Kameron Hurley | |
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Born | Washington, United States |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
Notable awards | Sydney J. Bounds Award (2011) Best Newcomer Kitschies (2011) Best Debut Novel Hugo Award (2014) Best Related Work Hugo Award (2014) Best Fan Writer |
Website | |
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Kameron Hurley is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.[1]
Hurley was born in Washington state and has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, Durban, South Africa, and Chicago. She currently resides in Dayton, Ohio.[2][3]
Hurley has been publishing short fiction since 1998[4] and novels since 2011.[5] From 2013 to 2021 Hurley wrote regular columns for Locus magazine about the craft and business of fiction writing[6] and has published non-fiction pieces in The Atlantic, Boing Boing, Entertainment Weekly, Bitch (magazine), Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine, HuffPost, The Mary Sue, Female First, Writer's Digest, and LA Weekly.[7] Hurley is a graduate of Clarion West.[8]
Her first novel trilogy, the Bel Dame Apocrypha, is what Hurley called "bugpunk":[9] set on a far-future desert planet whose technology is based on insects and whose matriarchal, Islam-inspired cultures are locked in perpetual war. Her second trilogy, the Worldbreaker Saga, is grimdark epic fantasy that aims to subvert the genre's tropes such as the hero's journey.[10] She has also published a standalone space opera novel, The Stars are Legion, in 2017,[11] and the military science fiction time travel novel, The Light Brigade, in 2019.[12]
Her first nonfiction book, the essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, was published in 2016.[13]
Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | "Afterbirth" | BSFA Award | Best Short Fiction | Nominated | [14][15] |
God's War | Otherwise Award | Honor List | Nominated | [16][17] | |
Kitschies | Golden Tentacle (Best Debut Novel) | Won | [18][19] | ||
Nebula Award | Best Novel | Nominated | [20] | ||
2012 | British Fantasy Award | The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer | Won | [21][22] | |
Locus Award | Best First Novel | Nominated | [23] | ||
2013 | BSFA Award | Best Novel | Nominated | [24] | |
2014 | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | [25][26] | |
N/A | Hugo Award | Best Fan Writer | Won | [27][28][29] | |
"We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative" | Hugo Award | Best Related Work | Won | [27][28][29] | |
British Fantasy Award | Best Non-Fiction | Nominated | [30][31][32] | ||
2015 | The Mirror Empire | Locus Award | Best Fantasy Novel | Nominated | [33] |
Gemmell Award | Morningstar Award | Nominated | [34] | ||
2017 | The Geek Feminist Revolution | Locus Award | Best Non-Fiction | Won | [35] |
British Fantasy Award | Best Non-Fiction | Won | [36][37] | ||
Hugo Award | Best Related Work | Nominated | [38] | ||
2018 | The Stars Are Legion | Locus Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | [39] |
Campbell Memorial Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | [40] | ||
Las estrellas son legión
(The Stars Are Legion) |
Premio Ignotus | Best Foreign Novel | Won | [41] | |
2019 | Meet Me in the Future | Otherwise Award | Honor List | Nominated | [42][43] |
2020 | Locus Award | Best Collection | Nominated | [44] | |
2019 | The Light Brigade | Dragon Award | Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel | Nominated | [45] |
2020 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Nominated | [46][47] | |
Locus Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | [44] | ||
Arthur C. Clarke Award | Best Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | [48][49] | ||
La brigada de luz (The Light Brigade) | Premio Ignotus | Best Foreign Novel | Won | [50][51] |
David Palumbo's cover art for Hurley's novel God’s War (part of the Bel Dame Apocrypha series)[5] was nominated for the Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Paperback[52] and won Gold in the 2011 Spectrum Award - Books.[53]