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Karen Joy Fowler


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Karen Joy Fowler is the author of six novels including Booker Prize finalist and international bestseller We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Wit's End, and The Jane Austen Book Club -- which spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was adapted as a major motion picture from Sony Pictures. Her novel Sister Noon was a finalist for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, and her short story collection Black Glass won the World Fantasy Awards. Fowler and her husband, who have two grown children, live in Santa Cruz, California.
 

Genres: Historical, Science Fiction
 
Novels
   Peripheral Vision (1986)
   The War of the Roses (1991)
   Sarah Canary (1991)
   The Sweetheart Season (1996)
   Sister Noon (2001)
   The Jane Austen Book Club (2004)
   Wit's End (2008)
     aka The Case of the Imaginary Detective
   We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013)
   Booth (2022)
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Collections
   Artificial Things (1986)
   Letters from Home (1991) (with Pat Cadigan and Pat Murphy)
   Black Glass (1998)
   What I Didn't See (2010)
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Anthologies edited
   Mota 2003: Courage (2003) (with John Reed)
   The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 (2004) (with Pat Murphy and Debbie Notkin)
   The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 (2005) (with Pat Murphy and Jeffrey D Smith)
   The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 (2006) (with Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey D Smith)
   The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4 (2008) (with Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey D Smith)
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Non fiction
   80! (2010) (with Debbie Notkin)
   The Science of Herself (2013)
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Series contributed to
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Anthologies containing stories by Karen Joy Fowler
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Short stories
The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things (1985)
The Poplar Street Study (1985)
Praxis (1985)
Recalling Cinderella (1985)
Contention (1986)
Face Value (1986)
The View from Venus (1986)
The Faithful Companion at Forty (1987)Hugo (nominee)
Nebula Awards (nominee)
Letters From Home [short story] (1987)
Lily Red (1988)
Duplicity (1989)
Game Night at the Fox and Goose (1989)
The Night Wolf (1989)
Lieserl (1990)Nebula Awards (nominee)
Black Glass [short story] (1991)Nebula Awards (nominee)
The Dark (1991)Nebula Awards (nominee)
The Brew (1995)
Shimabara (1995)
The Elizabeth Complex (1996)Nebula Awards (nominee)
The Queen of Hearts and Swords (1996)
The Black Fairy's Curse (1997)
Go Back (1998)
Standing Room Only (1998)Hugo (nominee)
Nebula Awards (nominee)
The Travails (1998)


Awards
Philip K Dick Award Best Book nominee (1986) : Artificial Things
John W. Campbell Best New Author winner (1987)
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1988) : The Faithful Companion at Forty
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1988) : The Faithful Companion at Forty
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1991) : Lieserl
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1992) : Black Glass [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1992) : The Dark
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1993) : Sarah Canary
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1998) : Standing Room Only
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1998) : The Elizabeth Complex
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1999) : Standing Room Only
World Fantasy Best Collection winner (1999) : Black Glass
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (2002) : Sister Noon
The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year Best Book nominee (2005) : The Jane Austen Book Club
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2014) : We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (2014) : We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book winner (2014) : We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves


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The Beautiful and the Wild (2023)
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"Townsend has written a breath-stopping, heart-thumping, page-turning, keep-you-up-at-night story. Wild is the word."
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The Possibilities (2023)
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"Unpredictable and a page-turner, equal parts passion and philosophy, The Possibilities is the tense and twisty tale of an imperiled child, a crumbling marriage, and the desperate woman who is trying to save them both."
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The House of Lincoln (2023)
Nancy Horan
"Here, happily, is Nancy Horan doing once again what Nancy Horan does best - telling us the part of the story we don't yet know. Strong on fine detail yet cognizant of the expansive historical context, Horan's newest is wonderfully immersive, memorable, important, and pertinent. An ambitious and accomplished work."
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The Brightest Star (2023)
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"I can think of no better author than the incomparable Gail Tsukiyama to introduce readers to Anna May Wong. For all of her remarkable life, Wong struggled against the racism of Hollywood and the conservatism of her family. For every triumph there was a disappointment, but for every disappointment, there was also a triumph. Through it all, the ups, the downs, the in-betweens, Tsukiyama keeps her focus on Wong's bright, resilient spirit. A beautiful, haunting book."
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The Dog of the North (2023)
Elizabeth McKenzie
"Even funnier, even more romantic than McKenzie's wonderful last, The Portable Veblen, this is a screwball comedy worthy of a Preston Sturgis screenplay. You will be surprised, delighted, and grateful to be aboard The Dog of the North with the admirable Penny Rush as she faces every challenge her wild and crazy family can throw at her. A book that lifts the spirits."

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