Julie E. Czerneda (born April 11, 1955) is a Canadian

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and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

author. She has written many novels, including four

Aurora Award for Best Novel The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Novel was first awarded in 1982 as the Award for Best Outstanding Work, and there are two awards, one granted to an English-lan ...

winners (''In the Company of Others'', ''A Turn of Light'', ''A Play of Shadow'', and ''The Gossamer Mage''), and a number of short stories; she has also edited several anthologies. Czerneda is a

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

by education, and has been active in writing and editing non-fiction. She has edited and authored a number of educational books about career guidance and the teaching of science. In 2022, Czerneda was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame (CSFFA).

Works

Standalone books

* ''

In the Company of Others ''In the Company of Others'' is a standalone novel written by the Canadian author Julie Czerneda. It was first published by DAW Books in June 2001 and distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, Penguin Putnam. In 2002 it won the Aurora Award for Bes ...

'' (2001) – * ''The Gossamer Mage'' (2019) – * ''To Each This World'' (November 2022, DAW) –

Novellas

* ''No Place Like Home'' (2016)

The Clan Chronicles

This continuity was formerly called the Trade Pact Universe.

Trade Pact trilogy

# ''A Thousand Words for Stranger'' (1997) – # ''Ties of Power'' (1999) – # ''To Trade the Stars'' (2002) –

Stratification trilogy

Prequel to the Trade Pact trilogy: # ''Reap the Wild Wind'' (2007) – # ''Riders of the Storm'' (2008) – # ''Rift in the Sky'' (2009) –

Reunification series

# ''This Gulf of Time and Stars'' (2015) – # ''The Gate to Futures Past'' (2016) – # ''To Guard Against the Dark'' (2017) –

Species Imperative

Trilogy of biology, politics and survival in a multi-species, interstellar future. # ''Survival'' (2004) – # ''Migration'' (2005) – # ''Regeneration'' (2006) –

Esen

With the publication of ''Search Image'', the Web Shifters trilogy is listed as part of the Esen continuity, which features the adventures of the shape-shifter Esen-alit-Quar. A Carisian, a species which plays a significant role in the Clan Chronicles, also appears in ''Search Image'', although there are no common plot points.

Web Shifters

# ''Beholder's Eye'' (1998) – # ''Changing Vision'' (2000) – # ''Hidden in Sight'' (2003) –

Web Shifter's Library

# ''Search Image'' (2018) – # ''Mirage'' (2020) – # ''Spectrum'' (2022) –

Night's Edge

# ''A Turn of Light'' (2013) – # ''A Play of Shadow'' (2014) –
In 2014 Czerneda announced that DAW Books had bought the next three books in the series. #''A Change of Place'' (2024) - #''A Fall of Darkness'' (announced) #''A Twist of Magic'' (announced)

Collection

* ''Imaginings: 25th Anniversary Collection'' (2022)

Contributor

* "Prism" (Web Shifters) in ''DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology'', edited by Elizabeth R. Wollheim and Sheila E. Gilbert (2002) * ''ReVisions'', edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Isaac Szpindel (2004) – * ''Sirius the Dog Star'' edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Alexander Potter (2004) – , "Brothers Bound" (prequel to the Stratification trilogy in the Clan Chronicles) * "She's Such a Nasty Morsel" (Web Shifters) in ''Women of War'' edited by Alexander Potter and

Tanya Huff Tanya Sue Huff (born 1957) is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science fiction series. One of these, her ''Tanya Huff bibliography#Blood series, Blood Books'' ...

(2005) – * "A Touch of Blue" (Web Shifters) in ''Heroes in Training'', edited by

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...

and

Jim C. Hines Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. Life and work Hines was a volunteer crisis counselor in East Lansing and worked as the Male Outreach Coordinator for the Michigan State University, MSU Safe ...

(2007) – *
The Passenger
in ''Lightspeed Science Fiction and Fantasy'' magazine, February 2011 * "The Franchise" in ''Space Stations'' edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (sequel to ''In the Company of Others'') –

Career guidance

* ''Great careers for people interested in living things'' (1993) – * ''Great careers for people who like to work with their hands'' (1994) – * ''Great careers for people interested in communications technology'' (1996) by Julie E. Czerneda and Victoria Vincent * ''Great careers for people fascinated by government and the law'' (1996) by Anne Marie Males; contributing authors, Julie Czerneda and Victoria Vincent

Edited by Julie E. Czerneda

*''

Space, Inc. ''Space, Inc.'' is a 2003 in literature, 2003 anthology of science fiction short story, short-stories revolving around careers in space. It is the first anthology edited by Julie E. Czerneda, for which she won a 2004 Prix Aurora Awards, Prix Aurora ...

'' (2003) – *''

ReVisions ''ReVisions'' is a 2004 anthology of alternate history Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply A.H.) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred ...

'' with Isaac Szpindel (2004) – *''Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales'' with Susan MacGregor (2004) – *''Fantastic Companions'' (2005) – * ''Mythspring: From the Lyrics and Legends of Canada'' (2006) with

Genevieve Kierans Genevieve (; ; also called ''Genovefa'' and ''Genofeva''; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January. Recog ...

– * ''Under Cover of Darkness'' with

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(2007) – * ''Misspelled'' (2008) – * ''Ages of Wonder'' with

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(2009) – *''

Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 ''Nebula Awards Showcase 2017'' is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short works edited by Canadian writer Julie E. Czerneda. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Pyr in May 2017.Mad Max: Fury Road''">Mad Max: Fury Roa ...

'' (2017) – *''The Clan Chronicles: Tales from Plexis'' (2018), anthology –

Science education through science fiction stories in the classroom

* ''No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction'' (1998), non-fiction – * ''Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination'' (1998) –

Tales from the Wonder Zone

* ''Stardust'' (2001) * ''Explorer'' (2002) * ''Orbiter'' (2002) * ''Odyssey'' (2004) * ''Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science'' (2007) . Winner of the Canadian Science Writers' Award (Youth Book, 2007)

Realms of Wonder

* ''Summoned to Destiny'' (2004) * ''Fantastic Companions'' (2005)

Awards

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a Public university, public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also op ...

br>Alumni of Honour Award
2007 *

Golden Duck Awards The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction were given annually from 1992 to 2017. The awards were presented every year at either Worldcon or the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). In 2018 they were replac ...

** 2003 Special award for Best Science and Technology Education, given for the ''Tales of the Wonder Zone (entire series)''Wonder Zone series
Note book titles. * Prix Aurora Award ** 2002 Best Long Form in English for ''

'' ** 2002 Best Short Form in English for "Left Foot on A Blind Man" ** 2004 Best Editor for ''

'' ** 2008 Best Editor for ''Under Cover of Darkness'' (with Jana Paniccia) ** 2014 Best English Novel for ''A Turn of Light'' ** 2015 Best English Novel for ''A Play of Shadow'' ** 2020 Best Novel for ''The Gossamer Mage'' * Romantic Times ** 2001 Reviewers' Choice Winner: Best Science Fiction Novel for ''In the Company of Others''

References

External links

Official Site
run by the author *

a fan site

* list of Canadian SF writers
Fantafiction
a brief bio and bibliography

a listing of publications (including short stories)
Julie E. Czerneda on LibraryThing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Czerneda, Julie E. 1955 births Living people Canadian science fiction writers Canadian fantasy writers Canadian women novelists Canadian women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Aurora Award–winning writers