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Aliette de Bodard

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Aliette de Bodard
Aliette de Bodard in 2021
Aliette de Bodard in 2021
Born (1982-11-10) November 10, 1982 (age 42)
New York City, U.S.[1]
OccupationComputer engineer, author
NationalityAmerican, French
GenreScience fiction, Fantasy
Notable works"Immersion", "The Waiting Stars", The House of Shattered Wings, The Tea Master and the Detective
Notable awards
Website
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Aliette de Bodard (born November 10, 1982) is a French-American speculative fiction writer.[2] She has received accolades including the British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Ignyte Award, Locus Award, and Nebula Award.

Writing

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De Bodard published her first short story in 2006. In 2007, she was a winner of Writers of the Future,[3] and in 2009 was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has been published in Interzone, Hub Magazine, Black Static, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Asimov's, Realms of Fantasy, Apex Magazine, among others.

Her short story "The Shipmaker" won the 2010 British Science Fiction Award for Best Short Fiction. She won the 2012 Nebula Award for her short story "Immersion". She also won the 2013 Nebula Award for "The Waiting Stars".

Her novel The House of Shattered Wings, set in a devastated Paris ruled by fallen angels, was published by Gollancz/Roc in August 2015.[4][5] It won the BSFA Award for Best Novel of 2015. Her story "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" won the BSFA Award for Best Short Story of 2015, the first time a single author has ever won both fiction categories in the same year.[6][7] Her Xuya Universe novella The Tea Master and the Detective won the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella.

Themes

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Many of her stories are set in alternate history worlds where Aztec or pre-communist Vietnamese cultures are dominant.[8] In a 2018 interview with L'épaule d'Orion, she stated that "taste is largely underutilised sensorily in science-fiction... future worlds in SF have a tendency to be sanitised."[9] In a 2021 interview with Locus, she stated that she tried to write "parent-child relationships, and very often a mother-daughter relationship, because that's a thing you don't often see, aside from the controlling mother and the estranged mother. You don't even often see characters with dead mothers – the mothers tend to just fade out."[10]

Personal life

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De Bodard is of French and Vietnamese descent, born in the US, and grew up in Paris. French is her first language but she writes in English.[1][11] A graduate of École Polytechnique,[6] she works as a software engineer[3] (as of 2024 in railway signalling[12]), and is a member of the Written in Blood writers group. She is bisexual.[13]

Awards

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Year Title Award Category Result Ref
2009 — John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Finalist [14]
2010 "The Shipmaker" BSFA Award Short Fiction Won [15]
"The Jaguar House, in Shadow" Nebula Award Novelette Finalist [16]
2011 Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [17]
"Shipbirth" Nebula Award Short Story Finalist [18]
2012 D'obsidienne et de sang
(Servant of the Underworld) 		Grand prix de l'Imaginaire Roman étranger
('Foreign novel') 		Nominated [19]
"Immersion" Nebula Award Short Story Won [20]
On a Red Station, Drifting Novella Finalist [20]
2013 "Heaven Under Earth" James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List [21]
"Immersion" Locus Award Short Story Won [22]
Hugo Award Short Story Finalist [23]
Theodore Sturgeon Award Finalist [24]
On a Red Station, Drifting Hugo Award Novella Finalist [23]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [22]
"Scattered Along the River of Heaven" Theodore Sturgeon Award Finalist [24]
"The Waiting Stars" Nebula Award Novelette Won [25]
2014 "The Breath of War" Nebula Award Short Story Finalist [26]
"Separados por las aguas del Río Celeste"
("Scattered Along the River of Heaven") 		Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero
('Best Foreign Story') 		Finalist [27]
"The Waiting Stars" Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [28]
Locus Award Novelette Finalist [29]
2015 "The Dust Queen" Locus Award Short Story Finalist [30]
The House of Shattered Wings BSFA Award Novel Won [31]
"Memorials" Locus Award Novelette Finalist [30]
"Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" BSFA Award Short Fiction Won [31]
El ciclo de Xuya
(The Xuya Cycle) 		Premio Ignotus Mejor antología
('Best Collected Work') 		Finalist [32]
En una estación roja, a la deriva
(On a Red Station, Drifting) 		Mejor cuento extranjero
('Best Foreign Story') 		Finalist [32]
"Éparpillés le long des rivières du ciel"
("Scattered Along the River of Heaven") 		Grand prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère
('Foreign novella') 		Longlisted [33]
2016 The House of Shattered Wings Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [34]
The Citadel of Weeping Pearls Locus Award Novella Finalist [34]
"Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" Locus Award Short Story Finalist [34]
Eugie Award Finalist [35]
2017 "The Citadel of Weeping Pearls" Canopus Award Previously Published Short Fiction Finalist [36]
"Pearl" Locus Award Novelette Finalist [37]
"A Salvaging of Ghosts" Locus Award Short Story Finalist [37]
WSFA Small Press Award Finalist [38]
2018 "Tres tazas de aflicción a la luz de las estrellas"
("Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight") 		Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero
('Best Foreign Story') 		Won [39]
"Children of Thorns, Children of Water" Locus Award Novelette Finalist [40]
Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [41]
The House of Binding Thorns Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [40]
On Motherhood and Erasure BSFA Award Non-Fiction Won [42]
The Tea Master and the Detective Nebula Award Novella Won [43]
2019 In the Vanishers' Palace Lambda Literary Awards Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Finalist [44]
The Tea Master and the Detective British Fantasy Award Novella Won [45]
Hugo Award Novella Finalist [46]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [47]
World Fantasy Award Novella Finalist [48]
2020 Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight Locus Award Collection Finalist [49]
British Fantasy Award Collection Finalist [50]
形見 (Katami, "Memorials") Seiun Award Best Translated Short Story Finalist [51]
2021 Fireheart Tiger BSFA Award Short Fiction Won [52]
Nebula Award Novella Finalist [53]
The Inaccessibility of Heaven Ignyte Award Short Fiction Won [54]
Hugo Award Novelette Finalist [55]
Locus Award Novelette Finalist [56]
"In the Lands of the Spill" Locus Award Short Story Finalist [56]
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders Locus Award Novella Finalist [56]
Seven of Infinities Locus Award Novella Finalist [56]
2022 Fireheart Tiger Locus Award Novella Finalist [57]
Hugo Award Novella Finalist [58]
Ignyte Award Novella Finalist [59]
"Mulberry and Owl" Locus Award Novelette Finalist [57]
Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances BSFA Award Short Fiction Won [60]
The Red Scholar's Wake BSFA Award Novel Finalist [60]
2023 Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances Locus Award Novella Finalist [61]
The Red Scholar's Wake Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist [62]
Locus Award SF Novel Finalist [61]
2024 A Fire Born of Exile Locus Award SF Novel Finalist [63]
"The Mausoleum's Children" Hugo Award Short Story Finalist [64]
Locus Award Short Story Finalist [63]
Navigational Entanglements BSFA Award Shorter Fiction Finalist [65]
The Universe of Xuya Hugo Award Series Finalist [64]
2025 "Autumn's Red Bird" Locus Award Locus Award for Best Short Story Finalist [66]
Navigational Entanglements Hugo Award Novella Pending [67]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [66]
— ESFS Awards Best Author Won [68]

Bibliography

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Main article: Aliette de Bodard bibliography

References

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