Nick Wolven

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Nick Wolven
BornNicholas Wolven
CitizenshipAmerican
Genre Science fiction

Nick Wolven is an American author who writes science fiction short stories.

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Education

Wolven attended the Clarion Workshop in San Diego in 2007. [1]

Career

Wolven's first professional sale was the short story "An Art, Like Everything Else", published in Asimov's Science Fiction April–May 2008. [2] It received positive reviews among bloggers [3] with one blogger calling it the best story in the issue. [4] It was called "a beautiful story with a tear-jerker ending" by Spiral Galaxy Reviews, [5] while another said it was a "nice idea" but a "saccharine" execution. [6] The story was republished in St Martin's Press's Year's Best Science Fiction of 2009. [7]

Two other stories, "The LoveSling" [8] [9] [10] and "Senor Hedor" [11] also received positive reactions.

His story, "Angie's Errand", which dealt with gender issues [12] in a post-catastrophe world, was the featured cover story for the December 2009 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. [13] [14] [15] Wolven's other stories, "On the Horizon" and "Lost in the Memory Palace, I Found You," were published in the March 2010 and August 2011 issues of Asimov's Science Fiction, respectively. [16]

Personal life

He currently lives in Bronx, NY, and works at Barnard College Library. [17] As of February 1, 2010, he had stopped updating his official blog. [18]

Wolven is also a part-time drummer. [19] [20] [21] He lists Stewart Copeland as one of his major influences. [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ Watson, Mark (February 14, 2010). "Asimovs, April/May 2008". Best SF Blog. bestsf.net. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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  18. ↑ "Nick Wolven » the End". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  19. ↑ Pain Hertz at Michael Kaplan.net
  20. ↑ "Pain Hertz – Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  21. ↑ Simply Diesel at Michael Kaplan.net
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