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John Wiswell

John Wiswell is a disabled author who lives where New York keeps all its trees. His fiction has been translated into ten languages. He won the 2021 Nebula Award for Best Short Story for "Open House on Haunted Hill," and the 2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette for "That Story Isn't The Story." He has also been a finalist for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. His debut novel is SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN,.Books in 2024. He dreams of hugging a kaiju.

Awards: Nebula (2020) see all

Genres: Fantasy

New and upcoming books

June 2025

Wearing the Lion

Novels

Someone You Can Build a Nest In (2024)
Wearing the Lion (2025)

Series contributed to

Tor.Com Original
   D.I.Y (2022)
   The Three O'Clock Dragon (2023)
   I'll Miss Myself (2024)

Books containing stories by John Wiswell

Nebula Awards Showcase 58 (2025)
(Nebula Award Stories, book 58)
edited by
Stephen Kotowych

Nebula Awards Showcase 59 (2025)
(Nebula Award Stories, book 59)
edited by
Stephen Kotowych

Nebula Awards Showcase 57 (2025)
(Nebula Award Stories, book 57)
edited by
Stephen Kotowych

More books

Awards

	2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette : That Story Isn't the Story
	2020 Nebula Award for Best Short Story : Open House on Haunted Hill

Award nominations

	2024 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Someone You Can Build a Nest In
	2023 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Bad Doors
	2023 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : D.I.Y
	2023 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Coward Who Stole Gold's Name
	2023 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : D.I.Y.
	2022 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : D.I.Y.
	2022 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : For Lack of a Bed
	2022 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : That Story Isn't the Story
	2021 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Open House on Haunted Hill
	2021 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : For Lack of a Bed
	2021 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : That Story Isn't the Story
	2021 Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Open House on Haunted Hill
	2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Open House on Haunted Hill
	2021 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : 8-Bit Free Will

John Wiswell recommends

The Teller of Small Fortunes (2024)
Julie Leong
"A warmhearted, often cozy story about telling fortunes--and sometimes, stealing them. A delight."

No One Will Come Back For Us (2023)
Premee Mohamed
"A catalog of turmoils, each achingly human."

The Sleepless (2022)
Victor Manibo
"A fascinating murder mystery set in a world plagued by an epidemic of insomnia, The Sleepless is the corporate thriller our dystopias deserve. Manibo asks not merely how such a pandemic would change our society, but how the corrupt systems would exploit and perpetuate it."

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