Naomi Kritzer
Naomi Kritzer | |
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Born | North Carolina |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
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Naomi Kritzer is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger.[1][2] Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner[3] and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her novel, Catfishing on CatNet won the 2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.
Biography[]
Kritzer has lived in London and Nepal. She attended Wingra School - Madison, WI (1978 - 1986); Highgate Wood School - Haringey, England (1986 - 1987); Madison West High School - Madison, WI (1987 - 1991); and Carleton College - Northfield, MN (1991 - 1995).[4][5] As of 2020, she lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and blogs on local elections.[6]
Career[]
Since 1999 Kritzer has published a number of short stories and several novels, including two trilogies for Bantam Books, and her Seastead series of short stories for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her 2015 short story "Cat Pictures Please" published in Clarkesworld was a Locus Award and Hugo Award winner and was nominated for a Nebula Award.[7]
Bibliography[]
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Novels[]
- Dead Rivers
- Freedom's Gate (2004)
- Freedom's Apprentice (2005)
- Freedom's Sisters (2006)
- Eliana's Song
- Fires of the Faithful (2002)
- Turning the Storm (2003)
- Kin (2004)
- Young Adult
Short fiction[]
- Collections
- Comrade Grandmother and Other Stories (2011)
- Gift of the Winter King and Other Stories (2011)
- Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories (2017)
- Stories[10]
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Faust's SASE | 1999 | |||
Gift of the Winter King | 2000 | |||
The Wall | 2013 | Kritzer, Naomi (Apr–May 2013). "The Wall". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (4&5): 97–107. | ||
Artifice | 2014 | Kritzer, Naomi (Sep 2014). "Artifice". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 134 (9): 48–54. |
- "The Price" (2000)
- "Spirit Stone" (2000)
- "The Golem" (2000)
- "Comrade Grandmother" (2002)
- "In the Witch's Garden" (2002)
- "St. Ailbe's Hall" (2004) also appeared as:
- "The Long Walk" (2005) with Lyda Morehouse
- "Honest Man" (2007)
- "When Shlemiel Went to the Stars" (2008)
- "The Good Son" (2009)
- "Isabella's Garden" (2011)
- "What Happened at Blessing Creek" (2011)
- "Scrap Dragon" (2012)
- "Bits" (2013)
- "Cat Pictures Please" (2015)
- "Wind" (2015)
- "Cleanout" (2015)
- "So Much Cooking" (2015)
- "Zombies in Winter" (2016)
- "Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe" (2017)
- "The Thing About Ghost Stories" (2018)
Awards[]
- 2003 – Crawford Award finalist for "Fires of the Faithful"[7]
- 2014 – WSFA Small Press Award nomination — for "Bits"[7]
- 2016 – Nebula Award for Best Short Story nomination, for "Cat Pictures Please"[7]
- 2016 – Hugo Award for Best Short Story winner, for "Cat Pictures Please"[7]
- 2016 – Locus Award for Best Short Story winner, for "Cat Pictures Please"[7]
- 2020 – Edgar Allan Poe Award for Young Adult, for Catfishing on CatNet[11]
- 2021 - Hugo Award for Best Novelette nomination, for "Monster"[12]
- 2021 - Hugo Award for Best Short Story nomination, for "Little Free Library"[12]
References[]
- ^ "Interview: Naomi Kritzer on "Cleanout"". SFSite. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Amberdine, Laurel. "Author Spotlight: Naomi Kritzer". Lightspeed. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Mumford, Tracy (Aug 24, 2016). "St. Paul author takes home the highest award in sci-fi". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved Aug 24, 2016.
- ^ "Alumni Authors Talk | Sesquicentennial | Carleton College". 2020-07-05. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "naomikritzer - Profile". 2016-08-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "About". Will Tell Stories For Food (Blog). Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Naomi Kritzer Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Kritzer, Naomi (2021). CHAOS ON CATNET: sequel to catfishing on catnet. S.l.: TOR TEEN. ISBN 978-1-250-16522-0. OCLC 1151712863.
- ^ "Check Out Our Cover Reveal for Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer!". Tor Teen Blog. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
- ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2021 Hugo Awards". Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links[]
- Living people
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- American fantasy writers
- American science fiction writers
- American women short story writers
- Analog Science Fiction and Fact people
- Asimov's Science Fiction people
- Hugo Award-winning writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Novelists from North Carolina