Delia Sherman
Delia Sherman | |
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Born | Cordelia Caroline Sherman 1951 (age 72–73) Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality | American |
Education | Vassar College (BA) Brown University (MA, PhD) |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
Spouse | Ellen Kushner |
Website | |
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Cordelia Caroline Sherman (born 1951, Tokyo, Japan), known professionally as Delia Sherman, is an American fantasy writer and editor. Her novel The Porcelain Dove won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.
Background
Sherman attended The
She has taught at Hollins College Children's Literature Program; and instructed at the
Novels
Her three novels for adults are all from the subgenre
- Through a Brazen Mirror (1988)
- The Porcelain Dove (1993)[1]
- The Fall of the Kings (2002) (with Ellen Kushner)
Changeling (2006) and its sequel The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen (2009) were fantasy adventures written for younger readers. They are set in "New York Between," a world she has explored in various short stories.
The Freedom Maze (2011), set in Louisiana in 1960 and 1860, is a young adult fantasy novel that uses the device of time-travel to explore the themes of slavery, courage, womanhood, and family ties. The novel won the 2012 Prometheus Award[2] and the Andre Norton Award.[3]
Her novel The Evil Wizard Smallbone (2016) was nominated for the Andre Norton Award.[3]
Other work
Sherman is co-editor (with Ellen Kushner and
With Kushner and others, she is actively involved in the Interstitial art movement. She was a founding member of (and the first president of) the Interstitial Arts Foundation. She is also a member of the Endicott Studio. Together with Kushner, she was an instructor at the Clarion Workshop 2007 in San Diego.
Personal life
She lives in New York City with her wife and sometime collaborator, Ellen Kushner. They were married in 1996.[4][5]
Bibliography
ISBNs for the books listed. . (April 2022) |
Novels
- Through a Brazen Mirror (Ace, 1988; Circlet Press, 1989)
- The Porcelain Dove (Dutton, 1993; Plume, 1994)
- The Fall of the Kings (Bantam Books, 2002) (with Ellen Kushner)
- Changeling (Viking/Penguin, 2006)
- The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen (Viking/Penguin, 2009)
- The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House, 2011; Candlewick Press, 2014; Editions Hélium, 2014; Constable & Robinson, 2015) – won the Prometheus Award for libertarian science fiction and the Andre Norton Award
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone (Candlewick Press, 2016) - nominated for Andre Norton Award
Collections
- Young Woman in a Garden and Other Stories (Small Beer Press, 2015)
Edited
- The Horns of Elfland (Roc, 1997) (with Ellen Kushner and Don Keller)
- Sherman, Delia; Windling, Terri, eds. (1998). The Essential Bordertown : A Traveller's Guide to the Edge of Faerie.
- Interfictions (IAF Press, 2007) (with Theodora Goss)
- Sherman, Delia; Barzak, Christopher, eds. (2009). Interfictions 2 : An Anthology of Interstitial Fiction. Small Beer Press.
- Interfictions Zero (interstitialarts.org, 2010–12) (with Helen Pilinovsky)
- Interfictions Online: A Magazine of Interstitial Art (Executive Editor, 2013-)
Awards and nominations
- Nominee, Andre Norton Award, 2017
- Andre Norton Award, 2012
- Prometheus Award, 2012
- Nominee, World Fantasy Award, 1999, 2001, 2006
- Mythopoeic Awards for Fantasy Fiction, 1994, 2012
- Finalist, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writerof 1989
References
- ISBN 978-0312198695.
- ^ Libertarian Futurist Society. "PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction". Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Bickelhaupt, Susan; Maureen Dezell (1996-10-25). "Will Klein Sign His Letters From Washington?". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Simon, Clea (2004-09-01). "It was love, but now it's gone". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
External links
- Official website – with bibliography
- Delia Sherman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Delia Sherman at Library of Congress, with 11 library catalog records