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John Scalzi


(John Michael Scalzi)
USA flag (b.1969)

John Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and his debut novel Old Man's War was a finalist for the Hugo Award. His other novels include The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, and The Android's Dream. He lives in southern Ohio with his wife and daughter.
 

Awards: Hugo (2013)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
September 2025

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The Shattering Peace
(Old Man's War, book 7)
Series
Old Man's War
   1. Old Man's War (2005)
   2. The Ghost Brigades (2006)
   3. The Last Colony (2007)
   4. Zoe's Tale (2008)
   5. The Human Division (2013)
   6. The End of All Things (2015)
   7. The Shattering Peace (2025)
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Human Division
   1. The B-Team (2013)
   2. Walk the Plank (2013)
   3. We Only Need the Heads (2013)
   4. A Voice in the Wilderness (2013)
   5. Tales From the Clarke (2013)
   6. The Back Channel (2013)
   7. The Dog King (2013)
   8. The Sound of Rebellion (2013)
   9. The Observers (2013)
   10. This Must Be the Place (2013)
   11. A Problem of Proportion (2013)
   12. The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (2013)
   13. Earth Below, Sky Above (2013)
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Lock In
   0.5. Unlocked (2014)
   1. Lock In (2014)
   2. Head On (2018)
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End of All Things
   1. The Life of the Mind (2015)
   2. This Hollow Union (2015)
   3. Can Long Endure (2015)
   4. To Stand or Fall (2015)
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Interdependency
   1. The Collapsing Empire (2017)
   2. The Consuming Fire (2018)
   3. The Last Emperox (2020)
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Dispatcher
   1. The Dispatcher (2017)
   2. Murder by Other Means (2021)
   3. Travel by Bullet (2023)
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Novels
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Collections
   Miniatures (2016)
   A Very Scalzi Christmas (2019)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Questions for a Soldier (2005)
   The Sagan Diary (2007)
   The God Engines (2009)
   Judge Sn Goes Golfing (2009)
   How I Proposed to My Wife (2011)
   An Election (2012)
   The Tale of the Wicked (2012)
   Redshirts: Chapters 1-4 (2012)
   Muse of Fire (2013)
   Everything but the Squeal (2016)
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Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by John Scalzi
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Uncanny Magazine Issue 60 (2024)
September/october 2024
(Uncanny Magazine, book 60)
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Uncanny Magazine Issue 59 (2024)
July/august 2024
(Uncanny Magazine, book 59)
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Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 (2024)
May/june 2024
(Uncanny Magazine, book 58)

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Awards
2024 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : Starter Villain
2023 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : The Kaiju Preservation Society
2020 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : The Last Emperox
2018 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : The Collapsing Empire
2013 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
2006 Astounding Award for Best New Writer : Old Man's War

Award nominations
2024 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Starter Villain
2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Starter Villain
2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Kaiju Preservation Society
2022 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Kaiju Preservation Society
2021 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Last Emperox
2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Collapsing Empire
2017 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Dispatcher
2017 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Collapsing Empire
2016 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The End of All Things
2015 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Lock In
2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Lock In
2012 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue
2010 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The God Engines
2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The God Engines
2010 Andre Norton Award (nominee) : Zoe's Tale
2009 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Zoe's Tale
2008 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Missives from Possible Futures #1: Alternate History Search Results
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Last Colony
2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Last Colony
2007 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Ghost Brigades
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Ghost Brigades
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Android's Dream
2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Old Man's War
2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Old Man's War
2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Old Man's War


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