Sarah Pinsker | |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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Sarah Pinsker is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is a nine-time finalist for theNebula Award, and herdebut novelA Song for a New Day won the 2019Nebula for Best Novel while her story "Our Lady of the Open Road" won the 2016Nebula Award for Best Novelette. Her novelette "Two Truths and a Lie" received both theNebula Award and theHugo Award. Her fiction has also won thePhilip K. Dick Award, theTheodore Sturgeon Award and been a finalist for theHugo,World Fantasy, andTiptree Awards.
Pinsker was born in New York and lived in several places of the United States includingIllinois andTexas.[1] When she was 14, her family settled inToronto, Canada.[1] She returned to the US to attend Goucher College where she studied history.
In addition to writing fiction she is a singer-songwriter with the band Stalking Horses[2] and has had multiple albums released through independent labels.[3] She also volunteers as director at large for theScience Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and hosts theBaltimore Science Fiction Society's Dangerous Voices Variety Hour reading series.[4]
Pinsker says her writing is heavily influenced by the science fiction and literary fiction which filled her parents' home,[3] adding she is one of the rare authors who read "short stories as much as novels" when she was young.[2] Among her early influences as an author were the works ofUrsula K. Le Guin[3] andKate Wilhelm.[4] Later influences on her fiction includeOctavia Butler,Karen Joy Fowler,Kij Johnson, andKelly Link.[4]
Pinsker started out publishing her short fiction in magazines such asAsimov's Science Fiction,Fantasy & Science Fiction,Lightspeed,Strange Horizons,Daily Science Fiction, the Journal of Unlikely Cartography, andFireside. Anthologies containing her stories includeLong Hidden,How to Live on Other Planets,Queers Destroy Science Fiction,[5] andWhose Future Is It?.[6] Among the collections of the "year's best" stories which include her stories areThe Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 2,Year's Best Weird Fiction Vol 2,Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015,The Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction andThe Year's Best Military and Adventure Fiction 2015.[5]
In 2019, her debut novelA Song for a New Day was published. The novel follows the life of a musician in a future where pandemics and terrorism makes public events such as concerts illegal. In 2020, it won theNebula Award for Best Novel of 2019.[7]
Pinsker's fiction has been called "thoughtful, subtle",[8] "creepy"[9] and "dreamlike".[10] Speaking of her fiction, Pinsker says "It is a good time to be someone who has something to say about a group or a personal experience that hasn't been touched on before. Science fiction looks at the world through a slightly different lens, so it's fun to put that lens onto new experiences."[11]
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| Year | Title | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| 2012 | Queen for a Day | Pinsker, Sarah (2012). "Queen for a Day".City Paper. | ||
| Smashing Bottles | Pinsker, Sarah (2012). "Smashing Bottles".Emprise Review. | |||
| Broken Stones | Sarah, Pinsker (March 2012)."Broken Stones".Every Day Fiction. | |||
| Twenty Ways the Desert Could Kill You | Pinsker, Sarah (July 2012)."Twenty Ways the Desert Could Kill You".Daily Science Fiction:20–22. | |||
| The Ants Go Marching | Pinsker, Sarah (November 2012). "The Ants Go Marching".Stupefying Stories.2 (1). | |||
| 2013 | A Beastly Game | Pinsker, Sarah (May 31, 2013)."A Beastly Game".Electric Spec.8 (2). | ||
| In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind | Pinsker, Sarah (July 1–8, 2013)."In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind".Strange Horizons. | |||
| Join Our Team of Time Travel Professionals | Pinsker, Sarah (July 2013). "Join Our Team of Time Travel Professionals".Daily Science Fiction: 18. | |||
| Excerpted Electronic Archives from the Founding of the Demon Pitted Track Roller Derby Association | Pinsker, Sarah (December 2013)."Excerpted Electronic Archives from the Founding of the Demon Pitted Track Roller Derby Association".Every Day Fiction. | |||
| 2014 | Monsters, Beneath the Bed and Otherwise | Pinsker, Sarah (January 2014). "Monsters, Beneath the Bed and Otherwise".Fierce Family:153–165. | ||
| The Transdimensional Horsemaster Rabbis of Mpumalanga Province | Pinsker, Sarah (February 2014)."The Transdimensional Horsemaster Rabbis of Mpumalanga Province".Asimov's Science Fiction.38 (2):68–79. | |||
| They Sent Runners Out | Pinsker, Sarah (February 2014)."They Sent Runners Out".Fireside Magazine (10). | |||
| A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide | Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2014)."A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide".F&SF.126 (3&4):110–120. | |||
| Headlong | Pinsker, Sarah (March 20, 2014)."Headlong".The Future Embodied: Evolution of the Human Body. | |||
| There Will Be One Vacant Chair | Pinsker, Sarah (May 2014). "There Will Be One Vacant Chair".Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History:259–267. | |||
| How a Map Works | Pinsker, Sarah (June 2014)."How a Map Works".The Journal of Unlikely Cartography (9):5–13. | |||
| The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced | Pinsker, Sarah (June 2014)."The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced".Lightspeed (49). | |||
| The Low Hum of Her | Pinsker, Sarah (August 2014). "The low hum of her".Asimov's Science Fiction.38 (8):70–73. | Merriam, Joanne, ed. (2015).How to live on other planets : a handbook for aspiring aliens. Upper Rubber Boot Books. | ||
| No Lonely Seafarer | Pinsker, Sarah (September 2014)."No Lonely Seafarer".Lightspeed (52). | |||
| Notes to My Past and/or Alternate Selves | Pinsker, Sarah (November 2014). "Notes To My Past And/Or Alternate Selves".Unidentified Funny Objects 3. | |||
| 2015 | Beauty & the Baby Beast | Pinsker, Sarah (January 2015)."Beauty & the Baby Beast".Daily Science Fiction:9–11. | ||
| Songs in the Key of You | Pinsker, Sarah (January 2015). "Songs in the Key of You".Asimov's Science Fiction.39 (1):65–68. | |||
| When the Circus Lights Down | Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2015)."When the Circus Lights Down".Uncanny Magazine (3). | |||
| Last Thursday at Supervillain Supply Depot | Pinsker, Sarah (April 2015)."Last Thursday at Supervillain Supply Depot".Daily Science Fiction:10–12. | |||
| Remembery Day | Pinsker, Sarah (May 2015)."Remembery Day".Apex (72). | |||
| Today's Smarthouse in Love | Pinsker, Sarah (May–June 2015). "Today's Smarthouse in Love".F&SF.128 (5&6):49–54. | |||
| Our Lady of the Open Road | Pinsker, Sarah (June 2015). "Our Lady of the Open Road".Asimov's Science Fiction.39 (6):84–105. | Novelette | ||
| In the Dawns Between Hours | Pinsker, Sarah (June 2015). "In the Dawns Between Hours".Lightspeed (61). | |||
| Pay Attention | Pinsker, Sarah (July 2015). "Pay Attention".Accessing the Future. | |||
| And We Were Left Darkling | Pinsker, Sarah (August 2015)."And We Were Left Darkling".Lightspeed (63). | |||
| What Wags the World | Pinsker, Sarah (November 2015)."What Wags the World".Daily Science Fiction: 16. | |||
| 2016 | Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea | Pinsker, Sarah (February 2016)."Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea".Lightspeed (69). | ||
| The Mountains His Crown | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2016)."The Mountains His Crown".Beneath Ceaseless Skies (195). | |||
| Left the Century to Sit Unmoved | Pinsker, Sarah (May 16, 2016)."Left the Century to Sit Unmoved".Strange Horizons. | |||
| Clearance | Pinsker, Sarah (June 2016). "Clearance".Asimov's Science Fiction.40 (6):16–21. | |||
| Down Beneath the Bridge Yet Unbuilt | Pinsker, Sarah (August 2018). "Down Beneath the Bridge Yet Unbuilt".Shattered Prism (2). | |||
| Talking to Dead People | Pinsker, Sarah (September–October 2016). "Talking to Dead People".F&SF.131 (3&4):7–18. | |||
| Under One Roof | Pinsker, Sarah (September–October 2016)."Under One Roof".Uncanny Magazine (12). | |||
| A Song Transmuted | Pinsker, Sarah (November 2016). "A Song Transmuted".Cyber World.Hex Publishers. | |||
| 2017 | The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2017). "The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going".Asimov's Science Fiction.41 (3&4):67–69. | ||
| And Then There Were (N-One) | Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2017)."And Then There Were (N-One)".Uncanny Magazine (15):49–97. | |||
| The Smoke Means It's Working | Pinsker, Sarah (May 2017). "The Smoke Means It's Working".Behind the Mask: An Anthology of Heroic Proportions. Meerkat Press. | |||
| Wind Will Rove | Pinsker, Sarah (September–October 2017). "Wind will rove".Asimov's Science Fiction.41 (9&10):14–36. | Link | ||
| Remember This for Me | Pinsker, Sarah (November 2017). "Remember This for Me".Catalysts, Explorers & Secret Keepers: Women of Science Fiction. Museum of Science Fiction. | |||
| 2018 | The Court Magician | Pinsker, Sarah (January 2018)."The Court Magician".Lightspeed. | ||
| Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2018)."Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing".Beneath Ceaseless Skies (246). | |||
| I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise | Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2018)."I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise".Uncanny Magazine (21). | |||
| Escape from Caring Seasons | Pinsker, Sarah (May 2018). "Escape from Caring Seasons".Twelve Tomorrows:157–180. | |||
| Lost and Found | Pinsker, Sarah (December 2018). "Lost and Found".Whose Future Is It?. | |||
| 2019 | That Our Flag Was Still There | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2019). "That Our Flag Was Still There".If This Goes On. Parvus Press. | ||
| The Narwhal | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2019). "The Narwhal".Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea. | |||
| Everything is Closed Today | Pinsker, Sarah (May 21, 2019). "Everything is Closed Today".Do Not Go Quietly. | |||
| The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye | Pinsker, Sarah (July–August 2019)."The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye".Uncanny Magazine (29). | |||
| 2020 | La Mer Donne | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2020). "La Mer Donne".Avatars Inc. | ||
| Bigger Fish | Pinsker, Sarah (March 2020). "Bigger Fish".Made to Order. | |||
| Notice | Pinsker, Sarah (June 2020). "Notice".Us in Flux. | |||
| Two Truths and a Lie | Pinsker, Sarah (June 17, 2020)."Two Truths and a Lie".Tor.com. | |||
| Tru Luv | Pinsker, Sarah (December 2020)."Tru Love".Escape Pod (765). | |||
| 2021 | Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather | Pinsker, Sarah (March–April 2021)."Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather".Uncanny Magazine (39). | ||
| A Better Way of Saying | Pinsker, Sarah (November 10, 2021)."A Better Way of Saying".Tor.com. |
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