Kelly Robson (born July 17, 1967 in

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writer. She has won the 2018

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,5 ...

for her novelette " A Human Stain" published at

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in 2016 for " Waters of Versailles" and in 2019 for "Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach", both published at Tor.com; "Waters of Versailles" also received the 2016

Aurora Award The Aurora Awards () are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lures galaxy of sci/fi stars". ...

for best Canadian short fiction.

Personal life

Robson is married to fellow Canadian science fiction writer A. M. Dellamonica, and lives in Toronto. She and Dellamonica married twice: unofficially in 1989, and again in 2003 after

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was legalized in Ontario.Another Word: The Elizabeth Effect
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''; published May 2017; retrieved September 10, 2022; "Alyx is married to Nebula Award winning author Kelly Robson; the two made their outlaw wedding of 1989 legal, in 2003"

Bibliography

* 2015
"The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill."
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''. Finalist for the

Theodore Sturgeon Award The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction story ...

. * 2015: "Good for Grapes." ''The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir'', edited by Claude Lalumière and David Nickle, published by Exile Editions. * 2015
"Waters of Versailles."

. Finalist for the 2016

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. Winner of the 2016

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for best short fiction. * 2015: Finalist for the

Sunburst Award The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual literary award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection, first awarded in 2001. A young adult category was created in 2008, to differentiate from ad ...

. * 2015: "The Gladiator Lie." ''License Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond'', edited by Madeline Ashby and David Nickle. * 2017
"A Human Stain."

. Winner of the 2018

. Finalist for the 2018

for best short fiction. * 2017: "The Desperate Flesh." ''Nasty: Fetish Fights Back'', edited by Anna Yeatts & Chris Phillips. * 2017
"We Who Live In The Heart."
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''. * 2017
"What Gentle Women Dare."
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Uncanny Magazine ''Uncanny Magazine'' is an American science fiction magazine, science fiction and Fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy online magazine founded by publishing editors Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. History First issued in 2014, the pu ...

''. * 2018: "Intervention." ''Infinity's End'', edited by

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. * 2018: "Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach."

. Finalist for the 2019

. * 2018
"A Study in Oils."
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''. * 2019: "Skin City." ''

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s Better Worlds. * 2022: '' High Times in the Low Parliament''. Tor.com. Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2023. ——————— ;Bibliography notes

References

External links

Official websiteKelly Robson
at the

Internet Speculative Fiction Database The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB ...

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