Brooke Bolander | |
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 Brooke Bolander at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017 | |
| Occupation | Writer of short fiction |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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| Period | 2008–present |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Notable works | The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018) |
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Brooke Bolander is an American author of speculative fiction. [1]
Bolander attended the University of Leicester, studying History and Archaeology, [2] and is a graduate of the 2011 Clarion Workshop. [3]
Bolander's work, including both short fiction and essays, has been published in venues such as Lightspeed, [2] Uncanny Magazine , [4] and Strange Horizons . [3]
Her novelette "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" (2015), first published in Lightspeed, [5] was a finalist for the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, [6] the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, [7] and the 2016 Locus Award for Best Novelette. [8] It was included in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection. [9]
Her short story "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" (2016), in Uncanny Magazine, [10] was a finalist for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story [11] and the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. [12]
Her novelette The Only Harmless Great Thing (2018), released by Tor, [13] won the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 2019 Locus Award for Best Novelette, and was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
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| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2015 | "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" | Nebula Award | Best Novelette | Shortlisted | [6] |
| 2016 | Hugo Award | Best Novelette | Shortlisted | [7] | |
| Locus Award | Best Novelette | Nominated | [8] | ||
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Shortlisted | [16] | ||
| "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" | Nebula Award | Best Short Story | Shortlisted | [11] | |
| 2017 | Hugo Award | Best Short Story | Shortlisted | [12] | |
| World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | Shortlisted | |||
| 2018 | The Only Harmless Great Thing | Nebula Award | Best Novelette | Won | |
| 2019 | Hugo Award | Best Novelette | Shortlisted | [16] [17] | |
| Locus Award | Best Novelette | Won | |||
| Shirley Jackson Award | Novella | Shortlisted | [16] [17] | ||
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Shortlisted | [16] [17] | ||
| World Fantasy Award | Novella | Shortlisted | [16] [17] | ||
| "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters..." | Hugo Award | Best Short Story | Shortlisted |
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