Fran Wilde | |
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![]() Fran Wilde at Worldcon in Helsinki, 2017. | |
Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Education | University of Virginia (BA) Warren Wilson College (MFA) |
Period | 1981–present |
Genre | Science fiction Fantasy |
Notable works | The Bone Universe |
Notable awards | Andre Norton Award |
Website | |
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Fran Wilde (born 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and blogger. Her debut novel, Updraft , [1] was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award, [2] and won the 2016 Andre Norton Award [3] and the 2016 Compton Crook Award. [4] Her debut middle grade novel, Riverland, won the 2019 Andre Norton Award, was named an NPR Best Book of 2019 [5] and was a Lodestar Finalist. Wilde is the first person to win two Andre Norton Awards. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction , Nature , Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine , and elsewhere. Her fiction explores themes of social class, disability, disruptive technology, and empowerment against a backdrop of engineering and artisan culture. [6] [7]
Wilde was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972. [7] She attended the University of Virginia, earning a BA in English with honors in 1994. She then went on to earn a MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College in 1996 [8] and a master's degree in information architecture and interaction design from the University of Baltimore in 2001. [8]
Prior to publishing, Wilde worked as a sailing instructor, a jeweler's assistant, a teacher and professor, and a web and game developer. [7]
Her first published novel grew from a short story she developed for the 2011 Viable Paradise writing workshop. [9] She has published a number of short stories and completed several novels. She writes for the blog GeekMom and runs the blog and podcast Cooking the Books. She attended Taos Toolbox in 2012 [7] and served as an Endeavor Award judge in 2015, and a Norton Jury Member in 2016.
Wilde is the writer and creator of the podcast called Machina produced by Realm. The audio drama was a twelve episode series that followed the fictional story of two companies competing to bring artificial intelligence to Mars. [10] [11] [12]
Wilde is the Director of the Genre Fiction MFA Concentration at Western Colorado University. [13]
Her debut novel, Updraft, was the first novel to be simultaneously nominated for a Nebula and Andre Norton Award. Her work has been a finalist for six Nebula Awards, three Hugo Awards, two Locus Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and a Lodestar.
Wilde is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Wilde lives and works in Philadelphia, PA with her family. [7]
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