Gwyneth Jones (novelist)

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Gwyneth Jones
Born (1952-02-14) 14 February 1952 (age 70)
Manchester, England
Pen nameAnn Halam
OccupationNovelist, critic
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater University of Sussex
GenreScience fiction, high fantasy
Notable works Bold as Love (2001)
Notable awards World Fantasy Award, BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Philip K. Dick Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award
Website
boldaslove.co.uk/blog/

Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.

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Biography and writing career

Jones was born in Manchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in European history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid. [1] She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences.

Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards, [2] BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and co-winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award. She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work.

Gwyneth Jones lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son.

Bibliography

Novels

NamePublishedISBNNotes
Water in the AirLondon: Macmillan, 1977 ISBN   0-333-22757-3 as Gwyneth A Jones
The Influence of IronwoodLondon: Macmillan, 1978 ISBN   0-333-23838-9 as Gwyneth A Jones
The ExchangeLondon: Macmillan, 1979 ISBN   0-333-26896-2 as Gwyneth A Jones
Dear HillLondon: Macmillan, 1980 ISBN   0-333-30106-4 as Gwyneth A Jones
Divine EnduranceLondon: George Allen & Unwin, 1984 ISBN   0-04-823246-7
Escape Plans London: Allen & Unwin, 1986 ISBN   0-04-823263-7 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1987 [3]
KairosLondon: Unwin Hyman, 1988 ISBN   0-04-440163-9 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1989 [4]
The Hidden OnesLondon: The Women's Press, 1988 (paper) ISBN   0-7043-4910-8
Flower DustLondon: Headline, 1993 ISBN   0-7472-0846-8
White QueenLondon: Gollancz, 1991 ISBN   0-575-04629-5 Book 1 of The Aleutian Trilogy;
James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner (tie), 1991; [5]

Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1992 [6]

North WindLondon: Gollancz, 1994 ISBN   0-575-05449-2 Book 2 of The Aleutian Trilogy;
BSFA nominee, 1994; [7]
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1995 [8]
Phoenix CafeLondon: Gollancz, 1997 ISBN   0-575-06068-9 Book 3 of The Aleutian Trilogy
Bold as Love London: Gollancz, 2001 ISBN   0-575-07030-7 Book 1 in the Bold As Love Cycle;
Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, 2002; [9]
BSFA nominee, 2001; [10]
British Fantasy Award nominee, 2002 [9]
Castles Made of Sand London: Gollancz, 2002 ISBN   0-575-07032-3 Book 2 in the Bold As Love Cycle;
British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2002 [9]
Midnight Lamp London: Gollancz, 2003 ISBN   0-575-07470-1 Book 3 in the Bold As Love Cycle;
British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2003; [11]
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004 [12]
Band of Gypsys London: Gollancz, 2005 ISBN   0-575-07043-9 Book 4 in the Bold as Love Cycle
Rainbow BridgeLondon: Gollancz, 2006 (paper) ISBN   0-575-07715-8 Book 5 in the Bold As Love Cycle
LifeSeattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2004 (paper) ISBN   0-9746559-2-9
Philip K. Dick Award winner, 2004; [12]

James Tiptree, Jr. Award shortlist, 2004; [13]

Spirit: or The Princess of Bois Dormant [14] London: Gollancz, 2008 ISBN   978-0-575-07473-6 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2010
The Grasshopper's ChildLondon: Self-published, 2014 (ebook)ISBNBook 6 in the Bold As Love Cycle

Fiction collections

Short stories

Non-fiction

As Ann Halam

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  4. ↑ "1989 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
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  12. 1 2 "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
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  14. ↑ Jones has published a webpage giving the background to Spirit, and which also includes several linked short stories: Spirit Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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