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Yoon Ha Lee


USA flag (b.1979)

Yoon Ha Lee's novel Ninefox Gambit came out from Solaris in 2016 and quickly garnered massive critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo and Nebula Awards. It won the Best First Novel Award in the Locus Awards and the Reddit Fantasy Award.He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators.
 

Awards: Mythopoeic (2020)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
August 2025

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Starstrike
(Moonstorm, book 2)
Series
Machineries Of Empire trilogy
   1. Ninefox Gambit (2016)
   2. Raven Stratagem (2017)
   3. Revenant Gun (2018)
   Hexarchate Stories (2019)
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Thousand Worlds
   1. Dragon Pearl (2019)
   2. Tiger Honor (2022)
   Fox Snare (2023)
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Moonstorm
   1. Moonstorm (2024)
   2. Starstrike (2025)
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Novels
   The Vela (2020) (with others)
   Phoenix Extravagant (2020)
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Collections
   Conservation of Shadows (2013)
   The Fox's Tower and Other Tales (2015)
   Take Us to a Better Place (2020) (with others)
   Her Magical Pet (2020) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Yoon Ha Lee
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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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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8 (2024)
(Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories, book 8)
edited by
Allan Kaster

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Awards
2020 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature : Dragon Pearl
2020 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel : Dragon Pearl
2017 Locus Award for Best First Novel : Ninefox Gambit

Award nominations
2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Bonsai Starships
2021 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Mermaid Astronaut
2021 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mermaid Astronaut
2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Mermaid Astronaut
2020 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominee) : Dragon Pearl
2020 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Hexarchate Stories
2020 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Dragon Pearl
2019 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Starship and the Temple Cat
2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Revenant Gun
2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Revenant Gun
2019 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Revenant Gun
2018 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Raven Stratagem
2018 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Extracurricular Activities
2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Extracurricular Activities
2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Raven Stratagem
2018 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Revenant Gun
2017 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Foxfire, Foxfire
2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Ninefox Gambit
2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Ninefox Gambit
2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Ninefox Gambit
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Wine
2014 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Effigy Nights
2014 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Iseul's Lexicon
2014 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Conservation of Shadows
2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Ghostweight
2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Ghostweight
2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain


Yoon Ha Lee recommends
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The Mercy of Gods (2024)
(Captive's War, book 1)
James S A Corey
"First contact, domestication experiments, and the knife-edge between appeasement and intel-gathering. Corey spins a gripping story where the twinned stakes are humanity's survival and the humanity of characters pushed to the brink by brutal intergalactic conquerors."
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How to Become the Dark Lord (and Die Trying) (2024)
(Dark Lord Davi, book 1)
Django Wexler
"This book cold-cocked me out of the worst reading slump of my life, and I'm not just saying that to stay on Dark Lord Davi's dark side. Join the horde and read it!"
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The Water Outlaws (2023)
(Water Outlaws, book 1)
S L Huang
"Intense, vivid, and insanely clever, with a great heroine--I couldn't put it down. If only more authors with math degrees used them like this!"

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