Yoachim was born in Hawaii and raised in the Pacific Northwest. As an adult, she lived with her husband Peter in Austin, Texas,[3] and later in Seattle.[4] She has two children.[5] She received a master's degree in child psychology.[3] When not writing, she "dabbles" in photography,[6][3] selling her work through various stock photo companies. Other hobbies include graphic design, cooking, skiing, yoga and reading.[3]
Writing career
Yoachim started writing speculative fiction in 2005[6] and attended the 2006 Clarion West Writers' Workshop.[3][6] She has been active as an author since 2007 when her first published short story, "Time to Say Goodnight", appeared in the December issue of Fantasy Magazine.[3][1] She has collaborated on a few pieces with Tina Connolly.[7][1]
Yoachim, Caroline M. & Tina Connolly (January–February 2016). "We will wake among the gods, among the stars". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (1&2): 52–69.
Novelette
"Setting My Spider Free" (2009) (as Caroline Yoachim)
"The Best Last Choice I Ever Made" (2009) (as Caroline Yoachim)
"Firefly Igloo" (2009)
"The Land of Empty Shells" (2009)
"Tending the Mori Birds" (2009)
"Pageant Girls" (2010)
"Stone Wall Truth" (2010)
"Blood Willows" (2010)
"The Sometimes Child" (2010) (as Caroline Yoachim)
"What Happens in Vegas" (2010)
"Shades of Orange" (2011)
"Deathbed" (2011)
"Mother Ship" (2012)
"After the Earthquake" (2012)
"Flash Bang Remember" (2012) (with Tina Connolly)
"Blue Sand" (2012)
"The Philosophy of Ships" (2012)
"The Safe Road" (2012)
"The Carnival Was Eaten, All Except the Clown" (2013)
"Harmonies of Time" (2013)
"Ten Million Sheets of Paper, All in Black and White" (2013)
"A Crown of Woven Nails" (2013)
"Elizabeth's Pirate Army" (2013)
"Beneath the Willow Branches, Beyond the Reach of Time" (2014)
"One Last Night at the Carnival, Before the Stars Go Out" (2014)
"Current and Still" (2014)
"Paperclips and Memories and Things That Won't Be Missed" (2014)
"Pieces of My Body" (2014)
"Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion" (2014)
"Do Not Count the Withered Ones" (2014)
"Honeybee" (2014)
"Carla at the Off-Planet Tax Return Helpline" (2014)
"Bread Babies" (2015)
"A Million Oysters for Chiyoko" (2015)
"Red Planet" (2015)
"Meat That Grows on Trees" (2015)
"Temporary Friends" (2015)
"Coin Flips" (2015) with Tina Connolly
"Goat Milk Cheese, Three Trillion Miles from Earth" (2015)
"Sugar Showpiece Universe" (2015)
"Garbage Trucks of Discontent" (2015)
"Everyone's a Clown" (2015)
"Goodbye, First Love" (2015)
"Four Seasons in the Forest of Your Mind" (2015)
"Dancing with Fire" (2015)
"Seasons Set in Skin" (2015)
"Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World" (2015)
"An Impromptu Guide to Finding Your Soulmate at a Party on the Last Night of the World" (2015)
"The Little Mermaid of Innsmouth" (2015)
"Grass Girl" (2015)
"Betty and the Squelchy Saurus" (2015)
"Please Approve the Dissertation Research of Angtor" (2015)
"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" (2015)
"Birthday Child" (2015)
"We Will Wake Among the Gods, Among the Stars" (2016) (with Tina Connolly)
"Stone Wall Truth" was nominated for the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. "Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World" placed 31st in the 2016 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Ninety-Five Percent Safe" tied for 4th place in the 2016 Asimov's Readers' Poll for Best Short Story. "Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and placed 15th in the 2017 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Carnival Nine" was nominated for the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and placed tenth in the 2018 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.[1] "The Archronology of Love" was nominated for the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Award.[8] "Colors of the Immortal Palette" was nominated for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[9] "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" was nominated for the 2025 [[Hugo Award for Best Short Story"[10].
↑ Yoachim, Caroline M. "Penguins, Robins, and Science Fiction". Essay in Lightspeed: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue, June 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
↑ Silverman, G. G., "Women in Speculative Fiction: Caroline Yoachim, author of Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World". Interview, February 10, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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