Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is anEnglishscience fiction andfantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen nameAnn Halam.

Jones was born inManchester, England. Education at a convent school was followed by an undergraduate degree in Europeanhistory of ideas at theUniversity of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under thepseudonymAnn Halam^[1] and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the termgynoid.^[2] She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences.

Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near futurehigh fantasy with strong themes ofgender andfeminism. She is the winner of twoWorld Fantasy Awards,^[3]BSFA short story award,Children of the Night Award from theDracula Society, theArthur C. Clarke Award, thePhilip K. Dick Award and co-winner of theJames Tiptree Jr. Award.^[4] She also won the 2008Pilgrim Award for lifetime achievement in Science Fiction criticism.^[5] She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared toUrsula K. Le Guin, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work.

Jones lives inBrighton, England, with her husband and son.

• Identifying the Object. Austin: Swan Press, 1993 (paper). No ISBN
• Seven Tales and a Fable. Cambridge: Edgewood Press, 1995 (paper).ISBN 0-9629066-5-4
• Grazing the Long Acre. Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2009.ISBN 978-1-906301-56-9
• The Buonarotti Quartet. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper).
• The Universe of Things. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2011 (trade paper).ISBN 978-1-933500-44-7

• "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" (1996) inOff Limits: Tales of Alien Sex (anthology) and (2007) inRewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (anthology)
• "Saving Tiamaat" (2007) inThe New Space Opera (anthology)
• "The Ki-anna" (2010) inEngineering Infinity (anthology)^[19][20][21]
• "A Planet Called Desire" (2015) inOld Venus (anthology)^[22]

• Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999.ISBN 0-85323-783-2
• Imagination / Space. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2009 (paper).
• Joanna Russ. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2019.ISBN 978-0-252-05148-7

• Ally, Ally, Aster. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981.ISBN 0-04-823192-4
• The Alder Tree. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981.ISBN 0-04-823205-X
• King Death's Garden. London: Orchard Books, 1986.ISBN 1-85213-003-2
• The Inland trilogy
  • The Daymaker. London: Orchard Books, 1987.ISBN 1-85213-019-9
  • Transformations. London: Orchard Books, 1988.ISBN 1-85213-119-5
  • The Skybreaker. London: Orchard Books, 1990.ISBN 1-85213-183-7
• Dinosaur Junction. London: Orchard Books, 1992.ISBN 1-85213-369-4
• The Haunting of Jessica Raven. London: Orion, 1994.ISBN 1-85881-050-7
• The Fear Man. London: Orion, 1995.ISBN 1-85881-158-9
• The Powerhouse. London: Orion, 1997.ISBN 1-85881-405-7
• Crying in the Dark. London: Dolphin, 1998 (paper).ISBN 1-85881-394-8
• The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper).ISBN 1-85881-677-7
• Don't Open Your Eyes. London: Dolphin, 1999 (paper).ISBN 1-85881-791-9
• The Shadow on the Stairs. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2000 (paper).ISBN 1-902260-57-0
• Dr. Franklin's Island. London: Orion/Dolphin, 2001.ISBN 1-85881-396-4
• Taylor Five. London: Dolphin, 2002 (paper).ISBN 1-85881-792-7
• Finders Keepers. Edinburgh: Barrington Stoke, 2004 (paper).ISBN 1-84299-203-1
• Siberia. London: Orion, 2005.ISBN 1-84255-129-9 (shortlist,Booktrust Teenage Prize)
• Snakehead. London: Orion, 2007.ISBN 1-84255-526-X

• Gwyneth's personal blogsince 2009
• Gwyneth Jones at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• 1997 interview atSpike Magazine
• Interview Independent Online

• English fantasy writers
• English science fiction writers
• English children's writers
• Science fiction critics
• British speculative fiction critics
• British speculative fiction editors
• Writers from Manchester
• Alumni of the University of Sussex
• English women science fiction and fantasy writers
• World Fantasy Award–winning writers
• 1952 births
• Living people
• English women short story writers
• English women novelists
• English women non-fiction writers

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