Ray Nayler | |
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Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) SOAS University of London (MA) |
Website | www |
RayNayler is an American and Canadian writer. [1] His works engage with humanist themes and questions of AI and animal ethics. [2] [3] [4]
Nayler's debut novel, The Mountain in the Sea, focuses on the discovery of a society of intelligent octopuses off the coast of Vietnam, and was the winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best First Novel as well as being a finalist for the Nebula Award and the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Award. It was declared one of the best Science Fiction novels of all time by Esquire. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] His second novel, The Tusks of Extinction, centers on the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth and was published in 2024. [11] [12] [13] [14] His third novel, a "near-future thriller" titled Where the Axe Is Buried, was released on April 1, 2025. [15]
Nayler previously served in the Peace Corps and was a US Foreign Service officer, working in Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans. [16] He also served as Press Attaché at the United States Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. [17] [18]
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Year | Title [a] | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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2015 | "Mutability" | Nayler, Ray (June 2015). "Mutability". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (6): 48–57. | ||
2016 | "Do Not Forget Me" | Nayler, Ray (March 2016). "Do Not Forget Me". Asimov's Science Fiction. 40 (3): 60–69. | ||
2019 | "Fire in the Bone" | Nayler, Ray (January 2019). "Fire in the Bone". Clarkesworld. Issue 148 | Direct link | |
"Beyond the High Altar" | Nayler, Ray (September 2019). "Beyond the High Altar". Nightmare. Issue 84 | Direct link | ||
"The Death of Fire Station 10" | Nayler, Ray (October 2019). "The Death of Fire Station 10". Lightspeed. Issue 113 | Direct link | ||
2020 | "Albedo Season" | Nayler, Ray (May 2020). "Albedo Season". Clarkesworld. Issue 164 | Direct link | |
"The Swallows of the Storm" | Nayler, Ray (July 2020). "The Swallows of the Storm". Lightspeed. Issue 122 | Direct link | ||
"Outside of Omaha" | Nayler, Ray (September 2020). "Outside of Omaha". Nightmare. Issue 96 | Direct link | ||
2021 | "Sarcophagus" | Nayler, Ray (April 2021). "Sarcophagus". Clarkesworld. Issue 175 | Direct link | |
"Yesterday's Wolf" | Nayler, Ray (September 2021). "Yesterday's Wolf". Clarkesworld. Issue 180 | Direct link | ||
2022 | "The Summer Castle" | Nayler, Ray (February 2022). "The Summer Castle". Nightmare. Issue 113 | Direct link | |
"Rain of Days" | Nayler, Ray (March 2022). "Rain of Days". Clarkesworld. Issue 186 | Direct link | ||