Suzanne Palmer
Suzanne Palmer | |
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Other names | zanzjan |
Occupation | Writer |
Website | zanzjan |
Suzanne Palmer is a writer of science fiction known for her novelette "The Secret Life of Bots" which won a Hugo Award in 2018.[1] The story also won a Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award, and was a finalist for the Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award.[2][3]
Palmer won the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for her story "Waterlines."[4] Her first full-length novel, Finder, a fast-moving thriller about an interstellar repo man, was published by DAW Books in 2019.[5][6] She has since published two more novels in that series: Driving the Deep and The Scavenger Door.
Palmer has been publishing short fiction and poetry since 2005.[7] She cites John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, and Martha Wells as some of her influences and describes her primary genre as "space opera-style science fiction."[8] She moderates the SFF room on the AbsoluteWrite forums using her online name zanzjan.[8]
Palmer has a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.[5] She was the head librarian of the UMass Science Fiction Society.[1] She lives in Massachusetts where she works as a system administrator at Smith College.[1]
Awards[]
- Hugo Award (2018)
- Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award (2018)
- Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (2020)
References[]
- ^ a b c "Suzanne Palmer". PenguinRandomhouse.com. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Science Fiction & Fantasy". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award". Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ Liptak, Andrew (2020-10-21). "Suzanne Palmer Wins the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Award". Tor.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ a b "Suzanne Palmer – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc". JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc – The premiere agency for science fiction and fantasy. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ Di Filippo, Paul. "Reviews Finder by Suzanne Palmer – Locus Online". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Suzanne Palmer". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ a b MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape, DJ (2019-04-08). "Author Interview: Suzanne Palmer". MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
External links[]
- Living people
- Science fiction fans
- 21st-century American women writers
- Hugo Award-winning writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers