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Vylar Kaftan

ヴィラー・カフタン

Vyaru Kaftan

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
U.S. West Coast

Career

Occupations
science fiction writer, fantasy writer
Active Years
2010-2024
Nominations
2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story nominee ("I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno"), 2014 Theodore Sturgeon Award nominee ("The Weight of the Sunrise"), 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novella nominee ("Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water")

Education

Clarion West Writers Workshop
Country: United States
Writers workshop

Awards

Nebula Award for Best Novella
2013
Work: The Weight of the Sunrise
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: 受賞
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
2014
Work: The Weight of the Sunrise
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Weight of the Sunrise

2013 science fiction 31 pages

A novella depicting an alternate history where the Inca Empire defeats the Spanish.

alternate historyInca Empire

I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno

2010 science fiction

Short science fiction story.

Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water

2019 science fiction 112 pages

Novella.

Lion Dance

2012 science fiction

Short story.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
speculative fiction style

Legacy

American science fiction and fantasy writer who won the Nebula Award.