WSFA Small Press Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2018) Winner
Suzanne Palmer
スザンヌ・パーマー
Suzanne Palmer
Aliases:
zanzjan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, System administrator
- Active Years
- 2005-2024
- Affiliations
- Smith College
- Influenced By
- John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Martha Wells
- Nominations
- 2018 Locus Award Best Novelette nominee (The Secret Life of Bots), 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award finalist (The Secret Life of Bots), 2020 Locus Award Best First Novel nominee (Finder), 2020 Locus Award Best Novella nominee (Waterlines), 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Award finalist (The Painter of Trees), 2020 WSFA Small Press Award nominee (The Painter of Trees), 2021 Locus Award Best Science Fiction Novel nominee (Driving the Deep), 2022 Locus Award Best Novelette nominee (Bots of the Lost Ark), 2022 Theodore Sturgeon Award finalist (Bots of the Lost Ark), 2023 Locus Award Best Novelette nominee (Falling Off the Edge of the World), 2023 Locus Award Best Novelette nominee (The Sadness Box)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | College of Humanities and Fine Arts | — | Bachelor of Fine Arts | — | United States |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Country:
United States
Head librarian of the UMass Science Fiction Society
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hugo Award | The Secret Life of Bots | Best Novelette | World Science Fiction Society | Won |
| 2018 | WSFA Small Press Award | The Secret Life of Bots | — | Washington Science Fiction Association | Won |
| 2020 | Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award | Waterlines | — | Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas | Won |
| 2022 | Hugo Award | Bots of the Lost Ark | Best Novelette | World Science Fiction Society | Won |
Hugo Award
2018
Work:
The Secret Life of Bots
Category:
Best Novelette
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
Won
WSFA Small Press Award
2018
Work:
The Secret Life of Bots
Organization:
Washington Science Fiction Association
Result:
Won
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
2020
Work:
Waterlines
Organization:
Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas
Result:
Won
Hugo Award
2022
Work:
Bots of the Lost Ark
Category:
Best Novelette
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Finder
2019 Science fictionA thriller about an interstellar repo man.
space operarepossessionadventure
Driving the Deep
2020 Science fictionSecond book in the Finder Chronicles series.
spacedetectiveSF
The Scavenger Door
2021 Science fictionThird book in the Finder Chronicles series.
spaceadventure
Ghostdrift
2024 Science fictionFourth book in the Finder Chronicles series.
spaceSF
The Secret Life of Bots
2017 Science fictionNovelette about the secret life of bots.
botsAIhumor
Bots of the Lost Ark
2021 Science fictionNovelette featuring bots.
botsadventure
Bibliography
- See ISFDB for complete bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- space opera-style science fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- botsAIspaceships
Legacy
American science fiction writer who has won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette twice. Known for the Finder Chronicles series.
Trivia
- Online handle is zanzjan.
- The first page of short story 'Tuesdays' was omitted due to a publisher's error (printed in the next issue).