Natalia Theodoridou | |
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Born | c. 1984 (age c. 41) |
Natalia Theodoridou (born c. 1984) is a Greek novelist, interactive fiction writer, and scholar. [1] He was the fiction editor at sub-Q, an interactive fiction magazine. The magazine entered indefinite hiatus starting August 2020. [2] He has a PhD in Media & Cultural Studies and graduated from the Clarion West Writers Workshop. [3]
Theodoridou's "The Birding: A Fairy Tale", published in Strange Horizons, was the winner of the 2018 World Fantasy Award for short fiction works. [4] It is about a plague that turns nearly everyone in the world into birds. The work was also adapted into podcast format. [5]
As of 2025, as an interactive fiction writer he has been nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing four times.
Theodoridou's debut novel, Sour Cherry, came out in April 2025 from Tin House (North America) and Wildfire (UK & Commonwealth).
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Novels
Interactive Fiction
The following works were nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted / collected | Notes [6] |
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"The Nightingales in Plátres" | 2017 | Theodoridou, Natalia (November 2017). "The Nightingales in Plátres". Clarkesworld (133): 21–33. | Nominated BSFA for Best Short Fiction 2017 | |
"The Birding: A Fairy Tale" | 2017 | Theodoridou, Natalia (18 December 2017). "The Birding: A Fairy Tale". Strange Horizons . | Winner, World Fantasy Award 2018 | |
"The Names of Women" | 2018 | Theodoridou, Natalia (11 October 2018). "The Names of Women". Strange Horizons Fund Drive Special. | Nominated BSFA for Best Short Fiction 2018 | |
"Birnam Platoon" | 2018 | Theodoridou, Natalia (November–December 2018). "Birnam Platoon". Interzone (278): 62–73. | Nominated BSFA for Best Short Fiction 2018 | |
"Georgie in the Sun" | 2020 | Theodoridou, Natalia (March–April 2020). "Georgie in the Sun". Uncanny Magazine (33). | Placed 34th Locus for Best Short Story 2021 | |
"The Shape of Gifts" | 2020 | Theodoridou, Natalia (July–August 2020). "The Shape of Gifts". F&SF . 139 (1&2): 239–256. | ||
"To Set at Twilight in a Land of Reeds" | 2022 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2022). "To Set at Twilight in a Land of Reeds". The Best of World SF . 2 (?): –––. | ||
"Ribbons" | 2022 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2022). "Ribbons". Uncanny Magazine (44). | ||
"The Prince of Salt and the Ocean's Bargain" | 2022 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2022). "The Prince of Salt and the Ocean's Bargain". Uncanny Magazine (48) | Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novelette 2022. | |
"Love at the Event Horizon" | 2023 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2023). "Love at the Event Horizon". Uncanny Magazine (53). | ||
"Tell the King" | 2024 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2024). "Tell the King". Beneath Ceaseless Skies #401. | 2024 Locus Recommended Reading List | |
"Cursed Moon Queers" | 2024 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2024). "Cursed Moon Queers". Uncanny Magazine (60). | ||
"UPDATE: The Buildings Are Hungry and the Plague Can Speak" | 2025 | Theodoridou, Natalia (2025). "UPDATE: The Buildings Are Hungry and the Plague Can Speak". Psychopomp. |