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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: Locus (2001), Hugo (2000), Hugo (1999), World Fantasy (1996)  see all

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
 
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 Star-Bear (2023)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
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Michael Swanwick recommends
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The Navigating Fox (2023)
Christopher Rowe
"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)
Darrell Schweitzer
"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)
Eric Nylund
"Eric Nylund writes clean; plays hard and knows how to plot."

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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
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

Award nominations
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
2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Dancing With Bears
2009 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Dragons of Babel
2009 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Michael Swanwick
2008 Locus Award for Best Collection (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 Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Bones of the Earth
2001 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Moon Dogs
2000 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Scherzo with Tyrannosaur
2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Ancient Engines
1999 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Radiant Doors
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 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 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dead
1997 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Dead
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 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
1992 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Griffin's Egg [short story]
1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Stations of the Tide
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 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : In the Drift
1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
1985 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Gods of Mars
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogfight
1984 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Marrow Death
1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Trojan Horse
1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Man Who Met Picasso
1981 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Mummer Kiss
1980 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Ginungagap
1980 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Feast of Saint Janis


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