Wen Spencer

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Wen Spencer
Spencer accepting the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer at Worldcon 2003 in Toronto
Born1963 (age 60–61)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
Genres
Notable awardsJohn W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2003)
Website
www.wenspencer.com

Wen Spencer (born 1963) is an American science fiction and

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[1]

Spencer was raised on a family farm in

Ukiah Oregon
series features a partly alien character with gentle nature, powerful abilities, and dangerous, werewolf like relatives. Her Tinker universe features a young woman of extraordinary brilliance who is turned into an elf. A Brother's Price posits a world where the gender birth ratio is skewed heavily toward baby girls.

Published works

Ukiah Oregon series

  1. Alien Taste (2001),[3] Compton Crook Award winner[4]
  2. Tainted Trail (2002)[5]
  3. Bitter Waters (2003)[6]
  4. Dog Warrior (2004)[7]

Tinker (Elfhome) series

  • Fantasy novels set in near-future Pittsburgh and Elfhome
  1. Tinker (2003),[8] 2004 Sapphire Award for the Best Science Fiction Romance novel[9]
  2. Wolf Who Rules (2006)[10]
  3. Elfhome (2012)[11][12]
  4. Wood Sprites (2014)[13][14]
  5. Harbinger - (April 2022)
  • Project Elfhome - (2016) Collection of novelettes and short stories from the Elfhome series
  • Steel City Magic
    Science Fiction Book Club
    omnibus edition of Tinker and Wolf Who Rules (April 2006)
  • Short stories set in the Elfhome Universe

Stand-alone novels

  • A Brother's Price (2005)[15]
  • Endless Blue (2007)[16]
  • Eight Million Gods (2013)[17]
  • The Black Wolves of Boston (2017)[18]

Short stories

  • Set in the Elfhome Universe
  • "Once Upon a Toad" in Fantastic Companions (2005)
  • "Another Man's Meat" in Triangulation 2004: A Confluence of Speculative Fiction (2004)
  • "Moon Monkeys" in Adventures in Sol System (2004)
  • "Rituals for a New God" in Turn the Other Chick (2004)
  • "Young Robots in Love" in Triangulation 2003: A Confluence of Speculative Fiction (2003)
  • "Protection Money" in Jim Baen's Universe (2006), (later part of Elfhome #3)

References

  1. ^ "The Long List of Hugo Awards, 2003". www.nesfa.org. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "Biography of Wen Spencer". www.wenspencer.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
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  4. ^ "Compton Crook Award Winners". Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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  9. ^ "Sapphire Awards 2004". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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  12. ^ Excerpt from Elfhome
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  14. ^ Briefly reviewed by Peter Heck in the June 2015 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, pp.107–111.
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  19. ^ Peace Offering on Baen Books

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