Aliette de Bodard | |
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 Aliette de Bodard in 2021 | |
| Born | (1982-11-10)November 10, 1982 (age 43) New York City, U.S.[1] |
| Occupation | Computer engineer, author |
| Nationality | American, French |
| Genre | Science fiction,Fantasy |
| Notable works | "Immersion", "The Waiting Stars",The House of Shattered Wings,The Tea Master and the Detective |
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Aliette de Bodard (born November 10, 1982) is a French-Americanspeculative fiction writer.[2] She has received accolades including theBritish Fantasy Award,BSFA Award,Ignyte Award,Locus Award, andNebula Award.
De Bodard published her first short story in 2006. In 2007, she was a winner ofWriters of the Future,[3] and in 2009 was a finalist for theJohn W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has been published inInterzone,Hub Magazine,Black Static,Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine,Asimov's,Realms of Fantasy,Apex Magazine, among others.
Her short story "The Shipmaker" won the 2010British Science Fiction Award for Best Short Fiction. She won the 2012Nebula Award for her short story "Immersion". She also won the 2013Nebula Award for "The Waiting Stars".
Her novelThe House of Shattered Wings, set in a devastated Paris ruled by fallen angels, was published by Gollancz/Roc in August 2015.[4][5] It won theBSFA Award for Best Novel of 2015. Her story "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" won the BSFA Award for Best Short Story of 2015, the first time a single author has ever won both fiction categories in the same year.[6][7] HerXuya Universe novellaThe Tea Master and the Detective won the 2018Nebula Award for Best Novella.
Many of her stories are set inalternate history worlds whereAztec or pre-communist Vietnamese cultures are dominant.[8] In a 2018 interview withL'épaule d'Orion, she stated that "taste is largely underutilised sensorily in science-fiction... future worlds in SF have a tendency to be sanitised."[9] In a 2021 interview withLocus, she stated that she tried to write "parent-child relationships, and very often a mother-daughter relationship, because that's a thing you don't often see, aside from the controlling mother and the estranged mother. You don't even often see characters with dead mothers – the mothers tend to just fade out."[10]
De Bodard is ofFrench andVietnamese descent, born in the US, and grew up in Paris. French is her first language but she writes in English.[1][11] A graduate ofÉcole Polytechnique,[6] she works as asoftware engineer[3] (as of 2024[update] inrailway signalling[12]), and is a member of the Written in Blood writers group. She isbisexual.[13]
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2009 | — | John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer | — | Finalist | [14] |
| 2010 | "The Shipmaker" | BSFA Award | Short Fiction | Won | [15] |
| "The Jaguar House, in Shadow" | Nebula Award | Novelette | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2011 | Hugo Award | Novelette | Finalist | [17] | |
| "Shipbirth" | Nebula Award | Short Story | Finalist | [18] | |
| 2012 | D'obsidienne et de sang (Servant of the Underworld) | Grand prix de l'Imaginaire | Roman étranger ('Foreign novel') | Nominated | [19] |
| "Immersion" | Nebula Award | Short Story | Won | [20] | |
| On a Red Station, Drifting | Novella | Finalist | [20] | ||
| 2013 | "Heaven Under Earth" | James Tiptree Jr. Award | — | Honor List | [21] |
| "Immersion" | Locus Award | Short Story | Won | [22] | |
| Hugo Award | Short Story | Finalist | [23] | ||
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Finalist | [24] | ||
| On a Red Station, Drifting | Hugo Award | Novella | Finalist | [23] | |
| Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [22] | ||
| "Scattered Along the River of Heaven" | Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Finalist | [24] | |
| "The Waiting Stars" | Nebula Award | Novelette | Won | [25] | |
| 2014 | "The Breath of War" | Nebula Award | Short Story | Finalist | [26] |
| "Separados por las aguas del Río Celeste" ("Scattered Along the River of Heaven") | Premio Ignotus | Mejor cuento extranjero ('Best Foreign Story') | Finalist | [27] | |
| "The Waiting Stars" | Hugo Award | Novelette | Finalist | [28] | |
| Locus Award | Novelette | Finalist | [29] | ||
| 2015 | "The Dust Queen" | Locus Award | Short Story | Finalist | [30] |
| The House of Shattered Wings | BSFA Award | Novel | Won | [31] | |
| "Memorials" | Locus Award | Novelette | Finalist | [30] | |
| "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" | BSFA Award | Short Fiction | Won | [31] | |
| El ciclo de Xuya (The Xuya Cycle) | Premio Ignotus | Mejor antología ('Best Collected Work') | Finalist | [32] | |
| En una estación roja, a la deriva (On a Red Station, Drifting) | Mejor cuento extranjero ('Best Foreign Story') | Finalist | [32] | ||
| "Éparpillés le long des rivières du ciel" ("Scattered Along the River of Heaven") | Grand prix de l'Imaginaire | Nouvelle étrangère ('Foreign novella') | Longlisted | [33] | |
| 2016 | The House of Shattered Wings | Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Finalist | [34] |
| The Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [34] | |
| "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" | Locus Award | Short Story | Finalist | [34] | |
| Eugie Award | — | Finalist | [35] | ||
| 2017 | The Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Canopus Award | Previously Published Short-Form Fiction | Finalist | [36] |
| "Pearl" | Locus Award | Novelette | Finalist | [37] | |
| "A Salvaging of Ghosts" | Locus Award | Short Story | Finalist | [37] | |
| WSFA Small Press Award | — | Finalist | [38] | ||
| 2018 | "Tres tazas de aflicción a la luz de las estrellas" ("Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight") | Premio Ignotus | Mejor cuento extranjero ('Best Foreign Story') | Won | [39] |
| "Children of Thorns, Children of Water" | Locus Award | Novelette | Finalist | [40] | |
| Hugo Award | Novelette | Finalist | [41] | ||
| The House of Binding Thorns | Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Finalist | [40] | |
| On Motherhood and Erasure | BSFA Award | Non-Fiction | Won | [42] | |
| The Tea Master and the Detective | Nebula Award | Novella | Won | [43] | |
| 2019 | In the Vanishers' Palace | Lambda Literary Awards | Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror | Finalist | [44] |
| The Tea Master and the Detective | British Fantasy Award | Novella | Won | [45] | |
| Hugo Award | Novella | Finalist | [46] | ||
| Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [47] | ||
| World Fantasy Award | Novella | Finalist | [48] | ||
| 2020 | Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight | Locus Award | Collection | Finalist | [49] |
| British Fantasy Award | Collection | Finalist | [50] | ||
| 形見 (Katami, "Memorials") | Seiun Award | Best Translated Short Story | Finalist | [51] | |
| 2021 | Fireheart Tiger | BSFA Award | Short Fiction | Won | [52] |
| Nebula Award | Novella | Finalist | [53] | ||
| The Inaccessibility of Heaven | Ignyte Award | Short Fiction | Won | [54] | |
| Hugo Award | Novelette | Finalist | [55] | ||
| Locus Award | Novelette | Finalist | [56] | ||
| "In the Lands of the Spill" | Locus Award | Short Story | Finalist | [56] | |
| Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [56] | |
| Seven of Infinities | Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [56] | |
| 2022 | Fireheart Tiger | Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [57] |
| Hugo Award | Novella | Finalist | [58] | ||
| Ignyte Award | Novella | Finalist | [59] | ||
| "Mulberry and Owl" | Locus Award | Novelette | Finalist | [57] | |
| Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances | BSFA Award | Short Fiction | Won | [60] | |
| The Red Scholar's Wake | BSFA Award | Novel | Finalist | [60] | |
| 2023 | Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances | Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [61] |
| The Red Scholar's Wake | Arthur C. Clarke Award | — | Shortlisted | [62] | |
| Locus Award | SF Novel | Finalist | [61] | ||
| 2024 | A Fire Born of Exile | Locus Award | SF Novel | Finalist | [63] |
| "The Mausoleum's Children" | Hugo Award | Short Story | Finalist | [64] | |
| Locus Award | Short Story | Finalist | [63] | ||
| Navigational Entanglements | BSFA Award | Shorter Fiction | Finalist | [65] | |
| The Universe of Xuya | Hugo Award | Series | Finalist | [64] | |
| 2025 | "Autumn's Red Bird" | Locus Award | Locus Award for Best Short Story | Finalist | [66] |
| Navigational Entanglements | Hugo Award | Novella | Finalist | [67] | |
| Locus Award | Novella | Finalist | [66] | ||
| — | ESFS Awards | Best Author | Won | [68] |
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