Ysabeau S. Wilce (pronounced ''Iz-a-bow Wils'') is an

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of young adult fantasy novels. Her novels feature the rebellious young heroine Flora Fyrdraaca and her adventures in the fictional land of Califa.

Life

Ysabeau S. Wilce was born in Northern California. As an adult she has traveled the world and lived in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

, Anchorage,

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, and

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. She has a graduate degree in military history and lives in Oakland.

Works

Novels

*''Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog'' (2007) *''Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room)'' (2008) *''Flora's Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light'' (2012)

Short stories

*"Metal More Attractive" (2004) appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction *"The Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror" (2004) appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine *"The Lineaments of Gratified Desire" (2006) appears in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 2006, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. *"Quartermaster Returns" (2007) appears in Eclipse, edited by Jonathan Strahan *"Hand in Glove" (2011) appears in ''Steampunk!'', edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. *"The Queen of Hats" (2017) appears in "Mad Hatters and March Hares", edited by Ellen Datlow

Short-story collections

*Prophecies, Libels & Dreams: Stories of Califa (2014)

Awards

*Winner of the 2008

Andre Norton Award The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (formerly the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy) is an annual award presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to the ...

for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy for ''Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room)'' * Two-time

Otherwise Award The Otherwise Award, formerly known as the James Tiptree Jr. Award, is an American annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February 1991 by science f ...

Honor List Member *A New York Times Editor's Choice *A VOYA Best Book of 2006 *A Kirkus Best Book of 2007

References

External links

The Official Site of Ysabeau WilceThe Califa Police GazetteThe Califa Police Gazette Society Page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilce, Ysabeau S. Living people 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American fantasy writers American women short story writers American women novelists American writers of young adult literature Women science fiction and fantasy writers Women writers of young adult literature Writers from California 21st-century American short story writers Year of birth missing (living people)