Will McIntosh

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Will McIntosh
BornWilliam D. McIntosh
(1962-01-31) January 31, 1962 (age 62)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, social psychologist
Education University of Georgia (PhD)
Genre Science fiction

Will McIntosh (William D. McIntosh, born January 31, 1962 in New York City) is a science fiction and young adult author, a Hugo-Award-winner, and a winner or finalist for many other awards. Along with ten novels, including Defenders, Love Minus Eighty, and Burning Midnight , he has published dozens of short stories in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction , Strange Horizons , Lightspeed Magazine , Clarkesworld , and Interzone . His stories are frequently reprinted in different "Year's Best" anthologies.

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Life

McIntosh attended the University of Georgia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1990. He was a professor at Georgia Southern, where he taught psychology classes. [1] His research focused on topics such as internet dating and romantic relationships, "happiness and goals, collecting behavior, psychological aspects of film and television, and the relationship between psychology and Zen Buddhism." [2] In 2012, McIntosh moved to the College of William and Mary to teach introductory psychology classes and focus on his writing.

Writing

McIntosh attended the Clarion Workshop in 2003. McIntosh's short story "Soft Apocalypse" was shortlisted for both the British Science Fiction Award and the British Fantasy Award. His story "Bridesicle" won both the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story [3] and the 2010 Asimov's Reader Poll, along with being a finalist for that year's Nebula Award, while his story "Over There" won the 2014 Asimov's Reader Poll, and was a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 2014. [4]

His short story "Followed" was adapted into a film by director James Kicklighter in 2011.

Translations of McIntosh's novels have been published in China, Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Taiwan, and Hungary.

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Stories [lower-alpha 1]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Over there2013McIntosh, Will (January 2013). "Over there". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (1): 32–49.
Scout2014McIntosh, Will (April–May 2014). "Scout". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (4&5): 53–61.
A thousand nights till morning2015McIntosh, Will (August 2015). "A thousand nights till morning". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (8): 64–105.Novella

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Bibliography notes
  1. Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  2. Finalist for the 2005 British Science Fiction Award and the 2005 British Fantasy Award; Reprinted in Galaxies (France).
  3. Reprinted in The Best of Abyss & Apex.
  4. Reprinted in The Living Dead, John Joseph Adams, editor, 2008.
  5. Reprinted in Science Fiction: Best of the Year 2008.
  6. Reprinted in New Horizons #1, Isli (Russian), Sci Fi Magazin,(Romania), Galaxies, (France).
  7. Reprinted in Science Fiction: Best of the Year 2009.
  8. Reprinted in Unplugged: The Year's Best Online Fiction, 2009.
  9. Reprinted in Russian in Isli.
  10. Winner of the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story; winner of the 2010 Asimov's Reader Poll; finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
  11. Finalist, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, 2014.
  12. Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2018.

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References

  1. Psychology Department Faculty Page, Georgia Southern, accessed Dec. 3, 2010.
  2. Psychology Department Faculty Page, Georgia Southern, accessed Dec. 3, 2010. Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 2010 Hugo Award winners, Locus Magazine, Sept. 5, 2010, accessed Dec. 3, 2010.
  4. Locus Index to SF Awards, Entry for Will McIntosh, accessed Dec. 3, 2010.