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Nisi Shawl

Nisi Shawl is an African-American writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories and a journalist. They are the co-author (with Cynthia Ward) of Writing the Other: Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful Fiction. Their short stories have appeared in Asimov's SF Magazine, Strange Horizons, and numerous other magazines and anthologies.

Awards: Otherwise (2008) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror

New and upcoming books

October 2024

The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox

December 2024

Vulcanization
(Everfair)

Series

Everfair
   1. Everfair (2016)
   2. Kinning (2024)
   Vulcanization (2024)

Novels

Speculation (2023)
The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox (2024)

Collections

Filter House (2008)
Our Fruiting Bodies (2022)

Anthologies edited

Stories for Chip (2015) (with Bill Campbell)
People of Color Take over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination (2017)

Anthology series

New Suns
1. New Suns (2019)
2. New Suns 2 (2023)

Series contributed to

Conversation Pieces
8. Writing the Other (2005) (with Cynthia Ward)

Outspoken Authors
24. Talk Like a Man (2019)

Black Stars
3. 2043...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) (2021)

Tor.Com Original
Sun River (2023)
The Colors of Money (2024)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Nisi Shawl

The Big Book of Cyberpunk Vol. 2 (2024)
(Big Book of Cyberpunk, book 2)
edited by
Jared Shurin

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 168 (2024)
May 2024
(Lightspeed Magazine, book 168)

Dreams for a Broken World (2022)
edited by
Julie C Day and Ellen Meeropol

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Awards

	2020 Locus Award for Best Anthology : New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
	2008 Otherwise Award : Filter House

Award nominations

	2024 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
	2023 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Our Fruiting Bodies
	2018 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Sun River
	2017 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Everfair
	2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Everfair
	2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Everfair
	2016 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany
	2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Good Boy
	2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Filter House

Nisi Shawl recommends

Oakland Dragon Blues and Other Stories (2023)
(Essential Peter S. Beagle, book 2)
Peter S Beagle
"Master enchanter Peter S. Beagle is best known for his novel The Last Unicorn, a book which has charmed generations of readers. But the briefer enchantments collected in these two volumes also brim with the deepest and truest of his magical powers: with laughter, with wisdom, and with the ineffable pleasure of the imaginary memories he shares. From the gradually refined focus of 'Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros' to 'Vanishing''s crankily slipped-and-skewed perspective, these are visions of an inner world all of us need to visit again and again. Each tale is a spell welcoming our hearts to their real home: wonder."

Night Shift (2022)
(Outspoken Authors, book 29)
Eileen Gunn
"If 'umami' described how stories feel in your mind instead of how food tastes, I would say everything Eileen does is infused with umami."

Ring Shout (2020)
P Djèlí Clark
"Phenderson Djeli Clark’s Ring Shout puts a weapon wielding our diaspora’s emotional power.... Ring Shout is a cry of release; a daring, darling, victory dance; a magical exhortation to move, be, and do our very best; and an adventure tale sharp and sweet as a first kiss."

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