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Aliette de Bodard


France (b.1982)

Aliette de Bodard is a multi-award-winning author. She is a half-French, half-Vietnamese computer and history geek who lives in Paris with her family, She has a special interest in non-Western civilisations, particularly Ancient Vietnam, Ancient China and Ancient Mesoamerica. Aliette is an engineer, a writer, and a keen amateur cook. Her love of mythology and history led her to speculative fiction early on. She is the author of numerous short stories, of the Aztec noir trilogy Obsidian and Blood, and of the award-nominated On a Red Station, Drifting, a space opera based on Vietnamese culture.
 

Awards: BSFA (2023), Nebula (2019), BFA (2019)  see all

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
 
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Deep Dream (2024)
Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Indrapramit Das
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The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 4 (2024)
(Year's Top Tales of Space and Time, book 4)
edited by
Allan Kaster

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Awards
2023 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances
2022 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Fireheart Tiger
2019 Nebula Award for Best Novella : The Tea Master and the Detective
2019 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella : The Tea Master and the Detective
2016 BSFA Award for Best Short Story : Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
2015 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The House of Shattered Wings
2014 Nebula Award for Best Novelette : The Waiting Stars
2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story : Immersion
2011 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : The Shipmaker

Award nominations
2024 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mausoleum's Children
2024 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : A Fire Born of Exile
2024 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mausoleum's Children
2023 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Red Scholar's Wake
2023 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances
2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Red Scholar's Wake
2022 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fireheart Tiger
2022 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fireheart Tiger
2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Mulberry and Owl
2022 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Fireheart Tiger
2022 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Red Scholar's Wake
2021 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : In the Lands of the Spill
2021 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Seven of Infinities
2021 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders
2021 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Inaccessibility of Heaven
2021 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Inaccessibility of Heaven
2020 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight
2020 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight
2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Tea Master and the Detective
2019 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Tea Master and the Detective
2019 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Tea Master and the Detective
2018 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Children of Thorns, Children of Water
2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The House of Binding Thorns
2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Children of Thorns, Children of Water
2017 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Pearl
2016 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Citadel of Weeping Pearls
2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The House of Shattered Wings
2016 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (nominee) : Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Breath of War
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Memorials
2014 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Waiting Stars
2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Waiting Stars
2013 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Scattered Along the River of Heaven
2013 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Immersion
2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : On A Red Station, Drifting
2013 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : On A Red Station, Drifting
2013 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Immersion
2013 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : On A Red Station, Drifting
2013 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Immersion
2012 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Shipbirth
2011 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Jaguar House, in Shadow
2011 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Jaguar House, in Shadow


Aliette de Bodard recommends
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How to Become the Dark Lord (and Die Trying) (2024)
(Dark Lord Davi, book 1)
Django Wexler
"A howlingly funny romp about a lone woman's quest to become the dark lord and her surprisingly endearing minions."
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Fathomfolk (2024)
(Drowned World, book 1)
Eliza Chan
"A vivid, textured tale of migration, prejudice and change. Wonderful and breathtaking."
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Shanghai Immortal (2023)
(Lady Jing, book 1)
A Y Chao
"A wildly inventive and moving romp that goes through the mortal and immortal realms of China, with an endearing and tumultuous main character."

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