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Jack Skillingstead


USA flag (b.1955)
Husband of Nancy Kress

In 2001 Jack Skillingstead submitted a story to Stephen Kings On Writing contest. He won and not long afterward he began selling regularly to major science fiction and fantasy markets. To date he has published more than thirty stories in various magazines, Years Best volumes and original anthologies. Jack has also published two novels, with more on the way. His short work has been translated into multiple languages and has been taught in university classrooms from Rutgers to San Diego State. He has been nominated for both the Theodore Sturgeon Award (for Dead Worlds) and the Philip K. Dick Award (for the novel, Life on The Preservation). Jack occasionally lectures at writing workshops. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, writer Nancy Kress.
 


Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
   Harbinger (2009)
   Life on the Preservation (2013)
   The Chaos Function (2019)
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Books containing stories by Jack Skillingstead
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Clarkesworld Year Ten: Volume Two (2019)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 15)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace
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Clarkesworld Year Ten: Volume One (2019)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 11)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace
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Wastelands 3 (2019)
The New Apocalypse
(Wastelands, book 3)
edited by
John Joseph Adams

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Award nominations
2014 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Life on the Preservation
2010 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Harbinger
2010 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Are You There: And Other Stories
2004 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Dead Worlds


Jack Skillingstead recommends
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When We Were Real (2025)
Daryl Gregory
"A novel filled with characters so heartfelt and true to life that you forget they are products of a simulation... even if they can't. When We Were Real sets a new gold standard for big-idea science fiction."

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