Alix E. Harrow

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Alix E. Harrow
Born (1989-11-09) November 9, 1989 (age 34)
Idaho, United States
OccupationWriter, professor
Education Berea College (BA)
University of Vermont (MA)
Genre Science fiction, speculative fiction
Years active2014–present
Notable works"A Witch's Guide to Escape" (2018)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019)
Notable awards Hugo–Short Story (2019)
BFA–Fantasy Novel (2021)
Website
alixeharrow.wixsite.com/author

Alix E. Harrow (born November 9, 1989) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her short fiction work "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" has been nominated for the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award, and in 2019 won a Hugo Award. Her debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019), was widely acclaimed by mainstream critics, lauded by general audiences during voting at Goodreads Choice Awards and Locus Awards, and nominated for multiple first novel literary awards and speculative fiction awards. She has also published under the name Alix Heintzman.

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Life and career

Alix E. Harrow was born on November 9, 1989, in the United States and grew up in Kentucky. [1] She enrolled at Berea College at age sixteen, where she completed a bachelor's degree in history in three years. [1] [2] She then went on to earn a master's degree in history from the University of Vermont. [1] Before working as a full-time writer, Harrow was an academic historian who taught as an adjunct professor of African and African American history at Eastern Kentucky University. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Her first novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019), was received with critical acclaim and nominated for multiple awards, including the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award for best novel. [9] [10] [11] A second novel, The Once and Future Witches (2020), won a British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award). [12] [13] [14] A more recent novella, A Spindle Splintered (2021), was nominated for a Hugo Award for best novella.

Harrow has also written short fiction for Shimmer Magazine , Strange Horizons , Tor.com , and Apex Magazine . This has produced a Hugo Award–winning 2018 short story called "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" (published by Apex).

Harrow lives in Virginia. [15]

Awards

YearNomineeAwardCategoryResultRef
2019 "A Witch's Guide to Escape" Eugie Award —Finalist [16]
Hugo Award Short Story Won [16]
Locus Award Short Story Nominated—6th [16]
Nebula Award Short Story Shortlisted [16]
World Fantasy Award Short Fiction Shortlisted [16]
WSFA Small Press Award —Shortlisted [16]
The Ten Thousand Doors of January Goodreads Choice Awards DebutNominated—4th
FantasyNominated—11th
Nebula Award Novel Shortlisted [16] [10]
2020 Audie Award Fantasy Won
Female Narration Nominated
BFA Fantasy NovelShortlisted [16]
NewcomerShortlisted [16]
Compton Crook Award —Shortlisted
Crawford Award —Shortlisted
Dragon Awards Science Fiction NovelShortlisted [16]
Hugo Award Novel Shortlisted [16] [9]
Kitschies Golden Tentacle (Debut)Shortlisted [16]
Locus Award First Novel Nominated—3rd [16]
Mythopoeic Awards Adult LiteratureShortlisted [16]
World Fantasy Award Novel Shortlisted [16] [11]
"Do Not Look Back, My Lion" Hugo Award Short Story Shortlisted [16]
2021 The Once and Future Witches BFA Fantasy NovelWon [12] [13] [14]
Dragon Awards Fantasy NovelShortlisted [16]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated—5th [16]
"The Sycamore and the Sybil" Eugie Award —Finalist [16]
Locus Award Short Story Nominated—6th [16]
2022 A Spindle Splintered BFA NovellaShortlisted [16]
Hugo Award Novella Shortlisted [16]
Locus Award Novella Nominated—4th [16]
"Mr. Death" Hugo Award Short Story Shortlisted [16]
Locus Award Short Story Nominated—2nd [16]
Nebula Award Short Story Shortlisted [16]

Bibliography

Novels

Fractured Fables series

Novellas

Short fiction

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