Karin Lowachee's picture
5 followers
15 books added

Karin Lowachee



Karin was born in South America, grew up in Canada, and worked in the Arctic. Her first novel WARCHILD won the 2001 Warner Aspect First Novel Contest. Both WARCHILD (2002) and her third novel CAGEBIRD (2005) were finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award. CAGEBIRD won the Prix Aurora Award in 2006 for Best Long-Form Work in English and the Spectrum Award also in 2006. Her second novel BURNDIVE debuted at #7 on the Locus Bestseller List. Her books have been translated into French, Hebrew, and Japanese.
 


Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
October 2024

thumb
The Mountain Crown
(Crowns of Ishia, book 1)
February 2025

thumb
The Desert Talon
(Crowns of Ishia, book 2)
Series
Warchild
   1. Warchild (2002)
   2. Burndive (2003)
   3. Cagebird (2005)
   Omake (2020)
   Under the Silence (2023)
thumbthumbthumbthumb
thumb
 
Crowns of Ishia
   1. The Mountain Crown (2024)
   2. The Desert Talon (2025)
   3. Covenant of Ice (2025)
thumbthumbthumb
 
Novels
   The Gaslight Dogs (2010)
   Machine (2017)
thumbthumb
 
Books containing stories by Karin Lowachee
thumb
The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 2 (2024)
(Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth, book 2)
edited by
Allan Kaster
thumb
New Suns 2 (2023)
Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
(New Suns, book 2)
edited by
Nisi Shawl

More books 


Awards
2006 Aurora Award for Best Novel : Cagebird

Award nominations
2005 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Cagebird
2004 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Burndive
2004 Astounding Award for Best New Writer (nominee) : Warchild
2003 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Warchild
2003 Aurora Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Warchild
2003 Astounding Award for Best New Writer (nominee) : Warchild
2002 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Warchild


Karin Lowachee recommends
thumb
Royal Destiny (2007)
(Queen of the Orcs, book 3)
Morgan Howell
"Dar never loses our admiration and compassion - qualities at the heart of any struggling hero."

Visitors also looked at these authors


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors