Caroline M. Yoachim
Caroline M. Yoachim | |
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Born | Hawaii |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
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Caroline Mariko Yoachim is an author of speculative fiction who writes as Caroline M. Yoachim and Caroline Yoachim.[1][2]
Life
Yoachim was born in Hawaii and raised in the Pacific Northwest. As an adult, she lived with her husband Peter in Austin, Texas,[3] and later in Seattle.[4] She has two children.[5] She received a master's degree in child psychology.[3] When not writing, she "dabbles" in photography,[6][3] selling her work through various stock photo companies. Other hobbies include graphic design, cooking, skiing, yoga and reading.[3]
Writing career
Yoachim started writing speculative fiction in 2005[6] and attended the 2006 Clarion West Writers' Workshop.[3][6] She has been active as an author since 2007 when her first published short story, "Time to Say Goodnight", appeared in the December issue of Fantasy Magazine.[3][1] She has collaborated on a few pieces with Tina Connolly.[7][1]
Yoachim's work has appeared in various periodicals and anthologies, including
Bibliography
Short fiction
- Collections
- Yoachim, Caroline M. (2016). Seven wonders of a once and future world and other stories.
- Stories[a]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Time to say goodnight | 2007 | |||
Ninety–five percent safe | 2015 | Yoachim, Caroline M. (January 2015). "Ninety–five percent safe". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (1): 41–49. | ||
We will wake among the gods, among the stars | 2016 | Yoachim, Caroline M. & Tina Connolly (January–February 2016). "We will wake among the gods, among the stars". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 136 (1&2): 52–69. | Novelette |
- "Setting My Spider Free" (2009) (as Caroline Yoachim)
- "The Best Last Choice I Ever Made" (2009) (as Caroline Yoachim)
- "Firefly Igloo" (2009)
- "The Land of Empty Shells" (2009)
- "Tending the Mori Birds" (2009)
- "Pageant Girls" (2010)
- "Stone Wall Truth" (2010)
- "Blood Willows" (2010)
- "The Sometimes Child" (2010) (as Caroline Yoachim)
- "What Happens in Vegas" (2010)
- "Shades of Orange" (2011)
- "Deathbed" (2011)
- "Mother Ship" (2012)
- "After the Earthquake" (2012)
- "Flash Bang Remember" (2012) (with Tina Connolly)
- "Blue Sand" (2012)
- "The Philosophy of Ships" (2012)
- "The Safe Road" (2012)
- "The Carnival Was Eaten, All Except the Clown" (2013)
- "Harmonies of Time" (2013)
- "Ten Million Sheets of Paper, All in Black and White" (2013)
- "A Crown of Woven Nails" (2013)
- "Elizabeth's Pirate Army" (2013)
- "Beneath the Willow Branches, Beyond the Reach of Time" (2014)
- "One Last Night at the Carnival, Before the Stars Go Out" (2014)
- "Current and Still" (2014)
- "Paperclips and Memories and Things That Won't Be Missed" (2014)
- "Pieces of My Body" (2014)
- "Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion" (2014)
- "Do Not Count the Withered Ones" (2014)
- "Honeybee" (2014)
- "Carla at the Off-Planet Tax Return Helpline" (2014)
- "Bread Babies" (2015)
- "A Million Oysters for Chiyoko" (2015)
- "Red Planet" (2015)
- "Meat That Grows on Trees" (2015)
- "Temporary Friends" (2015)
- "Coin Flips" (2015) with Tina Connolly
- "Goat Milk Cheese, Three Trillion Miles from Earth" (2015)
- "Sugar Showpiece Universe" (2015)
- "Garbage Trucks of Discontent" (2015)
- "Everyone's a Clown" (2015)
- "Goodbye, First Love" (2015)
- "Four Seasons in the Forest of Your Mind" (2015)
- "Dancing with Fire" (2015)
- "Seasons Set in Skin" (2015)
- "Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World" (2015)
- "An Impromptu Guide to Finding Your Soulmate at a Party on the Last Night of the World" (2015)
- "The Little Mermaid of Innsmouth" (2015)
- "Grass Girl" (2015)
- "Betty and the Squelchy Saurus" (2015)
- "Please Approve the Dissertation Research of Angtor" (2015)
- "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" (2015)
- "Birthday Child" (2015)
- "We Will Wake Among the Gods, Among the Stars" (2016) (with Tina Connolly)
- "Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station │ Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" (2016)
- "You Are Not the Hero of This Story" (2016)
- "An Army of Bees" (2016)
- "The First Snow of Winter" (2016)
- "Chocolate Milkshake Number 314" (2016)
- "Love Out of Season" (2016)
- "The Words on My Skin" (2016)
- "On the Pages of a Sketchbook Universe" (2016)
- "Press Play to Watch It Die" (2016)
- "Exquisite Corpse" (2016)
- "Best Chef Season Three: Tau Ceti e" (2016)
- "The Right Place to Start a Family" (2016)
- "A Letter to My Best Friend on the Most Important Day of Her Life, Undelivered, No Known Forwarding Address" (2016)
- "Shadow Station" (2017)
- "Carnival Nine" (2017)
- "The Ivory Hummingbird" (2017)
- "Building a Bridge Too Vast to Cross" (2017)
- "Until the Day We Go Home" (2017)
- "Faceless Soldiers, Patchwork Ship" (2017)
- "Dreams as Fragile as Glass" (2017)
- "Dancing in the Midnight Ocean" (2017)
- "A Rabbit Egg for Flora" (2017)
- "The Clockwork Penguin Dreamed of Stars" (2018) (as Caroline Yoachim)
- "Colors of the Immortal Palette" (2021)
Nonfiction
- "Penguins, Robins, and Science Fiction" (2016)
- "Author Notes" (Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories) (2016)
- "Introduction" (On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories) (2016)
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- Notes
- ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
Awards
"Stone Wall Truth" was nominated for the 2011
References
- ^ a b c d e Caroline M. Yoachim at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Yoachim, Caroline M. "Penguins, Robins, and Science Fiction". Essay in Lightspeed: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue, June 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Bradford, K. Tempest, "Caroline M. Yoachim", interview in Fantasy Magazine. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Silverman, G. G., "Women in Speculative Fiction: Caroline Yoachim, author of Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World". Interview, February 10, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Slater, Maggie, "[https://www.apex-magazine.com/apex-interview-with-caroline-m-yoachim/ Apex Interview with Caroline M. Yoachim, May 6, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c Author's website. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Schulz, Caleb Jordan (August 2012). "Author Spotlight: Tina Connolly & Caroline M. Yoachim". Lightspeed (27). Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Sfadb : Caroline M. Yoachim Awards".
- ^ "2022 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.