Alix E. Harrow (born November 9, 1989) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her short fiction has been nominated for the

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of prof ...

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...

, and

Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the pl ...

, and in 2019 she won a

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier ...

for her story "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies". She has published under the name Alix Heintzman.

Life and career

Alix E. Harrow was born on November 9, 1989, in the United States and grew up in

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

. She enrolled at

Berea College Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. Berea College charges no tuition; every adm ...

at age sixteen, where she completed a bachelor's degree in history in three years. She then went on to earn a master's degree in history from the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

. Before working as a full-time writer, Harrow was an academic historian who taught as an adjunct professor of African and African American history at

Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. As a regional comprehensive institution, EKU also maintains branch campuses in Corbin, Hazard, Lancaster, and Manchester and offers over 40 online ...

. Her first novel, ''

The Ten Thousand Doors of January ''The Ten Thousand Doors of January'' is a 2019 fantasy novel by Alix E. Harrow. It is the Hugo Award-nominated writer's debut novel. Plot synopsis At the beginning of the 20th century, January Scaller lives in a big mansion with her guardian, ...

'' (2019), was received with critical acclaim and nominated for multiple awards, including the

, and

for best novel. A second novel, ''

The Once and Future Witches ''The Once and Future Witches'' is a 2020 fantasy novel by American writer Alix E. Harrow Alix E. Harrow (born November 9, 1989) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula Award, Wo ...

'' (2020), won a

British Fantasy Award The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (to ''The Knight of ...

for Best Fantasy Novel (the

Robert Holdstock Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction. Hol ...

Award). A more recent novella, ''A Spindle Splintered'' (2021), was nominated for a

for best novella. Harrow has also written short fiction for ''

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'', ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, an ...

'', ''

Tor.com ''Tor.com'' is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers. The magazine publishes articles, reviews, original short fiction, re-reads and commentary on speculative fiction. From 2 ...

'', and ''

Apex The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional entities * Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe *Apex, ...

''. This has produced a

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award winning 2018 short story called "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" (published by ''Apex''). Harrow lives in Virginia with her husband, Nick Stiner, and two children.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

* ''

'' (2019) – *''

'' (2020) – *'' Starling House'' (2023) –

Novellas

* ''

Fractured Fables ''Fractured Fables'' is a series of fantasy novellas written by Alix E. Harrow. The series currently comprises two novellas: ''A Spindle Splintered'' (2021) and ''A Mirror Mended'' (2022). The series explores fairy tales from a modernist and fem ...

'' series ** ''A Spindle Splintered'' (2021) – ** ''A Mirror Mended'' (2022) –

Short fiction

* "A Whisper in the Weld" (2014) * "The Animal Women" (2015) * "Dustbaby" (2015) * "The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage" (2016) * "Patience and Not-Forsaken" (2016) * "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" (2018) * "Do Not Look Back, My Lion" (2019) * "The Sycamore and the Sybil" (2020) * "Mr. Death" (2021) * "The Long Way Up" (2022)

References

External links

Official website
*
Alix E. Harrow
on

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