Robert Charles Wilson (born December 15, 1953 ) is an American-Canadian

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Career

Wilson was born in the

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, but grew up near

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. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in

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, and in 2007 he became a Canadian citizen. He resided for a while in

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, and briefly in

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. Currently he lives with his wife Sharry in

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, a neighbourhood of Vaughan, Ontario located north of Toronto. He has two sons, Paul and Devon. His work has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel (for ''

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''), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for the novel '' The Chronoliths''), the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for the novelette "The Cartesian Theater"), three Prix Aurora Awards (for the novels '' Blind Lake'' and '' Darwinia'', and the short work "The Perseids"), and the

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(for the novel ''Mysterium''). '' Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America'' was a 2010

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nominee in the Best Novel category. In addition to the novels listed below, he is the author of the short-story collection ''The Perseids and Other Stories'', set in Toronto. His first publication appeared in the February 1975 issue of ''

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'', under the name Bob Chuck Wilson. Author

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has called Wilson "probably the finest science-fiction author now writing". Wilson's literary agent is

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, and his most recent books (including ''Blind Lake'', ''Spin'', and ''Axis'') have been edited by

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. ''Spin'' is the first book of a trilogy that continues in ''Axis'' and finishes with ''Vortex''. ''Spin'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. His novella '' Julian: A Christmas Story'' (2006) was published by PS Publishing in 2007 and was a finalist for the Hugo Award. A novel-length expansion, '' Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America'' was published by Tor in 2009. Wilson's latest novel, ''Last Year'', was published December 6, 2016.

Bibliography

Fiction

*''A Hidden Place'' (1986) **Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award for Best novel, 1986 *''

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'' (1987) *'' Gypsies'' (1988) *''The Divide'' (1990) *'' A Bridge of Years'' (1991) **Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award for Best novel, 1991. *'' The Harvest'' (1992) *'' Mysterium'' (1994) **Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for Best novel, 1994. *'' Darwinia'' (1998) **Nominated for the Hugo and Locus SF Awards for Best novel, 1999. *Divided by Infinity (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *'' The Chronoliths'' (2001) **Winner of the Campbell Award, nominated for the Hugo and Locus SF Awards for Best novel, 2001. *'' Blind Lake'' (2003) **Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best novel, 2004. *''Spin'' series **''

'' (2005) ***Winner of the

for Best Novel, Nominated for Campbell and Locus SF Awards, 2006. ***On 2006-10-12 won the Geffen Award as the Best Translated SF Novel in Israel for 2006 ***In 2007 won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis as the Best Foreign Fiction of the year for 2006, ***In 2009 won the Seiun Award as the Best Foreign Language Novel of the Year in Japan for 2008 **'' Axis'' (2007) ***Nominated for the John W. Campbell Award, 2008. **''

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'' (2011) ***A ''Spin'' and ''Axis'' sequel published on July 5, 2011 *'' Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America'' (2009) **Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best novel, 2010. *''Burning Paradise'' (2013) *''The Affinities'' (2015) *''Last Year'' (2016)

Critical studies, reviews and biography

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