Sheila Williams | |
---|---|
![]() Williams in the Asimov's Science Fiction offices, January 7, 2020 | |
Born | 1956 (age 67–68) |
Education | Elmira College (BPhil) Washington University in St. Louis (MPhil) |
Occupation | Editor |
Children | 2 |
Sheila Williams (born 1956) is an American science fiction editor who is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.
Sheila Williams grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. [1] Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father, who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. After studying at the London School of Economics in her junior year, she studied at and received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York. Williams received her Master's degree in philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis. [2]
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while in graduate school at Washington University. In 1982, Williams was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). [3] In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois, Williams also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Williams has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology . Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams." Most recently, she edited Enter a Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction.
Williams won the Hugo Award for Best Short Form Editor in 2011 and 2012. [4] [5]
Williams is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
![]() |
Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011.
Asimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine edited by Sheila Williams and published by Dell Magazines, which is owned by Penny Press. It was launched as a quarterly by Davis Publications in 1977, after obtaining Isaac Asimov's consent for the use of his name. It was originally titled Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and was quickly successful, reaching a circulation of over 100,000 within a year, and switching to monthly publication within a couple of years. George H. Scithers, the first editor, published many new writers who went on to be successful in the genre. Scithers favored traditional stories without sex or obscenity; along with frequent humorous stories, this gave Asimov's a reputation for printing juvenile fiction, despite its success. Asimov was not part of the editorial team, but wrote editorials for the magazine.
Kij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She is a faculty member at the University of Kansas.
George H. Scithers was an American science fiction fan, author and editor.
Shawna Lee McCarthy is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and literary agent.
SF Site is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine edited by Rodger Turner. It is among the oldest of websites dedicated to science fiction and primarily publishes book reviews. It has won the Locus Award and received nominations for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. SF Site also provides web hosting services, and was instrumental in the online presence of major magazines such as Analog, Asimov's, F&SF and Interzone.
Jonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986.
Sonia Orin Lyris is the author of several novels and various science fiction and fantasy stories and articles in computing and literary journals. She is the author of The Seer. and the sequel novels forming "The Stranger Trilogy". She has published fiction for Wizards of the Coast, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and Pulphouse.
"Getting to Know You" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Marusek, published in the March 1998 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, after appearing in a privately circulated anthology prepared by Nokia in 1997. This story is also included in Marusek's 2007 short story collection Getting To Know You.
Carrie Vaughn is an American writer, the author of the urban fantasy Kitty Norville series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and internet magazines. She is one of the authors for the Wild Cards books. Vaughn won the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award for Bannerless, and has been nominated for the Hugo Award.
Gregory Frost is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. A graduate of the Clarion Workshop, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the University of California at San Diego in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation.
Reactor, formerly Tor.com, is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. Unlike traditional print magazines like Asimov's or Analog, it releases online fiction that can be read free of charge.
Mark L. Van Name is an American science fiction writer and technology consultant. As of 2009, Van Name lives in North Carolina.
David Moles is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He won the 2008 Theodore Sturgeon Award for his novelette "Finisterra", which was also a finalist for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. He was a finalist for the 2004 John W. Campbell Award.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 7, 2015. It is the 32nd in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.
This is a bibliography of American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson.
Dinosaurs II is a themed anthology of science fiction short works edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in December 1995. It was reissued as an ebook by Baen Books in March 2013.
New Dimensions II: Eleven Original Science Fiction Stories is an anthology of original science fiction short stories edited by American writer Robert Silverberg, the second in a series of twelve. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in December 1972, with a paperback edition under the variant title New Dimensions 2 following from Avon Books in December 1974.
The July Ward is a ghost story written by the physician S. N. Dyer and first published in the April 1991 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. The story was nominated for the 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novella. It has since been reprinted in various anthologies.
"Unicorn Variation" is a 1981 fantasy story by American writer Roger Zelazny. It was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.