Natalia Theodoridou is a Greekinteractive fiction writer and scholar.[1] He was the fiction editor at sub-Q, an interactive fiction magazine. The magazine entered indefinite hiatus starting August of 2020.[2] He also has a PhD in Religious Studies to Media & Cultural Studies and has graduated from Clarion West Writers Workshop, an intensive writing program.[3]
Theodoridou's "The Birding: A Fairy Tale", published in Strange Horizons, was the winner of the 2018 World Fantasy Award for short fiction works.[4] It is about a plague that turns nearly everyone in the world into birds. The work was also turned into a podcast format.[5]
Awards
Fulbright Scholar, 2008–10
Greek Scientific Society Award, 2003
MA Studentship (Drama & Theatre Department, Royal Holloway University of London), 2007–2008
Ouseley Memorial Scholarship, 2011–13
Scholarship by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for undergraduate studies, 2002–2005
SOAS Research Scholarship 2010–13, & Additional Award for Fieldwork, 2010