Gwyneth Jones (novelist)

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Gwyneth Jones
Born (1952-02-14) 14 February 1952 (age 72)
James Tiptree Jr. Award
Website
boldaslove.co.uk/blog/

Gwyneth Jones (born 14 February 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the pen name Ann Halam.

Biography and writing career

Jones was born in

history of ideas at the University of Sussex. She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels. In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid.[1]
She continues to write using these two names for the respective audiences.

Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future

James Tiptree Jr. Award. She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer, is often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin
, though the two authors are very much distinct in both content and style of work.

Gwyneth Jones lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son.

Bibliography

Novels

Name Published ISBN Notes
Water in the Air London: Macmillan, 1977 as Gwyneth A Jones
The Influence of Ironwood London: Macmillan, 1978 as Gwyneth A Jones
The Exchange London: Macmillan, 1979 as Gwyneth A Jones
Dear Hill London: Macmillan, 1980 as Gwyneth A Jones
Divine Endurance London: George Allen & Unwin, 1984
Escape Plans London: Allen & Unwin, 1986 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1987[3]
Kairos London: Unwin Hyman, 1988 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1989[4]
The Hidden Ones London: The Women's Press, 1988 (paper)
Flower Dust London: Headline, 1993
White Queen London: Gollancz, 1991 Book 1 of The Aleutian Trilogy;
James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winner (tie), 1991;[5]

Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1992[6]

North Wind London: Gollancz, 1994 Book 2 of The Aleutian Trilogy;
BSFA nominee, 1994;[7]
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1995[8]
Phoenix Cafe London: Gollancz, 1997 Book 3 of The Aleutian Trilogy
Bold as Love London: Gollancz, 2001 Book 1 in the Bold As Love Cycle;
Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, 2002;[9]
BSFA nominee, 2001;[10]
British Fantasy Award nominee, 2002[9]
Castles Made of Sand London: Gollancz, 2002 Book 2 in the Bold As Love Cycle;
British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2002[9]
Midnight Lamp London: Gollancz, 2003 Book 3 in the Bold As Love Cycle;
British Science Fiction Award nominee, 2003;[11]
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2004[12]
Band of Gypsys London: Gollancz, 2005 Book 4 in the Bold as Love Cycle
Rainbow Bridge London: Gollancz, 2006 (paper) Book 5 in the Bold As Love Cycle
Life Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2004 (paper)
Philip K. Dick Award winner, 2004;[12]

James Tiptree, Jr. Award shortlist, 2004;[13]

Spirit: or The Princess of Bois Dormant[14] London: Gollancz, 2008 Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2010
The Grasshopper's Child London: Self-published, 2014 (ebook) ISBN Book 6 in the Bold As Love Cycle

Fiction collections

Short stories

Non-fiction

As Ann Halam

References

  1. . Retrieved 2 December 2017. As Tatsumi Takayuki points out, the term "gynoid" was first coined by British science fiction novelist Gwyneth Jones in Divine Endurance […] and later appropriated by other authors and artists, from Richard Calder to Sorayama Hajime.
  2. ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ^ "1987 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  4. ^ "1989 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  5. ^ "1991 Winners". James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  6. ^ "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  7. ^ "1994 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  8. ^ "1995 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  9. ^ a b c "2002 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  10. ^ "2001 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  11. ^ "2003 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  12. ^ a b "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  13. ^ "2004 Short List". James Tiptree, Jr. Award. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  14. ^ Jones has published a webpage giving the background to Spirit, and which also includes several linked short stories: Spirit Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Tilton, Lois (7 December 2010). "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December". Locus. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  16. ^ Seel, Nigel (11 April 2011). "Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan". ScienceFiction.com. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  17. ^ Waters, Robert E. (8 March 2011). "Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan". Tangent. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Not A Blog: Venus In March". GRRM.livejournal.com. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

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