Suzanne Palmer
Suzanne Palmer | |
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Other names | zanzjan |
Occupation | Writer |
Website | zanzjan |
Suzanne Palmer is an American science fiction writer known for her novelette "The Secret Life of Bots", which won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2018.[1] The story also won a WSFA Small Press Award and was a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award.[2][3]
Career
Palmer has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[4] She was the head librarian of the UMass Science Fiction Society.[1] She lives in Massachusetts, where she works as a system administrator at Smith College.[1]
She has been publishing short fiction and poetry since 2005.[5] She cites John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, and Martha Wells as some of her influences and describes her primary genre as "space opera-style science fiction".[6] She moderates the SFF room on the AbsoluteWrite forums using her online name zanzjan.[6]
Her first full-length novel, Finder, a thriller about an interstellar repo man, was published by DAW Books in 2019.[4][7] She has since published three more novels in that series: Driving the Deep, The Scavenger Door, and Ghostdrift.
In 2020, Palmer won the Theodore Sturgeon Award for her story "Waterlines".[8]
Awards
Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref[9] |
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2017 | "Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man" | Eugie Award | Best Short Story | Finalist | [10][11] |
2018 | "The Secret Life of Bots" | Hugo Award | Novelette | Won | [12] |
Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | |||
Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Finalist | |||
WSFA Small Press Award | — | Won | |||
2020 | Finder | Locus Award | First Novel | Nominated | |
"Waterlines" | Novella | Nominated | |||
Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Won | |||
"The Painter of Trees" | Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Finalist | ||
WSFA Small Press Award | — | Nominated | |||
2021 | Driving the Deep | Locus Award | Sci-fi Novel | Nominated | |
2022 | "Bots of the Lost Ark" | Hugo Award | Novelette | Won | [13] |
Locus Award | Locus–Novelette | Nominated | |||
Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Finalist | |||
2023 | "Falling Off the Edge of the World" | Locus Award | Locus–Novelette | Nominated | |
"The Sadness Box" | Locus Award | Locus–Novelette | Nominated |
Bibliography
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Novels
Finder Chronicles
- Palmer, Suzanne (2019). Finder (hardcover 1st ed.). DAW Books. ISBN 978-0756415105.
- — (2020). Driving the Deep (hardcover 1st ed.). DAW Books. ISBN 978-0756415068.
- — (2021). The Scavenger Door (hardcover 1st ed.). DAW Books. ISBN 978-0756415150.
- — (2024). Ghostdrift (hardcover 1st ed.). DAW Books. ISBN 978-0756418878.
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Short fiction[a]
Year | Title | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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2015 | "Tuesdays" | Palmer, Suzanne (March 2015). "Tuesdays". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (3): 14–21. | The first page was omitted due to publisher's error; it was instead printed as p.9 in the April/May 2015 issue. |
- "The Ins and Outs of Intergalactic Diplomacy" (2005) (published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #20)
- "He's Got Skeleteons" (2006) (published in Aoife's Kiss webzine)
- "Spheres" (2006) (published in Interzone #207)
- "The Neighborly Thing" (2007) (published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #31)
- "Concession Girl" (2008) (published in Interzone #217)
- "Silence and Roses" (2009) (published in Interzone #223)
- "Zombie Cabana Boy" (2010) (published in Black Static #17)
- "The Ceiling Is Sky" (2011) (published in Interzone #234)
- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (2011) (published in Comets and Criminals #1)
- "Surf" (2011) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Two for the Starry Night" (2012) (published in Comets and Criminals #2)
- "Adware" (2012) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Tangerine, Nectarine, Clementine, Apocalypse" (2012) (published in Interzone #239)
- "Hotel" (2013) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Fly Away Home" (2014) (published in Interzone #251)
- "House Party Blues" (2014) (published in Black Static #39)
- "Shatterdown" (2014) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Moogh and the Great Trench Kraken" (2015) (published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #181)
- "Lazy Dog Out" (2016) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man" (2016) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Detroit Hammersmith, Zero Gravity Toilet Repairman (Retired)" (2016) (published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact)
- "Belong" (2016) (published in Interzone #265)
- "Number Thirty-Nine Skink" (2017) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Books of the Risen Sea" (2017) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "The Secret Life of Bots" (2017) (published in Clarkesworld Magazine #132)
- "The Streaming Man" (2018) (published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact)
- "Stones in the Water, Cottage on the Mountain" (2018) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "R.U.R-8?" (2018) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Thirty-Three Percent Joe" (2018) (published in Clarkesworld Magazine #145)
- "Taking Icarus Home" (2019) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "The Painter of Trees" (2019) (published in Clarkesworld Magazine #153)
- "Waterlines" (2019) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Dave's Head" (2019) (published in Clarkesworld Magazine #156)
- "Table Etiquette for Diplomatic Personnel, in Seventeen Scenes" (2021) (published in Asimov's Science Fiction)
- "Bots of the Lost Ark" (2021) (published in Clarkesworld Magazine #177)
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Notes
- ^ Short stories, unless otherwise noted.
References
- ^ a b c "Suzanne Palmer". PenguinRandomhouse.com. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Science Fiction & Fantasy". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award". Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award. January 3, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Suzanne Palmer – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc". JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc – The premiere agency for science fiction and fantasy. April 2, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Suzanne Palmer". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ a b MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape, DJ (April 8, 2019). "Author Interview: Suzanne Palmer". MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ Di Filippo, Paul (May 9, 2019). "Reviews Finder by Suzanne Palmer – Locus Online". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ Liptak, Andrew (October 21, 2020). "Suzanne Palmer Wins the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Award". Tor.com. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Suzanne Palmer". isfdb.org. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "The Eugie Award – EugieFoster.com". Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ admin (April 13, 2017). "2017 Eugie Award Finalists". Locus Online. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. April 7, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Suzanne Palmer at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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