Robert Charles Wilson | |
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 Wilson in 2010 | |
| Born | (1953-12-15)December 15, 1953 (age 72) California, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Spouse | Sharry Wilson |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| robertcharleswilson | |
Robert Charles Wilson (born December 15, 1953)[1] is an American-Canadianscience fiction author.
Wilson's work has won theHugo Award for Best Novel (forSpin),[2] theJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award (for the novelThe Chronoliths),[3] theTheodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for the novelette "The Cartesian Theater"), threePrix Aurora Awards (for the novelsBlind Lake andDarwinia, and the short work "The Perseids"), and thePhilip K. Dick Award (for the novelMysterium).[4]Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America was a 2010Hugo Award nominee in theBest Novel category.[5]
In addition to the novels listed below, he is the author of the short-story collectionThe Perseids and Other Stories, set in Toronto. His first publication appeared in the February 1975 issue ofAnalog Science Fiction, under the name Bob Chuck Wilson.
AuthorStephen King has called Wilson "probably the finest science-fiction author now writing".[6]
Wilson's literary agent isShawna McCarthy, and his most recent books (includingBlind Lake,Spin, andAxis) have been edited byTeresa Nielsen Hayden ofTor Books.
Spin is the first book of a trilogy that continues inAxis and finishes withVortex.Spin won theHugo Award for Best Novel in 2006.[2]
His novellaJulian: A Christmas Story (2006) was published byPS Publishing in 2007 and was a finalist for the Hugo Award. A novel-length expansion,Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America was published by Tor in 2009.
Wilson's latest novel,Last Year, was published December 6, 2016.
Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up nearToronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent inWhittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he became a Canadian citizen. He resided for a while inNanaimo, British Columbia, and briefly inVancouver. Currently he lives with his wife Sharry inConcord, a neighbourhood ofVaughan, Ontario located north of Toronto. He has two sons, Paul and Devon.
Spin series
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