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第31回（2021年） Winner
Rivers Solomon
リヴァーズ・ソロモン
Riversu Soromon
プロフィール
- 性別
- non-binary
- 生誕
- 1989 （California, U.S.）
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- California → Indiana → Texas → New York → Cambridge, UK
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Author
- 活動期間
- 2017年〜2024年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia E. Butler, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Ray Bradbury, Jean Toomer, Doris Lessing
- ノミネート
- Locus Award Finalist (An Unkindness of Ghosts, 2018), Lambda Literary Award Finalist (An Unkindness of Ghosts, 2018), Otherwise Award Long List (An Unkindness of Ghosts, 2017), Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist (An Unkindness of Ghosts), John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Finalist, Nebula Award Best Novella Shortlist (The Deep, 2019), Locus Award Best Novella Shortlist (The Deep, 2020), Hugo Award Best Novella Shortlist (The Deep, 2021), Locus Award Horror Category Nominee (Model Home, 2025)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | — | Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity | BA | — | United States |
| Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin | — | Fiction Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Stanford University
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin
Fiction Writing
学位:
MFA
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Firecracker Award | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Fiction | Community of Literary Magazines and Presses | Winner |
| 2018 | Stonewall Honor Book | An Unkindness of Ghosts | — | American Library Association | Honor |
| 2020 | Lambda Literary Award | The Deep | SF/ファンタジー/ホラー | Lambda Literary Foundation | Winner |
| 2021 | Otherwise Award | Sorrowland | — | Otherwise Foundation | Winner |
Firecracker Award
2018
対象作品:
An Unkindness of Ghosts
部門:
Fiction
主催:
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
結果:
Winner
Stonewall Honor Book
2018
対象作品:
An Unkindness of Ghosts
主催:
American Library Association
結果:
Honor
Lambda Literary Award
2020
対象作品:
The Deep
部門:
SF/ファンタジー/ホラー
主催:
Lambda Literary Foundation
結果:
Winner
Otherwise Award
2021
対象作品:
Sorrowland
主催:
Otherwise Foundation
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
Stonewall Book Award
1回登壇
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第49回（2022年） Winner
作品
代表作
An Unkindness of Ghosts
2017年 Science fiction 340ページScience fiction novel exploring structural racism and generation ships.
structural racismgeneration shipsslavery allegory
The Deep
2019年 Speculative fiction 240ページUtopian underwater society of descendants of pregnant slaves thrown overboard.
African diasporaunderwater utopiamemory and trauma
Sorrowland
2021年 Gothic fiction 368ページGenre-bending gothic fiction on racism, escape, self-acceptance, and queer love.
racismgenocidemotherhoodqueer love
Model Home
2024年 Psychological horrorPsychological horror exploring family dynamics, memory, gender identity, and sexuality.
family dynamicsgender identityhorror
全著作
- An Unkindness of Ghosts
- The Deep
- Sorrowland
- Model Home
- The Vela (collaboration)
- Blood Is Another Word for Hunger
- St. Juju
作風・主題
- 文体
- sharply detailed and viscerally realizedtightly structured scenescharacter-focused
- 頻出モチーフ
- Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade legacyexploitation of black bodiesqueer identityself-acceptance and escape
健康
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)生涯Part of personality, discussed re capitalism.
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Autism spectrum生涯Part of their identity.
評価・遺産
Rising star in speculative fiction, acclaimed for themes of racism, queerness, marginalization; winner of Firecracker, Lambda, Otherwise Awards.
大衆文化への影響
- Co-Guest of Honor at Wiscon 46
豆知識
- Non-binary and intersex; uses fae/faer and they/them pronouns.
- Self-describes as 'dyke, anarchist, she-beast, exile, shiv, wreck, refugee of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade'.
- Grew up across US states; resides in Cambridge, UK since 2018.