period: 1986-1987
Country: England
Madison West High School
Period: 1987-1991
Country: United States
Carleton College
Period: 1991-1995
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: United States

Awards

Crawford Award
2003
Work: Fires of the Faithful
Result: Shortlisted
Locus Award
2003
Work: Fires of the Faithful
Category: First Novel
Result: Nominated
Locus Award
2013
Work: Liberty's Daughter
Category: Novelette
Result: Nominated
WSFA Small Press Award
2014
Work: Bits
Result: Nominated
Asimov's Reader Poll
2014
Work: The Wall
Category: Short Story
Result: Won
Hugo Award
2016
Work: Cat Pictures Please
Category: Short Story
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
Nebula Award
2016
Work: Cat Pictures Please
Category: Short Story
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: Shortlisted
Locus Award
2016
Work: Cat Pictures Please
Category: Short Story
Result: Won
WSFA Small Press Award
2016
Work: Cat Pictures Please
Result: Nominated
Locus Award
2018
Work: Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories
Category: Collection
Result: Nominated
Hugo Award
2019
Work: The Thing About Ghost Stories
Category: Novelette
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Shortlisted
Dragon Awards
2020
Work: Catfishing on CatNet
Category: YA Novel
Result: Shortlisted
Nebula Award
2020
Work: Catfishing on CatNet
Category: Andre Norton Award
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: Shortlisted
Edgar Awards
2020
Work: Catfishing on CatNet
Category: Young Adult
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Won
Locus Award
2020
Work: Catfishing on CatNet
Category: Young Adult
Result: Nominated
Lodestar Award
2020
Work: Catfishing on CatNet
Result: Won
Hugo Award
2021
Work: Monster
Category: Novelette
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Shortlisted
Hugo Award
2021
Work: Little Free Library
Category: Short Story
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Shortlisted
Locus Award
2021
Work: Little Free Library
Category: Short Story
Result: Won
Locus Award
2022
Work: Chaos on CatNet
Category: Young Adult
Result: Nominated
Lodestar Award
2022
Work: Chaos on CatNet
Result: Shortlisted
WSFA Small Press Award
2023
Work: The Dragon Project
Result: Won
Hugo Award
2024
Work: Better Living Through Algorithms
Category: Short Story
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
Nebula Award
2024
Work: Better Living Through Algorithms
Category: Short Story
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: Shortlisted
Lodestar Award
2024
Work: Liberty's Daughter
Result: Shortlisted
Nebula Award
2024
Work: Liberty's Daughter
Category: Andre Norton Award
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: Shortlisted
Eugie Award
2024
Work: The Year Without Sunshine
Result: Shortlisted
Hugo Award
2024
Work: The Year Without Sunshine
Category: Novelette
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
Locus Award
2024
Work: The Year Without Sunshine
Category: Novelette
Result: Nominated
Nebula Award
2024
Work: The Year Without Sunshine
Category: Novelette
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: Won
Theodore Sturgeon Award
2024
Work: The Year Without Sunshine
Result: Shortlisted
Hugo Award
2025
Work: The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea
Category: Novelette
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Nebula Award 1 appearances
  1. Edition 59 (2024) Winner
    Work: The Year Without Sunshine

    In a world where disaster has blotted out the sun, neighbors in Minneapolis build small acts of mutual support into a shared way of surviving. Even under end-of-the-world anxiety, the story foregrounds the quiet hope that comes from communal care.

    Even in a darkened world, neighbors' ingenuity can become a way to stay alive.

    disastercommunitysolidarityapocalypsehope

Works

Major Works

Catfishing on CatNet

2019 Young Adult Science Fiction 304 pages

A young adult novel about girls interacting with an AI.

AIInternetFriendship

Cat Pictures Please

2015 Short Science Fiction

Humorous story about an AI craving cat pictures.

AICatsPrivacy

The Year Without Sunshine

2023 Novelette SF

Survival in a world without sunshine.

Climate ChangeSurvivalScience

Fires of the Faithful

2002 Fantasy 373 pages

Story of faith and revolution.

ReligionRevolution

Bibliography

  • Fires of the Faithful
  • Turning the Storm
  • Freedom's Gate
  • Freedom's Apprentice
  • Freedom's Sisters
  • Catfishing on CatNet
  • Chaos on CatNet
  • Liberty's Daughter
  • Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories

Style & Themes

Literary Style
HumorousEveryday SFCharacter-driven
Recurring Motifs
CatsAIInternet culture

Legacy

American speculative fiction writer who has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards.

Trivia

  • Blogs about local elections.
  • Lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.