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Elizabeth Bear


USA flag (b.1971)

Elizabeth Bear was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She studied English and Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, but did not graduate. She has worked as a technical writer, a stable hand, a reporter, and in various office jobs. Though she sold a few stories to small-press publications in the '90s, she only began writing seriously in 2001, and has produced numerous novels and short stories since.
 

Awards: Hugo (2009)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Historical Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
June 2025

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The Folded Sky
(White Space, book 3)
Series
Jenny Casey
   1. Hammered (2004)
   2. Scardown (2005)
   3. Worldwired (2005)
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Promethean Age
   1. Blood and Iron (2006)
   2. Whiskey and Water (2007)
   3. Ink and Steel (2008)
   4. Hell and Earth (2008)
   5. One-Eyed Jack (2014)
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New Amsterdam
   1. New Amsterdam (2007)
   2. Seven for a Secret (2009)
   3. The White City (2010)
   4. Ad Eternum (2012)
   5. Garrett Investigates (2012)
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Jacob's Ladder
   1. Dust (2007)

     aka Pinion

   2. Chill (2010)

     aka Sanction

   3. Grail (2011)

     aka Cleave

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Lotus Kingdoms
   0.1. Book of Iron (2013)
   0.5. Bone and Jewel Creatures (2010)
   1. The Stone in the Skull (2017)
   2. The Red-Stained Wings (2019)
   3. The Origin of Storms (2022)
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Eternal Sky
   1. Range of Ghosts (2012)
   2. The Shattered Pillars (2013)
   3. Steles of the Sky (2014)
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Karen Memory
   1. Karen Memory (2015)
   2. Stone Mad (2018)
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White Space
   1. Ancestral Night (2019)
   2. Machine (2020)
   3. The Folded Sky (2025)
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Novels
   Carnival (2006)
   Undertow (2007)
   The Cobbler's Boy (2018) (with Katherine Addison)
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Collections
   The Chains That You Refuse (2006)
   Shoggoths in Bloom (2012)
   Future Visions (2015) (with others)
   The Best of Elizabeth Bear (2020)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthology series
Shadow Unit (with Emma Bull)
   1. Shadow Unit 1 (2011)
   2. Shadow Unit 2 (2011)
   3. Shadow Unit 3 (2011)
   4. Shadow Unit 4 (2011)
   5. Shadow Unit 5 (2011)
   6. Shadow Unit 6 (2011)
   7. Shadow Unit 7 (2011)
   8. Shadow Unit 8 (2011)
   9. Shadow Unit 9 (2011)
   10. Shadow Unit 10 (2011)
   11. Shadow Unit 11 (2012)
   12. Shadow Unit 12 (2012)
   13. Shadow Unit 13 (2013)
   14. Shadow Unit 14 (2014)
   15. Shadow Unit 15 (2014)
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Series contributed to
METAtropolis
   Metatropolis (2009) (with others)
   Cascadia (2010) (with others)
   Green Space (2013) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Elizabeth Bear
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New Year, New You (2024)
A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention
edited by
Chris Campbell
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Communications Breakdown (2023)
SF Stories about the Future of Connection
(Twelve Tomorrows)
edited by
Jonathan Strahan
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The Year's Best Fantasy: Volume 2 (2023)
(Year's Best Fantasy , book 2)
edited by
Paula Guran

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Awards
2013 Locus Award for Best Collection : Shoggoths in Bloom
2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Shoggoths in Bloom
2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Tideline
2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel : Hammered
2005 Astounding Award for Best New Writer : Hammered

Award nominations
2022 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : A Blessing of Unicorns
2022 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Red Mother
2021 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Machine
2021 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of Elizabeth Bear
2021 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Machine
2020 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ancestral Night
2020 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : A Time to Reap
2020 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Erase, Erase, Erase
2019 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Okay, Glory
2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Stone in the Skull
2016 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Heart's Filthy Lesson
2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Karen Memory
2015 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Hand is Quicker
2015 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Steles of the Sky
2013 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns
2013 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward
2013 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : No Decent Patrimony
2013 Locus Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Faster Gun
2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Bone and Jewel Creatures
2011 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Bone and Jewel Creatures
2010 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Chill
2008 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Tideline
2008 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Les Innocents/Lumiere
2008 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Undertow
2008 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Whiskey and Water
2008 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : New Amsterdam
2007 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Undertow
2007 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Carnival
2007 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Sounding
2006 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Carnival
2006 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Two Dreams on Trains


Elizabeth Bear recommends
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Toto (2024)
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"A satirical romp updating beloved characters for the modern era."
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Those Beyond the Wall (2024)
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"Those Beyond the Wall is a standout novel with painful clarity of voice; [it is] savage, yet humane. Micaiah Johnson has more than delivered on the promise of her exceptional first novel with a follow-up that is even more tightly plotted and more vividly characterized."
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Liberty's Daughter (2023)
Naomi Kritzer
"Everything Naomi Kritzer writes is amazing. Smash that pre-order button."

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