Molly Gloss (born November 20, 1944) is an American writer of

historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the Setting (narrative), setting of particular real past events, historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literatur ...

and

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

Life

Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother. She now lives in

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, and was close friends with fellow science fiction writer

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

. She has taught writing and literature of the American West at Portland State University, and currently is on the faculty of the Pacific University MFA program.

Awards and nominations

* ''The Jump-Off Creek'' was a finalist for the

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living Americans, Green Card holders or permanent residents. The winner receives US$15,000 and each of ...

and won both the 1990 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel and 1990 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award * 1996

Whiting Award The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, ...

in Fiction * ''Wild Life'' was a finalist for the

Oregon Book Award The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by the Portland, Oregon, United States–based organization Literary Arts, Inc. to honor the "state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literatur ...

and won the 2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award for work that explores or expands notions of gender * ''The Hearts of Horses'' was a finalist for the 2008

* “The Grinnell Method” won the Theodore Sturgeon Award for the short story in 2013Molly Gloss, personal communication, August 22, 2023. * '' Unforeseen'' was a World Fantasy finalist in 2020 * In 2021 Molly received the C.E.S. Wood Award “in recognition of an enduring, substantial literary career”

Bibliography

Novels

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Stories

Anthologies

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Notable short fiction

* "Personal Silence", 1990 (reprinted in ''

The Year's Best Science Fiction ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' was a series of science fiction anthologies edited by American Gardner Dozois until his death in 2018. The series, which is unrelated to the similarly titled and themed '' Year's Best SF'', was published by St ...

'' 1991) * " Lambing Season", 2002 (nominated for a

Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...

and a

Nebula Award for Best Short Story The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short sto ...

)

References

External links

mollygloss.com
(official site)
Review of ''The Dazzle of Day''
by

Jo Walton Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel '' Among Others'', which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and '' Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian-era novel w ...

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Guide to the Molly Gloss papers at the University of Oregon.
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Profile at The Whiting Foundation
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