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Michael Swanwick


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Michael Swanwick is the author of a novella, two short story collections, and four critically acclaimed novels: Vacuum Flowers; the Nebula Award-winning Stations of the Tide; The Iron Dragon's Daughter, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and nominated for a World Fantasy Award; and Jack Faust, also a New York Times Notable Book. Mr. Swanwick lives with his wife and son in Philadelphia, PA.
 

Awards: Hugo (2004), WFA (1996), Nebula (1991), Sturgeon (1990)  see all

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

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Dragons of Paris
(Mongolian Wizard, book 11)
October 2024

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Halcyon Afternoon
(Mongolian Wizard, book 10)
Series
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Mongolian Wizard
   1. The Mongolian Wizard (2012)
   2. The Fire Gown (2012)
   3. Day of the Kraken (2012)
   4. House of Dreams (2013)
   5. The Night of the Salamander (2015)
   6. The Pyramid of Krakow (2015)
   7. The Phantom in the Maze (2015)
   8. Murder in the Spook House (2019)
   9. The New Prometheus (2019)
   10. Halcyon Afternoon (2024)
   11. Dragons of Paris (2024)
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Novels
   In the Drift (1985)
   Vacuum Flowers (1987)
   Griffin's Egg (1990)
   Stations of the Tide (1991)
   Gravity's Angels (1991)
   Jack Faust (1997)
   Bones of the Earth (2002)
   City Under the Stars (2020) (with Gardner Dozois)
   The Sleep of Reason (2024)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by Michael Swanwick
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The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection (2023)
(Year's Top Robot and AI Stories, book 4)
edited by
Allan Kaster
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Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 205 (2023)
(Clarkesworld Magazine, book 205)

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Awards
2004 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Legions in Time
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Slow Life
2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
2001 Locus Award for Best Collection : Tales of Old Earth
2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Scherzo with Tyrannosaur
1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : The Very Pulse of the Machine
1996 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : Radio Waves
1991 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Stations of the Tide
1990 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award : The Edge of the World

Award nominations
2024 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Michael Swanwick, Volume Two
2022 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Huginn and Muninn -- and What Came After
2021 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus
2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Mother
2017 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Not So Much, Said the Cat
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Tawny Petticoats
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown
2012 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Dala Horse
2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Dancing With Bears
2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled
2009 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Dragons of Babel
2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Michael Swanwick
2009 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled
2008 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : A Small Room in Koboldtown
2007 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Lord Weary's Empire
2007 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Lord Weary's Empire
2007 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Lord Weary's Empire
2003 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport
2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : 'Hello,' Said the Stick
2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
2003 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Five British Dinosaurs
2002 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : The Dog Said Bow-Wow
2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O
2001 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Scherzo with Tyrannosaur
2001 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Moon Dogs
2001 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Moon Dogs
2000 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Radiant Doors
2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ancient Engines
1999 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Wild Minds
1999 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Radiant Doors
1999 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Ancestral Voices
1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Wild Minds
1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Radiant Doors
1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Geography of Unknown Lands
1998 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Jack Faust
1998 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dead
1998 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Jack Faust
1998 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : A Geography of Unknown Lands
1998 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Jack Faust
1997 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Radio Waves
1997 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dead
1997 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Jack Faust
1996 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The City of God
1996 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Walking Out
1995 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Changeling's Tale
1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Daughter
1994 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Daughter
1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Iron Dragon's Daughter
1993 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg [short story]
1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
1992 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg
1992 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Gravity's Angels
1992 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
1992 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg [short story]
1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
1991 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Slow Dancing Through Time
1990 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Edge of the World
1990 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Edge of the World
1988 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Vacuum Flowers
1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Gods of Mars
1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
1986 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : In the Drift
1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Marrow Death
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Trojan Horse
1985 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Marrow Death
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Man Who Met Picasso
1982 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Mummer Kiss
1981 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Ginungagap
1981 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Feast of Saint Janis


Michael Swanwick recommends
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The Navigating Fox (2023)
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"The Navigating Fox is as charming a story as the fox himself is a narrator. I applaud this, the first, I hope, of many adventures to come."
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The Dragon House (2018)
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"This is the house i should have grown up in! Schweitzer's fantasy is cleanly written, original, and great fun to read."
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First Strike (2003)
(HALO, book 3)
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