Elizabeth Bear

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Elizabeth Bear
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Bear in 2017
BornSarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky
(1971-09-22) September 22, 1971 (age 53)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Alma mater University of Connecticut
Genre Speculative fiction
Notable works Hammered
Shoggoths in Bloom
Notable awards
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
Website
Official website

Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Tideline", and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "Shoggoths in Bloom". [1] She is one of a small number of writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (the others include C. J. Cherryh, Orson Scott Card, Spider Robinson, Ted Chiang and Mary Robinette Kowal).

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Life and career

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Bear at Eurocon/Swecon in 2011

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Bear studied English and anthropology at the University of Connecticut but did not graduate. She worked as a technical writer, stable hand, reporter and held various office jobs. She sold a few stories in the 1990s and began writing seriously in 2001. [2]

Bear's first novel, Hammered , was published in January 2005 and was followed by Scardown in July and Worldwired in November of the same year. The trilogy features Canadian Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey, who is also the main character in the short story "Gone to Flowers". Hammered won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2006.

The Chains That You Refuse, a collection of her short fiction, was published May 2006 by Night Shade Books. Blood and Iron, the first book in the fantasy series entitled The Promethean Age, debuted June 27, 2006. She is also a coauthor of the ongoing Shadow Unit website/pseudo-TV series.

In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. [3]

She is an instructor at the Viable Paradise writer's workshop and has taught at Clarion West Writers Workshop.

The opening quote in Criminal Minds episode "Lauren" (6.18) was a direct quote of the second and third lines of Bear's book Seven for a Secret: "The secret to lying is to believe with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more than lying to another."

She is one of the regular panelists on podcast SF Squeecast, which won the 2012 and 2013 Hugo Awards for Best Fancast. [4]

Bear married novelist Scott Lynch in October 2016. [5]

In 2021, Bear announced that she had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. [6]

Bibliography

Novels

The Jenny Casey trilogy
The Promethean Age
Jacob's Ladder trilogy
The Edda of Burdens
The Iskryne series
New Amsterdam series
Eternal Sky Trilogy
The Lotus Kingdoms
Karen Memory
White Space

Short fiction

Collections
Short stories

Poetry

Essays

Reception

Annalee Newitz of io9 wrote that Bear "is famous for combining high-octane military/spy tales with eccentric and subversive subplots". [10]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "2009 Hugo Awards". www.locusmag.com. 2009-08-09. Archived from the original on 2009-03-26.
  2. ↑ "Locus Online: Elizabeth Bear interview excerpts". Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. April 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Elizabeth Bear Papers, 2005- 2011". Northern Illinois University. 2008-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Elizabeth Bear - Award Bibliography". www.isfdb.org.
  5. ↑ "Scott Lynch and Elizabeth Bear got married!". Gentlemen Bastards. October 10, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Pixel Scroll 9/3/21 "If It Doesn’t Scroll Naturally, File It", by Mike Glyer, at File 770; published September 3, 2021; retrieved October 6, 2021
  7. ↑ "Elizabeth Bear One Eyed Jack cover art and synopsis reveal". Upcoming4.me. May 2, 2013. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Elizabeth Bear - Steles of the Sky cover art and synopsis reveal". Upcoming4.me. July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  9. ↑ Martin, George R. R. (June 19, 2014). "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  10. ↑ Newitz, Annalee (May 6, 2008). "Environmental Fascists Fight Gun-Loving Lesbians for Alien Technology". io9 . Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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